Underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical and time series data collected ab

From 2017-06-08 to 2017-08-16, raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data were logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson. The data were collected in the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and North Pacific Ocean and submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel. Supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log is also included.

Use Cases

• Modeling sea surface conditions based on underway physical data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns in the Bering Sea based on navigational data
• Correlating atmospheric and oceanic variables for climate studies based on meteorological and physical time series
• Studying automated scientific data logging and archival workflows based on the NOAA R2R program context

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 70-day cruise from June to August 2017
• Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log (SDAL)
• Archived via an automated process under the NOAA R2R program

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last updated 2017-08-16 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 Oscar Dyson and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2017-06-08 to 2017-08-16

Freshness

Last updated 2017-08-16 00:00:00

Geography

Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, North Pacific Ocean