NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA Underway Physical and Meteorological Data, 1999-2000

Underway physical and meteorological data were collected aboard NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA from 10 September 1999 to 19 May 2000. The data were collected in support of the NOAA Shipboard Sensor Data Acquisition (NSSDAC) program. Physical parameters include temperature and salinity, while meteorological parameters include barometric pressure, relative humidity, incoming solar radiation, wind speed, and wind direction.

Use Cases

• Analyze sea surface temperature and salinity patterns based on the physical parameters mentioned in the description
• Model air-sea interactions based on the combined physical and meteorological parameters
• Calibrate satellite-derived oceanographic measurements based on in-situ shipboard sensor data
• Study seasonal variability in Pacific Ocean conditions based on the 8-month time range

Strengths

• Data collection spans 8 months from September 1999 to May 2000, providing temporal coverage
• Includes multiple measured parameters: temperature, salinity, barometric pressure, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed, and wind direction

Limitations

• Last updated 2000-05-19 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected underway aboard NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA via the NOAA Shipboard Sensor Data Acquisition (NSSDAC) program.

Time Range

1999-09-10 to 2000-05-19

Freshness

Last updated 2000-05-19 00:00:00

Geography

Pacific Ocean