NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Underway Data from the North Atlantic Ocean, July 2018

NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer collected raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2018-07-11 to 2018-07-31. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log to the National Centers for Environmental Information. The data were archived through the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Correlate atmospheric conditions with oceanographic readings based on the described meteorological and physical data.
• Analyze ship navigation patterns and environmental interactions based on the navigational and time series data.
• Validate automated data logging and archival processes for research vessels based on the described NOAA R2R program workflow.

Strengths

• Data collection occurred over a specific 21-day period from July 11 to July 31, 2018.
• Includes multiple data types logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System, suggesting integrated sensor readings.
• 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 2018-07-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is 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

2018-07 11 to 2018-07-31

Freshness

Last updated 2018-07-31 00:00:00.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean