NOAA Ship Pisces Underway Data from the Gulf of Mexico, May 2016

May 26-31, 2016, raw underway meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data logged by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Pisces in the Gulf of Mexico. Office of Marine and Aviation Operations personnel submitted the data and associated metadata to the National Centers for Environmental Information as part of the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program.

Use Cases

• Analyze meteorological conditions at sea based on the described meteorological data.
• Study marine navigation patterns based on the navigational data.
• Model physical oceanographic profiles based on the physical and profile data.
• Conduct time series analysis of oceanographic variables based on the time series data.
• Correlate optical measurements with other environmental factors based on the optical data.

Strengths

• Data collection is automated via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository program, suggesting systematic capture.
• Includes supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log.
• Covers a specific 6-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico from May 26-31, 2016.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2016-05-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Automated logging by the Scientific Computer System aboard NOAA Ship Pisces, submitted by OMAO personnel.

Time Range

2016-05 26 to 2016-05-31

Freshness

Last updated 2016-05-31 00:00:00.

Geography

Gulf of Mexico