IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Best Practice Manual for SMRU CTD Satellite Relay Data Loggers

• Other Authors: AODN Data Manager (distributor), Data Officer (distributor), Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University (hasAssociationWith), Harcourt, Rob (author), Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) (custodian), Jonsen, Ian (author), McMahon, Clive (pointOfContact), McMahon, Clive (author), Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) (hasAssociationWith)
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• Published: Integrated Marine Observing System
• Subjects: oceans; Animal Tagging Sub-Facility; Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS); Antarc*; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Division; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals; Southern Ocean; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-animal-tracking-data-loggers/3341069

Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded Credit Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS). IMOS is a national collaborative research infrastructure, supported by Australian Government. Credit Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) Credit French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) Credit Macquarie University Credit University of Tasmania (UTAS) Credit Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) Credit National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) Credit CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Credit Stockholm University (SU) Credit Shanghai Ocean University Credit Hokkaido University This document is the IMOS Animal Tracking Facility’s Best Practice manual for near real-time and delayed-mode processing of physical and behavioural observations collected using Sea Mammal Research Unit CTD Satellite Relay Data loggers (SMRU CTD-SRDL). The Animal Tracking Facility deploys SMRU CTD-SRDL’s on southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) and Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Southern Ocean and on olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) and flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus) in the Timor and Arafura Seas. The data transmitted by these instrumented animals contributes to the study of ocean structure and dynamics by supplying temperature and salinity observations within the upper ocean in high latitude, shallow coastal and tropical regions that are historically under-sampled by traditional observing platforms. This document describes the calibration methods used by the Animal Tracking Facility prior to instrument deployment and the quality analyses/quality control (QA/QC) methods for both near real-time and delayed-mode data.