Underway meteorological, navigational, optical and physical data collected aboard NOAA Shi

Raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown from 2018-02-17 to 2018-02 22. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted these data and supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log to the National Centers for Environmental Information. The data were archived through an automated process under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean-atmosphere interactions based on the meteorological and physical data mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns based on the logged navigational data.
• Calibrating remote optical sensors based on the in-situ optical measurements.
• Studying short-term oceanic variability based on the five-day time-series data.

Strengths

• Data collection is automated via the Scientific Computer System, which likely ensures consistent logging.
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log for context.
• Data are archived through the established NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2018-02-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Automated logging by the Scientific Computer System aboard the ship, submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2018-02-17 to 2018-02-22

Freshness

Last updated 2018-02-22 00:00:00.

Geography

Waters of unknown oceans.