Brief description
This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel OOCL Houston (callsign VRDE7). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is located 8.2m below the summer load line. Observed data are 1-minute median SST values and are retrieved from the vessel once an hour and quality controlled at the Bureau of Meteorology. A daily file is available after 0100 UTC.Notes
CreditAustralia’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.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)
Created: 02 09 2016
Data time period: 04 09 2016
text: westlimit=100; southlimit=-41; eastlimit=160; northlimit=5
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