IMOS - ABOS Air Sea Flux Station (ASFS) Sub-Facility

The Air-Sea Flux Stations (ASFS) sub-facility is responsible for open-ocean moorings that measure real-time meteorological and oceanographic conditions at the sea surface. In particular, the stations provide data on air-sea heat and moisture fluxes, which, when combined with meteorological data, are...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) (isOwnedBy)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: data.gov.au
Subjects:
ABOS
ABOS-ASFS
Air-Sea Flux Stations
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Pressure
Atmospheric Temperature
Atmospheric Water Vapor
Atmospheric Winds
Australian Bluewater Observing System
Heat Flux
Humidity
IMOS Facility
IMOS Sub-Facility
Longwave Radiation
Ocean Optics
Ocean Temperature
Oceans
Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Precipitation
Precipitation Amount
Precipitation Rate
Radiation Budget
Sea Surface Temperature
Shortwave Radiation
Southern Ocean
Surface Air Temperature
Surface Pressure
Surface Winds
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-abos-air-sub-facility/1926324
http://data.gov.au/dataset/92d06589-a205-4800-9f90-832fd18ee351
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Summary:The Air-Sea Flux Stations (ASFS) sub-facility is responsible for open-ocean moorings that measure real-time meteorological and oceanographic conditions at the sea surface. In particular, the stations provide data on air-sea heat and moisture fluxes, which, when combined with meteorological data, are essential for climate change research. The continuous time series provided by the air-sea flux stations are particularly important because many of the processes that control heat and moisture fluxes exchange show variability on a wide range of time scales. ASFS aims to deliver high quality air-sea flux measurements on a near real-time basis. \n\nObservations are obtained by the Southern Ocean Flux Station (SOFS) mooring in the Sub-Antarctic zone, south-west of Tasmania (46.75S 141E). The SOFS mooring has dual sets of radiometers, temperature and humidity sensors, precipitation gauges and sonic anemometers. \n\nData are broadcast via satellite back to Australia routinely. The observations are quality controlled at the Bureau of Meteorology and air-sea fluxes calculated using the COARE Bulk Flux algorithm. Daily files of 1-hourly averages of the observations and calculated bulk fluxes are generated shortly after 0200UTC and made available via the IMOS Ocean Portal. Air-Sea Flux Stations page on IMOS website. -

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