IMOS SOOP-XBT Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected in the Southern Ocean

• Other Authors: AODN Data Manager (pointOfContact), AODN Data Manager (distributor), CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Aspendale (hasAssociationWith), CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart (hasAssociationWith), CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - IOMRC Crawley (hasAssociationWith), CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - St. Lucia (hasAssociationWith), Cowley, Rebecca (processor), Data Officer (pointOfContact), Data Officer (distributor), Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Integrated Marine Observing System
• Subjects: oceans; WATER PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE; OCEAN PRESSURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; Bathythermographs | Expendable Bathythermographs (XBT); IMOS Sub-Facility | SOOP-XBT | Expendable Bathythermographs; IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate; Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean; depth; sea_water_temperature; time; latitude; longitude; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-soop-xbt-southern-ocean/476500

Statement: XBT data is collected from the volunteer observing ships and returned to CMAR. We then convert the data into our netcdf format and perform quality control on temperature, rejecting data that shows sign of instrument faults or other anomalies that are not considered 'real'. Any real features of the profile are flagged as well and these flags can be used to study the occurrence of such features (inversions, fine structure, 'steps', etc). The quality control system is based on Matlab and called Mquest. 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 Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) This dataset contains temperature data obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed by vessels during different cruises in the Southern Ocean. Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs) have been used for many years by oceanographers to measure the temperature of the upper ocean. These instruments are simple devices which are designed to be deployed from moving vessels, enabling broad scale coverage of the world's oceans.