Aurora Australis WOCE Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9501

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Title: Aurora Australis WOCE Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9501

Description:

Abstract:

Oceanographic measurements were conducted along WOCE Southern Ocean meridional section SR3 between Tasmania and Antarctica, and around the boundary of a square-plan test volume south of the Antarctic Divergence, from July to September 1995. A total of 208 CTD vertical profile stations were taken, 64 of those to near bottom, and the remaining 144 to a depth of 500 m. Over 2300 Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite, silicate), dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, iodate/iodide, primary productivity, and biological parameters, using both a 24 and 12 bottle rosette sampler. Near surface current data were collected using a ship mounted ADCP. Measurement and data processing techniques are summarised, 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 sigma-T temperature (C) (ITS-90) salinity (PSS78) density-1000 (kg.m-3) specific volume anomaly x 108 geopotential anomaly dissolved oxygen (mmol.l-1) number of data points used in the 2 dbar averaging bin standard deviation of temperature values in the 2 dbar bin standard deviation of conductivity values in the 2 dbar bin fluorescence photosynthetically active radiation CTD pressure (dbar) CTD temperature (C) (ITS-90) reversing thermometer temperature (C) CTD conductivity (mS.cm-1) CTD salinity (PSS78) bottle salinity (PSS78) bottle quality flag (-1=rejected, 0=suspect, 1=good) niskin bottle number

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REFERENCE: Rosenberg, M., Bray, S., Bindoff, N., Rintoul, S., Johnston, N., Bell, S., and Towler, P., 1997. Aurora Australis marine science cruises AU9501, AU9604 and AU9601 - oceanographic field measurements and analysis, inter-cruise comparisons and data quality notes. Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre, Research Report No. 12, September 1997. 150 pp.

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Beginning_Date: 19950717

Ending_Date: 19950830

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: 137.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 147.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -43.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.0

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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: Bottle Quality Flag

Theme_Keyword: Bottle Salinity

Theme_Keyword: Bottom Depth

Theme_Keyword: Bottom Position

Theme_Keyword: Bottom Time

Theme_Keyword: Comment

Theme_Keyword: Cruise

Theme_Keyword: Ctd Conductivity

Theme_Keyword: Ctd Pressure

Theme_Keyword: Ctd Salinity

Theme_Keyword: Ctd Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Date

Theme_Keyword: Dissolved Oxygen

Theme_Keyword: Elevation Above Bottom (m)

Theme_Keyword: Finish Position

Theme_Keyword: Finish Time

Theme_Keyword: Flag

Theme_Keyword: Fluorescence

Theme_Keyword: Geopotential Anomaly

Theme_Keyword: Maximum Pressure

Theme_Keyword: Niskin Bottle Number

Theme_Keyword: Number Of Data Points Used In The 2 Dbar Averaging Bin

Theme_Keyword: Oceanography

Theme_Keyword: Photosynthetically Active Radiation

Theme_Keyword: Point Number Range

Theme_Keyword: Pressure

Theme_Keyword: Reversing Thermometer Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Salinity

Theme_Keyword: Ship

Theme_Keyword: Sigma-t

Theme_Keyword: Specific Volume Anomaly

Theme_Keyword: Standard Deviation Of Conductivity Values In The 2 Dbar Bin

Theme_Keyword: Standard Deviation Of Temperature Values In The 2 Dbar Bin

Theme_Keyword: Start Position

Theme_Keyword: Start Time

Theme_Keyword: Station

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

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

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Contact_Person: MARK ROSENBERG

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

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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

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Contact_Person: DATA OFFICER AADC

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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: au9501

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 19991007

Metadata_Review_Date: 20080410

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 19991007

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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

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