NOAA Okeanos Explorer Underway Oceanographic Data, April-May 2021

Raw underway data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset contains biological, chemical, meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data collected from 2021-04 16 to 2021-05-10. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log to the National Centers for Environmental Information via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal changes in ocean chemistry based on the chemical data mentioned in the description
• Model marine biological activity patterns based on the biological data mentioned in the description
• Correlate meteorological conditions with oceanographic readings based on the meteorological and physical data mentioned in the description
• Track ship navigation and its environmental context based on the navigational and time series data mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data spans multiple domains including biological, chemical, meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical measurements
• Covers a specific 25-day cruise from April 16 to May 10, 2021
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log
• Collected via an automated process under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last updated 2021-05-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2021-04-16 to 2021-05-10

Freshness

Last updated 2021-05-10 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean