NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker Underway Meteorological and Navigational Data, October 2016

NCEI Accession 0170962 contains raw underway meteorological, navigational, and physical data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data, which was collected over two days from October 4 to October 5, 2016, in unknown ocean waters. The data and supplementary cruise-level metadata were archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling short-term atmospheric conditions at sea based on the described meteorological data.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns and performance based on the described navigational data.
• Correlating physical oceanographic variables with ship location based on the described physical data.
• Studying automated data logging and archival processes for research vessels based on the described NOAA R2R program.

Strengths

• Data originates from a NOAA research vessel, suggesting institutional credibility.
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.
• Data collection covers a specific two-day period from 2016-10-04 to 2016-10 05.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The geographic coverage is listed as 'unknown oceans', limiting spatial analysis.
• Last updated 2016-10-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Automated logging by the ship's Scientific Computer System and submission by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2016-10-04 to 2016-10-05

Freshness

2016-10-05 00:00:00

Geography

unknown oceans