NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown Underway Data from Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, 2021

NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown collected raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data in the Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, and South Atlantic Ocean. The data were logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System from January 15 to February 24, 2021. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and associated cruise-level metadata to the National Centers for Environmental Information via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Correlating meteorological conditions with oceanographic variables based on the described underway data streams.
• Analyzing ship navigation tracks and environmental sensor readings for route optimization studies.
• Validating satellite-derived ocean data products using in-situ physical and optical measurements.
• Studying time-series patterns in marine atmospheric conditions during a winter cruise.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a defined 41-day period from 2021-01-15 to 2021-02 24.
• Includes multiple data streams: meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical.
• Cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log provides operational context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2021-02-24 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 the ship's Scientific Computer System.

Time Range

2021-01-15 to 2021-02-24

Freshness

Last updated 2021-02-24 00:00:00.

Geography

Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean