Scripps Institution of Oceanography's R/V Melville conducted a transit survey from Brisbane to Tonga during Westward Expedition Leg 06 in 1994. The dataset is a post-cruise report published via the Australian Ocean Data Network. The report is available in HTML and PDF formats.
Use Cases
- Analyzing historical vessel tracks and oceanographic conditions during transit (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Studying the operational scope and data collection methods of a major oceanographic institution (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Providing context for other marine datasets collected during the same expedition leg (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on data_gov_au via the Australian Ocean Data Network.
- Associated with a named research vessel (R/V Melville) and institution (Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
- Has a specific temporal (1994) and geographic (Brisbane to Tonga) context.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Collection Method
- Post-cruise report from a research vessel transit.
- Time Range
- 1994
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-17 02:11:36.965871; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Transit from Brisbane, Australia to Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean.