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4. 199697010

Description

This dataset contains the underway data from Voyage 1 1996-97 (WASTE) of the Aurora Australis. This was a manned marine science cruise. CTD data were also obtained from Hobart to the ice edge along the WOCE SR3 line. Oceanographic data from this voyage are held by the Principal Investigator Dr. Steve Rintoul at CSIRO.

A number of reports, images and calibration files are also available for download from the provided URL.

The voyage leader's report describes the following primary and secondary scientific objectives of the voyage:

1) Undertake a hydrographic survey of WOCE section SR3. This was the 6th and final occupation of this transect, measuring the structure and flow of water between Antarctica and Australia as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment.
2) Undertake a survey of pelagic fish along section SR3. This was the first detailed survey of finned fish in the region.
3) Undertake hydrographic survey over inverted echo sounder moorings 30 miles east of the main SR3 line between 50S and 53S (7 CTD stations).
4) Undertake approved iceberg observation program.
5) Undertake survey of pelagic plastics using a neuston net to collect floating debris.
6) Undertake bathymetric measurements around Macquarie Island (two optional routes provided).
7) Undertake survey of carbon dioxide exchange along the cruise track.
8) Undertake a phytoplankton survey along section SR3.

The cruise was dubbed "WASTE" (WOCE Antarctic Southern Transect Expedition).

Quality

See the Marine Science Support Data Quality and Programmer's Reports at the Related URL section.

Where data for a particular sensor do not exist for a particular time, the last known value is used unless the sensor has been disabled or has encountered an error. For example, some sensors only record data every minute, but the resolution for the underway dataset is 10 seconds, so the same value will be used 6 times a minute. No averages are taken for sensors that capture data at a rate other than every 10 seconds. Instead, each record will be a snapshot of each sensor at that time.

Access

Data are available online via the AADC web page. A "supplementary" dataset is also available for download from the provided URL. It contains raw data collected directly from the ship, which has not been quality checked.

Reports and calibration documents are also available for download.

Temporal Coverages

• Start date: 1996-08-22 - Stop date: 1996-09-22

Spatial Coverages

Science Keywords

• EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
• EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY
• EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
• EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION
• EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
• EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
• EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

Use Constraints

This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=199697010 when using these data.