Upper Ocean Thermal Data, Pacific Ocean Line PX33/IX30 (Hobart-Macquarie Island), 1992-current

• Other Authors: CSIRO O&A, Information & Data Centre (pointOfContact), CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart (hasAssociationWith)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure; Earth Science | Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature; XBTs (Expendable Bathythermographs); Countries | Australia; Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean; Offshore Islands (Australia) | Macquarie Island; Southern Ocean Processes (CCRP) 1988-2000; World Ocean Circulation Experiment; Ship: Aurora Australis; Temperature of the water body; bathythermographs; research vessel; Antarctic; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; aurora australis; Australian Antarctic Program; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/upper-ocean-thermal-1992-current/691614

Progress Code: onGoing Maintenance and Update Frequency: continual Statement: Data are sourced from XBTs deployed from merchant vessels participating in the IGOSS Ship-of-Opportunity Program (SOOP). Processing and quality control information is given in the cited documentation (Bailey et al. 1994). This dataset contains temperature data from the TOGA/WOCE transect PX33 (=IX30) across the Southern Ocean, between Hobart and Macquarie Island. Data have been collected since December 1992 and are ongoing. The transect is repeated irregularly. The data are obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed via the research/supply vessels of the Australian Antarctic program, and are now managed by the Joint Australian Facility for Ocean Observing Systems (JAFOOS), a collaborative venture between CSIRO Marine Research and the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC).