NBP9806 Transit: Underway Oceanographic Data from Antarctic Research Vessel

R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer collected this underway data during leg NBP9806, a research transit that started and ended at Honolulu, Hawaii. The NSF-supported icebreaker conducts global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. The dataset was last updated by SCIOPS on September 29, 1998.

Use Cases

• Analyze physical oceanographic conditions during a research vessel transit based on the description of physical discipline data.
• Study chemical properties of seawater along the transit route based on the description of chemical discipline data.
• Investigate biological activity patterns in the ocean based on the description of biological discipline data.
• Model vessel-based time series for climate studies based on the platform tags indicating time-series and global change data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the NSF-supported research icebreaker R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, a dedicated platform for Antarctic research.
• Covers multiple scientific disciplines including biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic, as stated in the description.

Limitations

• Last updated 1998-09-29 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 by the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer research icebreaker.

Time Range

1998 (specific leg NBP9806)

Freshness

1998-09-29 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Transit starting and ending at Honolulu, Hawaii; likely covers a Pacific Ocean route.