NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Underway Data in the North Pacific Ocean, 2015

From March 23 to May 1, 2015, raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data were collected aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada in the North Pacific Ocean. The data were logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System and submitted to the National Oceanographic Data Center by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel. Supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log is also included, archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean-atmosphere interactions based on the described meteorological and physical data.
• Analyzing ship navigation and environmental conditions for marine operations research.
• Studying temporal and spatial profiles of oceanographic properties mentioned in the description.
• Correlating optical measurements with other physical data for water quality or plankton studies.

Strengths

• Data spans a specific 40-day cruise from March 23 to May 1, 2015.
• Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2015-05 01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information).

Collection Method

Data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2015-03-23 to 2015-05-01

Freshness

Last updated 2015-05-01 00:00:00.

Geography

North Pacific Ocean