NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter Underway Data from the North Atlantic Ocean, July-August 2018

From July 20 to August 21, 2018, raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data were logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the North Atlantic Ocean. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and associated metadata to the National Centers for Environmental Information. The data were archived through the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Correlating atmospheric conditions with oceanographic profiles based on the described meteorological and physical data.
• Analyzing ship navigation patterns and environmental interactions based on the navigational and time series data.
• Studying optical properties of seawater in the North Atlantic based on the mentioned optical measurements.
• Validating satellite-derived oceanographic or meteorological models using the in-situ profile and time series data.

Strengths

• Data collection covers a specific 33-day cruise in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2018-07-20 to 2018-08-21.
• Includes multiple data types (meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, time series) logged by an integrated Scientific Computer System.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and sample data are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2018-08-21 00:00:00; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter and submitted by Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel.

Time Range

2018-07 20 to 2018-08-21

Freshness

Last updated 2018-08-21 00:00:00

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean