Full description
This dataset contains the Underway (UWY) data collected on commercial ferries plying the Rottnest to mainland route. Voyages take place on a commercial schedule. A Seabird SBE38 sensor is permanently mounted on the ferry in the engine cooling waster intake. A monitoring computer records sea surface temperature whenever the vessel achieves more than a minimum preprogrammed speed over ground. Position is determined from a GPS unit. Data is transmitted to CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research centre in Hobart on the hour every hour. The vessel traverses the route from Hillarys Boat harbour to Rottnest 3 or four times per day except during a winter vessel maintenance period. This dataset has been processed and is archived within the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre in Floreat, Western AustraliaLineage: Raw sensor data with some automated parameter checks.
Available: 2017-08-17
Data time period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Subjects
Earth Sciences |
Earth Science |
Ocean Temperature |
Oceanography |
Oceanography Not Elsewhere Classified |
Oceans |
Sea Surface Temperature |
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Identifiers
- DOI : 10.4225/08/59953C2A2142E
- Handle : 102.100.100/39972
- URL : data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:19054
