NOAA Ship Oregon II Underway Data from the Gulf of Mexico, April-May 2018

Raw underway data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Oregon II during a cruise in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-04-27 to 2018-05-25. The dataset includes meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series measurements 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

• Correlate meteorological conditions with oceanographic profiles based on the described meteorological and physical data.
• Analyze ship navigation patterns and environmental sampling routes based on the navigational data.
• Model time-series changes in ocean optical properties based on the optical data mentioned.
• Validate automated data logging and archival processes for research vessels based on the NOAA R2R program context.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 29-day cruise from 2018-04-27 to 2018-05-25, providing a focused temporal snapshot.
• Includes multiple data types (meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, time series) logged from a single platform.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log for context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2018-05-25 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Automated logging by the Scientific Computer System (SCS) aboard the ship, submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2018-04-27 to 2018-05-25

Freshness

Last updated 2018-05-25 00:00:00.

Geography

Gulf of Mexico