IMOS - Deep Water Moorings - Air Sea Flux Station (ASFS) Sub-Facility, Southern Ocean Flux Station (SOFS) Platform

• Other Authors: AODN Data Manager (pointOfContact), AODN Data Manager (distributor), Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) (hasAssociationWith), Data Officer (pointOfContact), Data Officer (distributor), Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) (resourceProvider), Schulz, Eric (hasPrincipalInvestigator)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; CONDUCTIVITY; EARTH SCIENCE; SALINITY/DENSITY; SALINITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WINDS; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; SURFACE PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; OCEAN HEAT BUDGET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION AMOUNT; PRECIPITATION; Buoys | Moored Buoys; IMOS Facility | Deep Water Moorings; IMOS Platform | SOFS | Southern Ocean Flux Station Mooring; eastward_wind; northward_wind; air_temperature; relative_humidity; air_pressure; sea_surface_temperature; sea_water_electrical_conductivity; surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air; surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air; thickness_of_rainfall_amount; wind_to_direction; wind_speed; sea_water_salinity; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-deep-water-sofs-platform/693210

Maintenance and Update Frequency: continual 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. SOFS is an observing platform in the Sub-Antarctic Zone, approximately 350 nautical miles southwest of Tasmania. It obtains frequent measurements of the surface and deep ocean properties that control the transfer of heat, moisture, energy and CO2 between the atmosphere and the upper ocean to improve understanding of climate and carbon processes. The mooring was first deployed at (46.7S, 142E) in March 2010 and recovered in April 2011. It was re-deployed in November 2011 at (46.8S, 142E) and recovered in July 2012, it was then re-deployed in August 2012 at (-46.7S, 142E) and recovered in January 2013, it was then re-deployed in May 2013 at (-46.8S, 142E) and recovered in October 2013. The mooring was redeployed in March 2015. The SOFS is equiped with two identical ASIMET systems and telemetry to provide real time data to marine observers and researchers.