NOAA Ship Delaware II Underway Physical and Meteorological Data, 2006

Northwest Atlantic physical and meteorological data collected by NOAA Ship DELAWARE II from March 1 to April 5, 2006. The dataset is published by NOAA NCEI and accessed via the NASA Earthdata platform. It likely contains time-series measurements of environmental conditions recorded during the ship's voyage.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal patterns of sea surface conditions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Correlating meteorological and oceanographic variables for climate studies (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating regional ocean models with in-situ ship data (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by NOAA NCEI, a recognized authority for oceanographic data.
• Data has a precise temporal coverage from 2006-03-01 to 2006-04-05.
• Sourced from a dedicated research vessel, suggesting systematic collection.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 2006-04-05 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 by NOAA Ship DELAWARE II.

Time Range

2006-03-01 to 2006-04-05

Freshness

Last updated 2006-04-05 00:00:00

Geography

Northwest Atlantic