NBP9601: Underway Marine Data from the Eastern Ross Sea and Western Marie Byrd Land

R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer collected this data during its 1996 Antarctic research cruise, leg NBP9601. The NSF-supported icebreaker gathered underway data for global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. The voyage started and ended at McMurdo Station.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal patterns in oceanographic conditions based on the time-series underway data.
• Studying the physical and chemical properties of the Eastern Ross Sea and Western Marie Byrd Land marine environment.
• Correlating biological observations with concurrent physical and chemical measurements from the research vessel.
• Investigating glacial marine stratigraphy and its relationship to contemporary oceanographic data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a dedicated NSF-supported research icebreaker, indicating a scientific collection method.
• Covers multiple disciplines (biological, chemical, physical, oceanographic) for potential cross-domain analysis.
• Provides temporal continuity as underway data from a specific research leg (NBP9601).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 1996-02-19 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Underway data collected by the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer research icebreaker.

Time Range

1996 (from cruise leg NBP9601).

Freshness

Last updated 1996-02-19 23:59:59.999000.

Geography

Eastern Ross Sea and Western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctic; voyage from McMurdo Station to McMurdo Station.