Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise au9301 (THIRST)

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

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Title: Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise au9301 (THIRST)

Description:

Abstract:

Oceanographic measurements were conducted north of Heard Island from August 1993 to October 1993. A total of 58 CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) vertical profile stations were taken, most to near bottom. Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite, silicate), chlorofluorocarbons, helium, tritium, dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, carbon isotopes, dissolved organic carbon, dimethyl sulphide/dimethyl sulphoniopropionate, iodate/iodide, oxygen 18, primary productivity, and biological parameters, using a 24 bottle rosette sampler. CTD salinity data have been calibrated against bottle samples. Upcast CTD burst data were no longer available, howevercomparison of bottle samples to CTD data from the equivalent downcast pressures gives a salinity accuracy ofapproximately 0.005 (PSS78). The bottle data file contains salinities and dissolved oxygens. Nutrient data exist only in files output from the laboratory analysis program &DAPA&, and are contained on floppy disks held by Andrew Forbes (CSIRO). Measurement and data processing techniques are described, and a summary of the data are presented in graphical and tabular form. The fields in this dataset are: oceanography ship station number date start time bottom time finish time cruise start position bottom position finish position maximum position bottom depth pressure temperature (T-90) salinity sigma-T specific volume anomaly geopotential anomaly dissolved oxygen fluorescence photosynthetically active radiation niskin bottle number

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Supplemental_Information:

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Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19930807

Ending_Date: 19931009

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 72.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 77.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -50.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -53.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CARBON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > STABLE ISOTOPES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA

Theme_Keyword: Bottom Depth

Theme_Keyword: Bottom Position

Theme_Keyword: Bottom Time

Theme_Keyword: Cruise

Theme_Keyword: Date

Theme_Keyword: Dissolved Oxygen

Theme_Keyword: Finish Position

Theme_Keyword: Finish Time

Theme_Keyword: Fluorescence

Theme_Keyword: Geopotential Anomaly

Theme_Keyword: Maximum Position

Theme_Keyword: Niskin Bottle Number

Theme_Keyword: Oceanography

Theme_Keyword: Photosynthetically Active Radiation

Theme_Keyword: Pressure

Theme_Keyword: Salinity

Theme_Keyword: Ship

Theme_Keyword: Sigma-t

Theme_Keyword: Specific Volume Anomaly

Theme_Keyword: Start Position

Theme_Keyword: Start Time

Theme_Keyword: Station Number

Theme_Keyword: Temperature (t-90)

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

Access_Constraints: Data stored as column formatted ascii data, and matlab format; data report is MS WORD 2000 document.

Use_Constraints:

This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Must be cited properly

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MARK ROSENBERG

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: ACE CRC, c/- University of Tasmania

Address: Private Bag 80

City: Hobart

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6226 7651

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6226 2973

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mark.Rosenberg@aad.gov.au

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

See data report.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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Completeness_Report:

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Lineage:

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Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Contact_Person: DATA OFFICER AADC

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3351

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@aad.gov.au

Resource_Description: au9301

Distribution_Liability:

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Computer_Contact_Information:

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http://data.aad.gov.au

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/portal/download_file.c...

Access_Instructions:

Download page for CTD data for cruise au9301

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Online_Option:

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Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19991007

Metadata_Review_Date: 20080410

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 19991007

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MARK ROSENBERG

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: ACE CRC, c/- University of Tasmania

Address: Private Bag 80

City: Hobart

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6226 7651

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6226 2973

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mark.Rosenberg@aad.gov.au

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time