Brief description
This dataset contains the processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data collected on Australia's Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Southern Surveyor between 2007 and 2012. XBT data typically comprises temperature and depth readings relayed to the surface at intervals of 0.1 seconds as the probe passes through the top few hundred metres of the ocean. This dataset has been QCed by the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research's (CMAR's) Ocean Observing Networks (OON) group. The data can be retrieved via CMAR Data Trawler, please see link below. The data is also available via the international National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) (Southern Surveyor platform code: 09SS and call sign: VLHJ) and Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN).Full description
XBT data (ASCII format) - Download xbt_ascii_ma_2007_2012.zip (MEDS ASCII format )XBT data (.nc) - Download xbt_nc_ss2007_2012.zip (NetCDF format)
GTSPP - National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP)
GTSPP software - Software to read and view files (NODC GTSPP)
XBT data quality control - CSIRO Cookbook for Quality Control of Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Data
GTSPP codes - Code descriptions (NODC GTSPP)
text: WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
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Identifiers
- Local : southern-surveyor-xbt-data-overview-2007-2012
- URI : data.gov.au/data/dataset/bf62993b-41dc-42c6-83cd-ac33273a43a6
