NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker Underway Data from the North Pacific Ocean, 2018

NCEI Accession 0174003 contains raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker. The data was collected in the North Pacific Ocean from 2018-05-08 to 2018-06-21 and submitted by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel. The dataset includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log, archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean-atmosphere interactions based on the meteorological and physical data mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns and routes based on the navigational data.
• Studying temporal variability in oceanographic conditions based on the time series data.
• Calibrating satellite or remote sensing data using in-situ optical and physical measurements.

Strengths

• Data originates from a NOAA research vessel, suggesting institutional quality control.
• Includes multiple data streams (meteorological, navigational, optical, physical) for integrated analysis.
• Covers a specific 45-day cruise in the North Pacific Ocean, providing a focused temporal snapshot.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2018-06-21; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• 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 the ship and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2018-05 08 to 2018-06-21

Freshness

Last updated 2018-06-21 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean