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Underway voyage data collected from Australian Antarctic Division chartered ships

Entry ID: underway_ship_data

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Summary

Abstract: Australian Antarctic Division chartered vessels routinely collect environmental information as they move around the Southern Ocean. The type of data collected varies depending on the vessel (and exactly what sensors are in place on each ship).

Underway data typically include a number of meteorological and oceanographic parameters (such as sea surface temperature, air temperature, humidity, UV ...

Related URL

Link: GET SERVICE

Description: Marine Science Data - Underway Data Extraction Interface

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -38.0

S: -68.0

E: 165.0

W: 30.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1985-07-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

TRANSPORTATION

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

TEMPERATURE LOGGERS

ECHO SOUNDERS

Quality The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only.

Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report:
Difficulties affecting project:
Because of logistical delays to the Aurora Australis shipping schedule, ship time for this project was deferred to the 2009/2010 season. Thus we have not done any of the sampling for the project.
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Access Constraints These data are not yet publicly available.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_3046 when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Calcareous zooplankton

ocean acidification

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 17 kb

Distribution Format: Excel

Fees: Free

Personnel

WILLIAM HOWARD

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 2 6213 6776

Email: will.r.howard at gmail.com

Contact Address:

Office of The Chief Scientist

GPO Box 9839

City: Canberra

Province or State: ACT

Postal Code: 2601

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-04-16

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-02-07

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