NBP0801: Underway Antarctic Oceanographic Data from R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer
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Description
R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP0801 data consists of underway measurements collected during a research cruise in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program. The NSF-supported icebreaker conducted global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. This leg started and ended at Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Use Cases
Analyze temporal patterns in plankton communities based on underway sampling mentioned in the description.
Model relationships between biological, chemical, and physical oceanographic variables from the multidisciplinary cruise.
Study Antarctic marine ecosystem structure and function based on the described global change research focus.
Correlate heterotrophic plankton community dynamics with environmental conditions from the described cruise data.
Strengths
Data originates from the NSF-supported research icebreaker R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, a dedicated platform for Antarctic science.
Covers multidisciplinary global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines.
Platform tags indicate the data is time-series, which suggests structured temporal observations.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last updated 2008-01-26 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
Source
SCIOPS via NASA Earthdata.
Collection Method
Underway data collected from the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer research icebreaker.
Time Range
Covers the period of cruise leg NBP0801.
Freshness
Last updated 2008-01-26 23:59:59.999000.
Geography
Antarctic region; cruise started and ended at Lyttelton, New Zealand.
License is unknown; terms of use should be verified before application.