Transit Survey: R/V Melville from Brisbane to Tonga, 1994

Westward Expedition Leg 06 in 1994 conducted a marine transit survey from Brisbane, Australia, to Tonga aboard the R/V Melville of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The dataset is a post-cruise report, likely containing geophysical and oceanographic observations from the voyage. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and is available in HTML and PDF formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical marine geophysical survey tracks (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Referencing environmental conditions during a 1994 research cruise (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Studying the methodology of Scripps Institution of Oceanography expeditions (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au indicates established importance.
• Associated with a major research institution (Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
• Provides a specific temporal (1994) and spatial (Brisbane to Tonga) context.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Key attributes like row count, file size, and license are listed as 'unknown' or 'None' across all sources.
• The description is a generic 'Legacy product - no abstract available' with no detailed data schema.

Provenance

Source

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, R/V Melville

Collection Method

Marine survey conducted during a research expedition.

Time Range

1994

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2026-06-23 and 2026-04-10.

Geography

Transit from Brisbane, Australia, to Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean.