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

From August 13 to September 23, 2018, this dataset contains raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical time series data logged aboard the NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker in the North Pacific Ocean. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and supplementary cruise-level metadata to the National Centers for Environmental Information via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Correlate atmospheric conditions with oceanographic variables based on the described meteorological and physical data.
• Analyze vessel navigation patterns and environmental context based on the navigational and optical data mentioned.
• Model time-series trends in marine conditions during the late summer period in the North Pacific Ocean.
• Validate automated data logging and archival processes for underway scientific data collection.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 42-day cruise from August 13 to September 23, 2018.
• Includes multiple data streams: meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical, as described.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2018-09-23 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Automated archival via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program from data logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System.

Time Range

2018-08 13 to 2018-09-23

Freshness

2018-09-23 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean