NBP9908A: Underway Data from Antarctic Research Vessel Transit

R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer is a National Science Foundation-supported icebreaker conducting year-round global change studies. This dataset contains underway data from a 1999 transit leg that started and ended in Lyttelton, New Zealand. The data likely supports biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic research in Antarctic waters.

Use Cases

• Analyze physical oceanographic conditions during transit based on the description of underway data.
• Study temporal patterns in biological or chemical measurements from the Antarctic region.
• Correlate vessel-track data with other environmental datasets for climate change research.
• Model ship-based observation collection methods for polar expeditions.

Strengths

• Data originates from a dedicated NSF-supported research icebreaker.
• Covers multiple scientific disciplines: biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 1999-12-20 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 vessel.

Time Range

1999 (specific leg NBP9908A).

Freshness

Last updated 1999-12-20 23:59:59.999000.

Geography

Antarctic region, transit from Lyttelton, New Zealand to Lyttelton, New Zealand.