NOAA Ship Delaware II Underway Physical and Meteorological Data, 2008

NOAA Ship Delaware II collected underway physical and meteorological data in the Northwest Atlantic from January 10 to February 25, 2008. The dataset is published by NOAA NCEI and accessed via the nasa_earthdata platform. The specific variables, row count, and file format are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal patterns of physical oceanographic variables (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Correlating ship-track meteorological measurements with regional climate models (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating satellite-derived sea surface data with in-situ ship logs (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative NOAA NCEI organization.
• Data collection has a precise temporal range from 2008-01-10 to 2008-02-25.
• Geographic scope is explicitly defined as the Northwest Atlantic.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 2008-02-25 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

2008-01-10 to 2008-02-25

Freshness

Last updated 2008-02 25 00:00:00; data is from a fixed historical period.

Geography

Northwest Atlantic