NBP0908: Underway Oceanographic Data from Drake Passage Antarctic Cruise

R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise NBP0908 collected underway data for studying the Antarctic Circumpolar Current's dynamics and transport. The NSF-supported icebreaker operates year-round for the U.S. Antarctic Program, conducting global change studies across biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. This specific leg started and ended in Punta Arenas, Chile.

Use Cases

• Modeling Antarctic Circumpolar Current dynamics based on underway physical oceanographic data.
• Analyzing transport properties in the Drake Passage based on cruise-collected measurements.
• Studying global change impacts on Southern Ocean systems based on multidisciplinary cruise data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the NSF-supported research icebreaker R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.
• Supports multidisciplinary global change studies across biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines.

Limitations

• Last updated 2009-12-19 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS via NASA EarthData

Collection Method

Underway data collected during research cruise NBP0908 on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.

Time Range

2009 (specific cruise dates unknown)

Freshness

2009-12-19 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Drake Passage, starting and ending in Punta Arenas, Chile.