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

Raw underway data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. The dataset includes meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data collected in the North Atlantic Ocean from November 27 to December 14, 2018. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and associated metadata to the National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Correlate meteorological conditions with physical oceanographic measurements based on the described time series data.
• Analyze ship navigation patterns and environmental conditions in the North Atlantic Ocean based on the navigational and meteorological data.
• Validate or calibrate satellite-derived oceanographic products using in-situ optical and physical measurements mentioned in the description.

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.
• Data was archived through an automated process under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2018-12 14 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 Okeanos Explorer and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2018-11-27 to 2018-12-14

Freshness

Last updated 2018-12-14 00:00:00.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean