North Atlantic Ocean underway data collected aboard NOAA Ship Pisces from 2016-08-24 to 2016-09-04. The dataset contains raw meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series data logged by the ship's Scientific Computer System (SCS). Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) personnel submitted the data and associated metadata to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) via the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program.
Use Cases
- Analyze meteorological conditions at sea based on the described meteorological data.
- Study oceanographic profiles based on the described physical and profile data.
- Model ship navigation and track patterns based on the described navigational data.
- Correlate optical measurements with other environmental variables based on the described optical data.
- Conduct time series analysis of underway ocean conditions based on the described time series data.
Strengths
- Data collection spans a specific 12-day period from 2016-08-24 to 2016 09-04.
- Includes multiple data types: meteorological, navigational, optical, physical, profile, and time series.
- Contains supplementary cruise-level metadata from the Ship Daily Activity Log (SDAL).
- Archived via an automated process under the NOAA Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2016-09-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data logged by the Scientific Computer System (SCS) aboard NOAA Ship Pisces and submitted by OMAO personnel.
- Time Range
- 2016-08-24 to 2016-09-04
- Freshness
- Last updated 2016-09-04 00:00:00.
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean