From September 5 to 20, 2013, raw underway data was collected aboard the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai in the North Pacific Ocean. The dataset contains meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System (SCS). It was submitted by NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and archived via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program.
Use Cases
- Analyze meteorological conditions at sea based on the described meteorological data.
- Study ship navigation and track patterns based on the described navigational data.
- Model ocean physical properties based on the described physical and profile data.
- Investigate optical properties of seawater based on the described optical data.
- Conduct time series analysis of environmental variables based on the described time series data.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 16-day voyage from September 5 to 20, 2013.
- Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series.
- Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log (SDAL).
Limitations
- Last updated 2013-09-20 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data logged by the Scientific Computer System (SCS) aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai and submitted by OMAO personnel.
- Time Range
- 2013-09-05 to 2013-09-20
- Freshness
- 2013-09-20 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean