IMOS - SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility - Near real-time data

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 Bureau of Mete...

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Other Authors: AODN Data Manager (distributor), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (hasAssociationWith), Cabrie, Joel (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Data Officer (distributor), Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) (resourceProvider)
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Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-soop-sea-time-data/961306
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topic oceans
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEAN TEMPERATURE
SURFACE WINDS
OCEAN WINDS
AIR TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Dew Point
IMOS Platform | FHZI | L'Astrolabe
IMOS Platform | VJQ7467 | Fantasea Wonder
IMOS Platform | VNSZ | Spirit of Tasmania II
IMOS Platform | VROB | Highland Chief
IMOS Platform | C6FS9 | Stadacona
IMOS Platform | VNAH | Portland
IMOS Platform | VRZN9 | Pacific Celebes
IMOS Platform | VNVR | Iron Yandi
IMOS Platform | 9HA2479 | Pacific Sun
IMOS Platform | VHW5167 | Sea Flyte
IMOS Platform | HSB3403 | Wana Bhum
IMOS Platform | VHW6005 | Linnaeus
IMOS Platform | HSB3402 | Xutra Bhum
Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean
Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean
Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Global / Oceans | Atlantic Ocean
Regional Seas | Mediterranean Sea
Regional Seas | Red Sea
Regional Seas | Arabian Sea
Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight
SA/WA
Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait
TAS/VIC
Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
Regional Seas | Coral Sea
Regional Seas | Arafura Sea
Regional Seas | Java Sea
Regional Seas | Banda Sea
Regional Seas | Solomon Sea
Regional Seas | Philippine Sea
Regional Seas | South China Sea
Regional Seas | East China Sea
Marine Features | Strait of Malacca
Countries | Indonesia
Countries | Australia
Countries | New Zealand
spellingShingle oceans
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEAN TEMPERATURE
SURFACE WINDS
OCEAN WINDS
AIR TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Dew Point
IMOS Platform | FHZI | L'Astrolabe
IMOS Platform | VJQ7467 | Fantasea Wonder
IMOS Platform | VNSZ | Spirit of Tasmania II
IMOS Platform | VROB | Highland Chief
IMOS Platform | C6FS9 | Stadacona
IMOS Platform | VNAH | Portland
IMOS Platform | VRZN9 | Pacific Celebes
IMOS Platform | VNVR | Iron Yandi
IMOS Platform | 9HA2479 | Pacific Sun
IMOS Platform | VHW5167 | Sea Flyte
IMOS Platform | HSB3403 | Wana Bhum
IMOS Platform | VHW6005 | Linnaeus
IMOS Platform | HSB3402 | Xutra Bhum
Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean
Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean
Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Global / Oceans | Atlantic Ocean
Regional Seas | Mediterranean Sea
Regional Seas | Red Sea
Regional Seas | Arabian Sea
Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight
SA/WA
Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait
TAS/VIC
Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
Regional Seas | Coral Sea
Regional Seas | Arafura Sea
Regional Seas | Java Sea
Regional Seas | Banda Sea
Regional Seas | Solomon Sea
Regional Seas | Philippine Sea
Regional Seas | South China Sea
Regional Seas | East China Sea
Marine Features | Strait of Malacca
Countries | Indonesia
Countries | Australia
Countries | New Zealand
IMOS - SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility - Near real-time data
topic_facet oceans
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEAN TEMPERATURE
SURFACE WINDS
OCEAN WINDS
AIR TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Dew Point
IMOS Platform | FHZI | L'Astrolabe
IMOS Platform | VJQ7467 | Fantasea Wonder
IMOS Platform | VNSZ | Spirit of Tasmania II
IMOS Platform | VROB | Highland Chief
IMOS Platform | C6FS9 | Stadacona
IMOS Platform | VNAH | Portland
IMOS Platform | VRZN9 | Pacific Celebes
IMOS Platform | VNVR | Iron Yandi
IMOS Platform | 9HA2479 | Pacific Sun
IMOS Platform | VHW5167 | Sea Flyte
IMOS Platform | HSB3403 | Wana Bhum
IMOS Platform | VHW6005 | Linnaeus
IMOS Platform | HSB3402 | Xutra Bhum
Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean
Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean
Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean
Global / Oceans | Atlantic Ocean
Regional Seas | Mediterranean Sea
Regional Seas | Red Sea
Regional Seas | Arabian Sea
Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight
SA/WA
Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait
TAS/VIC
Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
Regional Seas | Coral Sea
Regional Seas | Arafura Sea
Regional Seas | Java Sea
Regional Seas | Banda Sea
Regional Seas | Solomon Sea
Regional Seas | Philippine Sea
Regional Seas | South China Sea
Regional Seas | East China Sea
Marine Features | Strait of Malacca
Countries | Indonesia
Countries | Australia
Countries | New Zealand
description 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 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Credit CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) sub-facility aims to enable accurate, quality controlled, SST data to be supplied in near real-time (within 24 hours) from SOOPs and research vessels in oceans worldwide. Remotely sensed sea surface temperature (SST) data is an important input to ocean, numerical weather prediction, seasonal and climate models. In order to improve calibration and validation of satellite SST in the Australian region, there is a need for high quality in situ SST observations with greater timeliness, spatial and temporal coverage than is currently available. Regions particularly lacking in moored or drifting buoy observations are the Western Pacific Tropical Warm Pool region (Indonesia), close to the Australian coast (including Bass Strait) and the Southern Ocean. Current ship SST observations from ships of opportunity (SOOP) are either of questionable accuracy or difficult to access in a timely manner. There are five vessels carrying automatic weather stations (AWS) that participate in the Australian Volunteer Observing Fleet (AVOF) program and two vessels equipped with a newly designed system for real-time SST data acquisition. Their routes include the Southern Ocean, coastal Australia (Queensland to South Australia), Bass Strait, Pacific Ocean, South-East Asia and the Tasman Sea. Four AVOF vessels with hull-mounted temperature sensors (Sea Bird SBE 48) and one with a digital oceanographic thermometer (Sea Bird SBE 38, L'Astrolabe) are supplying high-quality bulk SST data hourly. There is also one passenger ferry that is currently taking SST measurements using the high-accuracy SBE 38 sensor (SeaFlyte, Hillarys Harbour-Rottnest Island), and one near ...
author2 AODN Data Manager (distributor)
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (hasAssociationWith)
Cabrie, Joel (hasPrincipalInvestigator)
Data Officer (distributor)
Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) (resourceProvider)
format Dataset
title IMOS - SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility - Near real-time data
title_short IMOS - SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility - Near real-time data
title_full IMOS - SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility - Near real-time data
title_fullStr IMOS - SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility - Near real-time data
title_full_unstemmed IMOS - SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility - Near real-time data
title_sort imos - soop-sea surface temperature (sst) sub-facility - near real-time data
publisher Integrated Marine Observing System
url https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-soop-sea-time-data/961306
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Temporal: From 2008-01-30
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology oceans SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE OCEAN TEMPERATURE SURFACE WINDS OCEAN WINDS AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Dew Point IMOS Platform | FHZI | L'Astrolabe IMOS Platform | VJQ7467 | Fantasea Wonder IMOS Platform | VNSZ | Spirit of Tasmania II IMOS Platform | VROB | Highland Chief IMOS Platform | C6FS9 | Stadacona IMOS Platform | VNAH | Portland IMOS Platform | VRZN9 | Pacific Celebes IMOS Platform | VNVR | Iron Yandi IMOS Platform | 9HA2479 | Pacific Sun IMOS Platform | VHW5167 | Sea Flyte IMOS Platform | HSB3403 | Wana Bhum IMOS Platform | VHW6005 | Linnaeus IMOS Platform | HSB3402 | Xutra Bhum Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean Global / Oceans | Atlantic Ocean Regional Seas | Mediterranean Sea Regional Seas | Red Sea Regional Seas | Arabian Sea Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight SA/WA Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait TAS/VIC Regional Seas | Tasman Sea Regional Seas | Coral Sea Regional Seas | Arafura Sea Regional Seas | Java Sea Regional Seas | Banda Sea Regional Seas | Solomon Sea Regional Seas | Philippine Sea Regional Seas | South China Sea Regional Seas | East China Sea Marine Features | Strait of Malacca Countries | Indonesia Countries | Australia Countries | New Zealand dataset ftands 2024-08-06T01:59:00Z 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 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Credit CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) sub-facility aims to enable accurate, quality controlled, SST data to be supplied in near real-time (within 24 hours) from SOOPs and research vessels in oceans worldwide. Remotely sensed sea surface temperature (SST) data is an important input to ocean, numerical weather prediction, seasonal and climate models. In order to improve calibration and validation of satellite SST in the Australian region, there is a need for high quality in situ SST observations with greater timeliness, spatial and temporal coverage than is currently available. Regions particularly lacking in moored or drifting buoy observations are the Western Pacific Tropical Warm Pool region (Indonesia), close to the Australian coast (including Bass Strait) and the Southern Ocean. Current ship SST observations from ships of opportunity (SOOP) are either of questionable accuracy or difficult to access in a timely manner. There are five vessels carrying automatic weather stations (AWS) that participate in the Australian Volunteer Observing Fleet (AVOF) program and two vessels equipped with a newly designed system for real-time SST data acquisition. Their routes include the Southern Ocean, coastal Australia (Queensland to South Australia), Bass Strait, Pacific Ocean, South-East Asia and the Tasman Sea. Four AVOF vessels with hull-mounted temperature sensors (Sea Bird SBE 48) and one with a digital oceanographic thermometer (Sea Bird SBE 38, L'Astrolabe) are supplying high-quality bulk SST data hourly. There is also one passenger ferry that is currently taking SST measurements using the high-accuracy SBE 38 sensor (SeaFlyte, Hillarys Harbour-Rottnest Island), and one near ... Dataset Southern Ocean Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS)