Underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile and time series data col

Underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data were collected by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Pisces. The data were logged during a cruise in the Gulf of Mexico from May 27 to September 30, 2014. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and metadata to the National Oceanographic Data Center as part of the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Analyze meteorological trends in the Gulf of Mexico based on the underway meteorological data mentioned in the description.
• Study oceanographic profiles and physical properties based on the profile and physical data logged by the ship's system.
• Correlate ship navigation with environmental observations based on the navigational and time series data.
• Validate automated data archiving processes for marine research based on the NOAA R2R program metadata.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a specific four-month time range from 2014-05-27 to 2014-09 30.
• Includes multiple data types such as meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.
• Data were archived through an automated process under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2014-09-30 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

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

Time Range

2014-05-27 to 2014-09-30

Freshness

Last updated 2014-09-30 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Mexico