NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada Underway Data in the North Pacific Ocean, 2018

NCEI Accession 0171248 contains raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, and physical data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada. The data were collected in the North Pacific Ocean from February 27 to March 5, 2018, and submitted by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean-atmosphere interactions based on underway meteorological and physical data.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns and environmental conditions based on navigational and optical data.
• Studying short-term oceanic variability based on profile and time series data.
• Calibrating satellite-derived oceanographic measurements based on in-situ profile data.

Strengths

• Data collection is documented for a specific 7-day cruise from 2018-02-27 to 2018-03 05.
• Data originate from a NOAA research vessel's Scientific Computer System, suggesting standardized collection.
• Includes 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 2018-03-05 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

Automated archival from shipboard Scientific Computer System logs via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Time Range

2018-02-27 to 2018-03-05

Freshness

Last updated 2018-03-05 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean