Merchant Vessel Sea Flyte (Rottnest Island Ferry) a platform of the IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature sub-facility

Research Project

Researchers: Cabrie, Joel (Principal investigator) ,  AODN Data Manager (Distributes) ,  Cabrie, Joel (principalInvestigator) ,  Data Officer (Distributes) ,  Data Officer (Distributes)

Brief description The Merchant Vessel Sea Flyte is a platform of the Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)- Sea Surface Temperature sub-facility. It collects underway bulk Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from its daily trips between Hillarys Boat Harbour and Rottnest Island (Western Australia). The MV Sea Flyte is a 35 m catamaran. The callsign is VHW5167. Bulk SST is processed from SBE38 calibrated digital oceanographic thermometer. The depth of sensor varies from 1.2 m (when stationery) to 0.05-0.1 m. Data are quality controled at the Bureau of Meteorology and provided to eMII shortly after 0000 UTC.

Notes Credit
Australia’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.

Notes Credit
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)

Data time period: 30 04 2008

117,-30 117,-33 114,-33 114,-30 117,-30

115.5,-31.5

text: westlimit=114; southlimit=-33; eastlimit=117; northlimit=-30