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BANGSS_Ocean

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Citation
Watts, D.J. (2009) Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise 1994/95 V6 (BANGSS), Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/BANGSS_Ocean, Accessed: 2026-06-24
Title
Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise 1994/95 V6 (BANGSS)
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2009-11-13
Revision Date
2019-03-15
Expected Date of Data Release
2009-11-13
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    Description

    This dataset contains CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) data obtained from the Big ANtarctic Geological and Seismic Survey (BANGSS) 94/95 cruise of the Aurora Australis, during Feb - Apr 1995. 24 CTD casts were taken in the Prydz Bay region, as a supplement to the geology research program. This dataset is a subset of the whole cruise data.

    The fields in this dataset are:
    Pressure
    Temperature
    Sigma-T
    Salinity
    Geopotential ANomaly
    Specific volume Anomaly
    samples
    deviation
    conduction

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    Quality

    There are problems with the temperature measurements that appear to jump at random points by about 0.1 deg C in the cast. View the associated plots to see this behaviour.

    Cast data has not been calibrated to the level required for oceanographic studies. It is only suitable for linking with related biological studies.

    Data are accurate horizontally in the 250-500 metre range, vertically in the 1-10 metre range, and temporally in the 1 minute to 1 hour range.

    Access

    These data are accessible via the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -54
    Southernmost:
    -67.5

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    64
    Easternmost:
    82
    Minimum Depth:
    0 Metres
    Maximum Depth:
    2047 Metres

    Data Resolution

    Latitude Resolution:
    500 Metre(s)
    Longitude Resolution:
    500 Metre(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • GEOPOTENTIAL ANOMALY
    • CTD
    • PRESSURE
    • SPECIFIC VOLUME ANOMALY
    • SIGMA-T
    • CONDUCTION

    Locations

    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • SHIPS
    • R/V Aurora Australis

    Instruments

    • Conductivity, Temperature, Depth

    Researchers

    • watts, dave (TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

    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=BANGSS_Ocean when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • OCEANS

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD
      • CEOS
      • AMD/AU

      Metadata Revision History

        2009-11-13 - record created by Dave Watts. 2017-03-01 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2019-03-15 - record updated by Dave Connell for ISO compliance.

      Creative Commons License