NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Underway Oceanographic and Meteorological Data, October 2017

October 9-26, 2017 raw underway data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada in the North Pacific Ocean. The dataset contains meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data submitted 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 patterns in the North Pacific Ocean based on the navigational data.
• Studying temporal profiles of oceanographic variables based on the described time series and profile data.
• Integrating optical measurements with physical oceanographic data for sensor validation studies.

Strengths

• Data spans a specific 18-day period from October 9 to 26, 2017.
• 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 2017-10-26 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is 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

2017-10 09 to 2017-10-26

Freshness

Last updated 2017-10-26 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean