NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Underway Meteorological and Navigational Data from 2015

From 2015-06-05 to 2015-06-12, raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data were logged aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean. The data were submitted by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel and archived by the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program through an automated process.

Use Cases

• Analyze marine meteorological conditions based on the described underway meteorological data.
• Study ship navigation patterns in the Gulf of Mexico based on the navigational data mentioned.
• Correlate optical and physical oceanographic measurements with location and time based on the time-series nature of the data.
• Validate automated data logging and archival processes for ship-based scientific systems.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a specific 8-day period from 2015-06-05 to 2015-06-12.
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log (SDAL).
• Data were archived via an automated process under the NOAA R2R program, suggesting a standardized pipeline.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2015-06-12; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program.

Collection Method

Data logged by the Scientific Computer System (SCS) aboard the ship and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2015-06-05 to 2015-06-12

Freshness

Last updated 2015-06-12 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean