Underway data from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator Voyage IN2015_V02, collected between 15 May and 26 May 2015. The dataset includes navigation, thermosalinograph, and atmospheric measurements recorded at 5-second intervals. Data is archived by the CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere Data Centre and is available in NetCDF and ASCII formats.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean currents based on navigation data including speed, heading, and course over ground.
- Analyzing sea surface properties based on thermosalinograph data for salinity, temperature, and pCO2.
- Studying marine-atmosphere gas exchange based on trace gas and ozone measurements.
- Calibrating satellite ocean color data based on in-situ fluorescence measurements.
- Investigating wind patterns and air-sea fluxes based on ultrasonic wind speed and direction data.
Strengths
- Data is recorded at a high temporal resolution of 5-second intervals.
- Includes a wide range of concurrent measurements across navigation, water column, and atmosphere.
- Data is archived by a recognized national research institution, CSIRO.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The temporal coverage is limited to a specific 12-day voyage in May 2015.
Provenance
- Source
- Marine National Facility RV Investigator, Australian Ocean Data Network.
- Collection Method
- Continuously recorded underway shipboard measurements.
- Time Range
- 15 May 2015 to 26 May 2015.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-27 20:31:12.858156; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Voyage route from Sydney to Brisbane, Australia.