NCEI Accession 0151241 contains raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted these data and supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log. The data were collected in the North Pacific Ocean from 2016-04-28 to 2016-05-09 and archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.
Use Cases
- Modeling marine atmospheric conditions based on underway meteorological data.
- Analyzing oceanographic profiles based on physical and optical data.
- Correlating ship navigation tracks with environmental time series data.
- Studying short-term oceanic processes in the North Pacific based on the cruise-level metadata.
Strengths
- Data includes multiple measurement types: meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series.
- Cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log provides supplementary context.
- Data collection follows a defined NOAA R2R program automated archival process.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2016-05-09 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 (SCS) aboard the ship and submitted by OMAO personnel.
- Time Range
- 2016-04 28 to 2016-05-09
- Freshness
- Last updated 2016-05-09 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean