NOAA Ship Delaware II Underway Data from the North Atlantic, January-February 2009

NOAA Ship Delaware II collected underway physical and meteorological data in the North Atlantic Ocean from January 13 to February 13, 2009. The dataset is published by NOAA NCEI under accession number 0051513 and aggregated on the NASA Earthdata platform. The specific variables, file formats, and data volume are not detailed in the available metadata.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
• Provides a continuous one-month time series from a specific research voyage.
• Geographically focused on the North Atlantic Ocean.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 2009-02-13 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected aboard NOAA Ship Delaware II.

Time Range

2009-01-13 to 2009-02-13

Freshness

2009-02-13 00:00:00

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean