NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer collected raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data in the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean from October 30 to November 20, 2018. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data, which was logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System and archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program. The accession also includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.
Use Cases
- Modeling marine meteorological conditions based on the described underway meteorological data.
- Analyzing ship navigation and track patterns based on the navigational data mentioned.
- Studying optical properties of seawater based on the optical data collected.
- Investigating physical oceanographic parameters based on the described physical data time series.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 22-day cruise from 2018-10-30 to 2018-11 20.
- Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical.
- Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2018-11-20 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 aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and submitted by OMAO personnel.
- Time Range
- 2018-10-30 to 2018 11-20
- Freshness
- 2018-11-20 00:00:00
- Geography
- Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean