Parent record: Meteorological data recorded during the Jervis Bay Baseline Studies Project

Researchers: Holloway, Peter (principalInvestigator) ,  Jeffrey, Marcus (collaborator) ,  Mathias, John (collaborator) ,  Nunes-Vaz, Rick (collaborator) ,  Robertson, Robin, Dr (Point of contact)
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Brief description This record describes components of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). The initial aims of the project were to obtain current and wind observations from Jervis bay over a six week period in order to detail the wind driven circulation and provide a data set for comparison with the numerical modelling work being simultaneously undertaken. However, after this initial experiment it became clear that there were significant currents in the bay that are not simply related to direct wind forcing. Therefore, alternative mechanisms for driving the flow had to be investigated, through the measurement programs and data analysis, as well as through numerical modelling. The result was a series of approximately six separate experiments aiming to define the water circulation around the bay and through the bay entrance, to gain an understanding of the processes that drive the currents, and to investigate the influence of stratification on the nature of the currents. This record doesn't describe one of these six experiments per se, but the data collected from a meteorological station at Governor Head. This Steedman EMS-16 meteorological station housed a R.M. Young anemometer and YSI barometer to measure wind and atmospheric pressure respectively. The site at Governor Head was several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and was 63m above sea-level. Wind data was also collected from an anemometer located at Huskisson, on the west shore of Jervis Bay. This anemometer was operated at the time by the NSW Public Works Department. As this is a parent record, no data is available to download. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of metadata records relating to this project is available through this record. Also provided is a pdf of a working paper that describes the operating and data processing procedures that relate to the meteorological station. There are 36 subsiduary records that directly relate to this parent, through which the data is provided (see hierarchical tree).

Lineage Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned

Lineage Statement: Steedman EMS-16 meteorological station housing a R.M. Young anemometer and YSI barometer. The site was several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and was 63m above sea-level. The anemometer was a further 5m above the ground level. No details are available about the anemometer at Huskisson.

Notes Credit
Funded by The Department of Defence

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Funded by CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research

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NSW Public Works Department (now NSW Department of Commerce)

Notes Purpose
To understand the processes that drive water circulation within Jervis Bay, and the exchange processes that occur between the bay and shelf waters.

Data time period: 1988-11-02 to 1991-09-24

150.75964,-35.132 150.76305,-35.1312 150.76457,-35.13485 150.76038,-35.13582 150.75964,-35.132

150.762105,-35.13351

150.66605,-35.03998 150.67124,-35.03865 150.67304,-35.04295 150.66942,-35.04554 150.66605,-35.03998

150.669545,-35.042095

151.5,-34.5 151.5,-35.5 150.5,-35.5 150.5,-34.5 151.5,-34.5

151,-35

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