NOAA Ship Delaware II Underway Data from the Northwest Atlantic, 1999

Northwest Atlantic oceanographic and meteorological data collected aboard the NOAA Ship Delaware II. The dataset was published by NOAA NCEI and covers the period from January 20 to September 30, 1999. It likely contains physical measurements such as temperature, salinity, and wind conditions recorded during the ship's operations.

Use Cases

• Analyzing sea surface temperature trends over a nine-month period (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Correlating meteorological conditions with ship-track locations (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating regional oceanographic models for the 1999 time period (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative NOAA NCEI organization.
• Covers a specific nine-month time range from 1999-01-20 to 1999-09-30.
• Geographic scope is explicitly defined as the Northwest Atlantic.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 1999-09-30 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

1999-01-20 to 1999-09-30

Freshness

1999-09-30 00:00:00

Geography

Northwest Atlantic