NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Underway Data from the North Pacific Ocean, February 2017

From 2017-02-17 to 2017-02-25, 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 (SCS) and submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) 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 (R2R) 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 its environmental context based on the described navigational data.
• Correlate optical measurements with other physical variables based on the described optical data.
• Conduct time series analysis of underway marine observations based on the described time series data.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a defined 9-day period from 2017-02-17 to 2017-02 25.
• Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log (SDAL).
• Data archived through an automated process under the NOAA R2R program, suggesting a standardized pipeline.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2017-02-25 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2017-02-17 to 2017-02-25

Freshness

Last updated 2017-02-25 00:00:00.

Geography

North Pacific Ocean