NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Underway Data from Southeast Alaska and North Pacific, 2016

Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia and the North Pacific Ocean are the geographic scope for this raw underway dataset. It contains meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada from June 30 to August 14, 2016. The data and supplementary cruise-level metadata were submitted by NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal ocean-atmosphere interactions based on the meteorological and physical data mentioned.
• Analyzing ship track and environmental conditions based on the navigational and optical data logged.
• Studying temporal variability in marine parameters based on the time series data collected.
• Correlating cruise activities with sensor readings based on the supplementary Ship Daily Activity Log metadata.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a specific 46-day period from 2016 06 30 to 2016 08 14.
• Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.
• Data originates from a NOAA research vessel and is archived via the authoritative NOAA R2R program.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2016-08-14 00:00:00; 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

Automated archival of raw underway data logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System (SCS) under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Time Range

2016-06-30 to 2016-08 14

Freshness

Last updated 2016-08-14 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia and North Pacific Ocean