NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson Underway Data from the Bering Sea, April-May 2018

Raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson. The data was collected in the Bering Sea from 2018-04-29 to 2018 05-10 and submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel. Supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log is also included, archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling regional weather patterns based on the meteorological data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing ship navigation and operational parameters based on the navigational data mentioned in the description
• Studying oceanographic time series based on the physical and optical data mentioned in the description
• Validating automated data logging and archival processes based on the NOAA R2R program context

Strengths

• Data spans a specific 12-day cruise from 2018-04-29 to 2018-05-10
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log
• Collected via an automated process under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last updated 2018-05-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2018-04-29 to 2018-05 10

Freshness

Last updated 2018-05-10 00:00:00

Geography

Bering Sea