All scientific data collected by the Australian Antarctic program (AAp) are eventually described in the Catalogue of Australian Antarctic and Subantarctic Metadata (CAASM). CAASM can be used to search through AAp data descriptions, and it also provides links to access publicly available datasets, which can either be immediately downloaded or obtained from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC).
This dataset contains the underway data from Voyages 9 and 9.1 1992-93 (WOES and WORSE) of the Aurora Australis. These were dedicated marine science voyages. Meteorological, bathymetric, fluorometer and thermosalinograph data are available via the AADC web page (see Related URL section). The Marine Science Support Data Quality Report can also be accessed via the Related URL section.
CTD data were also obtained along the WOCE SR3 line.
From the voyage leader's report:
Voyage 9 was a purely marine science voyage on the "Aurora Australis" divided into four legs. The first was WOCE section SR3 along 138 degrees E from Hobart to as far into the ice as was feasible. The second leg was a hydroacoustic survey for Antarctic krill between 138 E and 155 E. The third leg was to be devoted to glaciological and marine biological research in the ice. The final leg was to be a further WOCE section from the ice northwards along 155 E.
Please see the Marine Science Support Data Quality Report via 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.
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 from the voyage are also available for download.
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=199293090 when using these data.
2013-02-26 - record updated by Dave Connell with a quality statement provided by Miles Jordan. 2014-05-13 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2019-09-19 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates to URLs. 2021-08-27 - record updated by Dave Connell after supplementary data were added. 2022-12-12 - record updated by Dave Connell to correct a broken URL. 2023-11-27 - record updated by Dave Connell to alter URL Content Types. 2024-02-08 - record updated by Dave Connell to alter the citation. 2024-02-28 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a DOI, and to add a voyage track link at the request of Lewis Rockliffe. 2024-04-09 - record updated by Dave Connell to add further reports to the download. 2025-01-29 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.