NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Underway Data from the North Pacific Ocean, 2016

2016-06-26 is the date for raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada. The data were submitted by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel and archived by NCEI under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program. It includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.

Use Cases

• Correlating atmospheric conditions with oceanographic parameters based on the described meteorological and physical data.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns and environmental conditions based on the navigational and optical data mentioned.
• Studying short-term oceanic and atmospheric time series for a specific cruise day based on the time series data logged.

Strengths

• Data originates from a NOAA research vessel's Scientific Computer System, suggesting a standardized collection method.
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log, providing operational context.

Limitations

• Last updated 2016-06-26 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Automated archival from shipboard Scientific Computer System logs via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Time Range

2016-06 26

Freshness

Single day of data from 2016.

Geography

North Pacific Ocean