| Summary: | Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned Credit Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent. Credit CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Credit Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) Credit University of Tasmania (UTAS) Credit Australian Bureau of Meteorology Credit Australian Marine National Facility (MNF) Credit Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) Credit CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) The Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) Observatory is a Sub-Facility of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated under collaborative arrangements by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Bureau of Meteorology, and University of Tasmania (via the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre). The primary focus is sustained observing of ocean properties and processes important to climate, carbon cycling, and ocean productivity. SOTS consists of deep ocean moorings deployed in Subantarctic waters southwest of Tasmania, equipped with autonomous sensors and sample collectors. SOTS moorings are serviced annually - the existing moorings are recovered and new moorings are deployed. Some sensor data is transmitted from the moorings via satellite in near real time. Other sensor data and samples are recovered during the annual service visit. For each year, three reports are issued: Report 1. Overview of mooring voyages, dates, locations, designs, instruments (not available yet as at January 2021) Report 2. Samples from moored and shipboard sample collections Report 3. Sensors mounted on the moorings moored and shipboard (not available yet as at January 2021) These reports focus on metadata, i.e. descriptions of the moorings, sensors, samplers, ...
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