NOAA Ship Oregon II Underway Meteorological and Oceanographic Data from 2018

The Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean are the geographic scope for this dataset of raw underway data logged aboard NOAA Ship Oregon II from 2018 07 26 to 2018 09 30. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data, along with cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log. The data were archived through 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 temporal oceanographic profiles based on the time series and profile data mentioned.
• Validating satellite or model data against in-situ ship-based observations.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a specific 66-day period from 2018-07-26 to 2018-09-30.
• 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.
• Row count, file formats, and sample data are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2018-09-30 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Oregon II and submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2018-07-26 to 2018-09 30

Freshness

Last updated 2018-09-30 00:00:00.

Geography

Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean