Underway data from leg NBP1310A of the NSF-supported research icebreaker R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. The leg started and ended at Punta Arenas, Chile, conducting global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. The dataset is aggregated by SCIOPS via NASA's Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Analyzing underway oceanographic conditions based on the description of physical and chemical data collection.
- Studying biological patterns in Antarctic waters based on the mention of biological disciplines.
- Modeling ship-track environmental data for climate studies based on the global change research focus.
- Correlating multi-disciplinary measurements along a cruise track based on the description of combined biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic data.
Strengths
- Data originates from a dedicated NSF-supported research icebreaker, indicating a controlled collection environment.
- Covers multiple scientific disciplines (biological, chemical, physical, oceanographic) for integrated analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count, file formats, and license are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS, via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Underway data collected during a specific research cruise leg (NBP1310A) on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- Cruise leg in Antarctic waters, starting and ending at Punta Arenas, Chile.