Meteorological and ship navigation data collected aboard the R/V F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17121 in the Gulf of Mexico from 2017-04-30 to 2017-05-09

This dataset includes the meteorological data from the ship-mounted station and underway navigation data collected aboard the R/V F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17121 in the Gulf of Mexico from 2017-04-30 to 2017-05-09. Underway and CTD data were collected for 9 days in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico while deploying EM-APEX floats that were instrumented to measure physical and biogeochemical parameters. The expedition started in Gulfport, MS, spent 9 days moving along two parallel deployment lines (including a weather delay), before heading to port in Miami, FL. Included in this dataset are the barometric pressure, longwave and shortwave irradiance, solar UV radiation, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and ship navigation from the POSMV system. The complete navigation dataset from all onboard GPS can be found under GRIIDC UDI R5.x275.000:0008. These data are part of the Rolling Deck to Repository Program (DOI:10.7284/907283).