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

May 5-18, 2015, raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada in the North Pacific Ocean. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and associated metadata to NODC as part of the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Analyze meteorological conditions at sea based on the described meteorological data.
• Study oceanographic profiles based on the described physical and profile data.
• Model ship navigation and track patterns based on the described navigational data.
• Correlate optical measurements with environmental conditions based on the described optical data.

Strengths

• Contains multiple data types including meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, and profile data.
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.
• Data collection spans a specific two-week period from May 5 to May 18, 2015.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2015-05-18 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• 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 aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2015-05-05 to 2015-05-18

Freshness

Last updated 2015-05-18 00:00:00.

Geography

North Pacific Ocean