NOAA Ship Underway Meteorological and Navigational Data from the North Pacific Ocean, 2018

North Pacific Ocean data collected aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker from 2018-04-20 to 2018-04-22. The dataset contains raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System (SCS). It was submitted by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel and archived by NOAA's Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program.

Use Cases

• Correlating meteorological conditions with oceanographic variables based on the described underway data types.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns in relation to environmental data based on the navigational and time series components.
• Validating or calibrating satellite-derived ocean data using in-situ physical and optical 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 (SDAL).
• Data was archived via an automated process under the NOAA R2R program, suggesting standardized handling.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2018-04-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Raw data logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System (SCS) and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2018-04 20 to 2018-04-22

Freshness

2018-04-22 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean