RV Investigator Underway Data for Sea Acceptance Testing Voyage, June 2018

Australian waters data from the RV Investigator's voyage IN2018_E01 between June 9 and 11, 2018, departing from and arriving in Hobart. The dataset contains unprocessed, continuously recorded underway measurements including navigation, thermosalinograph, and atmospheric data. It is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and feeds into global oceanographic and meteorological data products.

Use Cases

• Validating satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) products based on the in-situ SBE 38 SST data.
• Studying air-sea flux dynamics based on the atmospheric (MET) measurements like wind, radiation, and trace gases.
• Calibrating oceanographic instruments based on the detailed thermosalinograph (TSG) parameters for salinity, temperature, and fluorescence.
• Analyzing ship navigation and ocean current patterns based on the dual GPS and Doppler log navigation (NAV) data.

Strengths

• Data is integrated into major global data products including ICOADS R3.0, ERSST.v4, and HadSST3.
• Voyage time range is explicitly stated as June 9 to June 11, 2018.
• Data feeds real-time numerical weather prediction models at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator, Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Continuously recorded underway data from shipboard instruments.

Time Range

June 9, 2018 to June 11, 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 19:27:54.500466; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian waters, voyage departed from and arrived in Hobart, Tasmania.