Brief description
A real-time data stream from the Spirit of Tasmania I has been set up and went live in December 2013. The IMOS SOOP-TMV sub-facility collects data from an autonomous marine monitoring system on the Spirit of Tasmania I to monitor long-term climate change indicators and measures of ecosystem health in Bass Strait surface waters and coastal waters of Victoria and Tasmania. TMV maintains an underway sampling Seabird SBE45 thermo-salinograph (TSG), a Wetlabs combination fluorometer and turbidity sensor (ECO-FLNTU), a GPS were deployed in June 2008 on the Spirit of Tasmania I (VLST) for initial trials. Routine data collection commenced on 28 August 2008. Transects are dependent upon Spirit of Tasmania 1 operating schedule. These are typically undertaken 7:30pm to 7am with subsequent in-port monitoring 7am-7:30pm at Port Melbourne and Devonport docks. During summer and holiday periods the vessel undertakes continuous transects with 2-3 hour turnaround at the ports. Resumption of data stream is planned for early 2024.Lineage
Statement: Overview of SOOP data 12 hour - Pt Melbourne (Vic) to Devonport (Tas) daily transects of temperature and salinity, and turbidity, and GPS location(GGA string). Data collected every second and stored as separate sensor files that are all PC time stamped. Data flow Automated Data collection: SBE45, FLNTU and GPS data streams managed through Labview to sample every second and stamped by PCtime. File naming is: SENSOR_RAW_YY-M-DD_HHMM_.lvm. e.g. SBE45_RAW_08-10-02_1619_000001.lvm Date and time in file is the start of the file. The real-time stream does not include any offset or calibration of the different parameters measured. The offset and calibration coefficient are only applied to the delayed mode data stream.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.
Data was collected by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of Victoria (until 2021).
Assistance with logistical and technical support for this project has been provided by the Spirit of Tasmania 1 vessel operator, TT lines.
CSIRO Marine Calibration Facility
Created: 29 01 2014
Data time period: 2013-10-06 to 2021-07-07
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