Underway physical and meteorological data collected by NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE in the North Pacific from 2006-04-06 to 2006-07 04. The data were logged by the vessel's Scientific Computer System (SCS) and archived by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) as part of the NOAA Shipboard Sensor Data Acquisition project.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean-atmosphere interactions based on underway meteorological data.
- Analyzing temporal environmental trends based on a continuous cruise log.
- Calibrating satellite-derived oceanographic measurements based on in-situ ship sensor data.
Strengths
- Data originates from a NOAA research vessel's operational sensor system.
- Temporal coverage is precisely defined from 2006-04-06 to 2006-07-04.
- Data is part of a standardized NOAA archiving project (NSSDAC).
Limitations
- Last updated 2006-07-04 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
- Logged by the Scientific Computer System (SCS) aboard NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE.
- Time Range
- 2006-04-06 to 2006-07-04
- Freshness
- 2006-07-04 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific