Brief description
Temperature data from the TOGA/WOCE transect PX2 across the Banda Sea (Flores Sea - Torres Strait) has been collected since 1983 and are ongoing. The transect is repeated approximately 12 times a year with profiles obtained approximately every 50-100 Km.The data are obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed vie marchant vessels, and are managed by the Joint Australian Facility for Ocean Observing Systems (JAFOOS), a collaborative venture between CSIRO Marine Research and the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC).
Full description
Data available via the IMOS OPeNDAP server -Website of the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) -
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Subjects
Australia |
Banda Sea |
Bathythermographs |
Bluewater and Climate |
Countries |
Expendable Bathythermographs |
Flores Sea |
IMOS Node |
IMOS Sub-Facility |
Ocean Pressure |
Ocean Temperature |
Oceans |
Regional Seas |
SOOP-XBT |
Water Pressure |
Water Temperature |
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Identifiers
- Local : imos-soop-xbt-upper-ocean-thermal-data-collected-on-the-line-px2-across-the-banda-sea
- URI : data.gov.au/data/dataset/aaa8a9ab-275a-4bc0-8c96-4a2e8252a628
