NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Underway Data from the North Pacific Ocean, 2017

From 2017-04 27 to 2017-05-11, raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data were logged aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada in the North Pacific Ocean. The data were submitted by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) personnel and archived by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) as part of the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program.

Use Cases

• Correlating meteorological conditions with physical oceanographic measurements based on the described underway data streams.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns and environmental conditions in the North Pacific Ocean based on the logged navigational and meteorological data.
• Studying time-series data continuity and sensor performance for scientific computer systems aboard research vessels.

Strengths

• Data collection is tied to a specific NOAA research vessel and cruise, providing a clear provenance.
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log (SDAL).
• Data were archived through an automated process under the NOAA R2R program, suggesting a degree of standardization.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2017-05-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data logged by the Scientific Computer System (SCS) aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2017-04-27 to 2017-05-11

Freshness

Last updated 2017-05-11 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean