NOAA Ship Delaware II Underway Data from the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic, 2009-2010

NOAA Ship Delaware II collected underway navigational, physical, and meteorological data during voyages in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset, published by NOAA NCEI, covers a period from January 2009 to November 2010. It likely contains time-series measurements of ocean and atmospheric conditions.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean-atmosphere interactions using physical and meteorological variables (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing temporal patterns in navigational and environmental data (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating satellite-derived sea surface measurements with in-situ ship data (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform.
• Data originates from NOAA NCEI, a primary U.S. government source for environmental data.
• Covers a specific time range from 2009-01-26 to 2010-11-22.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2010-11-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected aboard NOAA Ship DELAWARE II.

Time Range

2009-01 26 to 2010-11-22

Freshness

Last updated 2010-11-22 00:00:00.

Geography

Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean