NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette Underway Data from the Pacific Ocean, April-May 2016

Raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data were logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette. The data were collected in the North and South Pacific Ocean from 2016-04-14 to 2016-05-31 and submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel. The data were archived as part of the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling marine meteorological conditions based on the underway meteorological data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns based on the navigational data mentioned in the description
• Studying physical oceanographic properties based on the physical data mentioned in the description
• Conducting time series analysis of environmental variables during the cruise period

Strengths

• Data collection spans a specific 48-day period from 2016-04-14 to 2016-05 31
• Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical
• Data were collected and archived as part of the standardized NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last updated 2016-05-31 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 the ship and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2016-04-14 to 2016-05-31

Freshness

Last updated 2016-05-31 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean