Vessel Pacific Sun : a platform of the IMOS Ships of Opportunity – Sea Surface Temperature Sensors for Australian Vessels Sub-Facility

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Researchers: Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) (Associated with) ,  Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) (Associated with) ,  Cabrie, Joel (principalInvestigator) ,  Cabrie, Joel (principalInvestigator) ,  Data Officer (Distributes)
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Full description The PV Pacific Sun is a platform of the Ships of Opportunity facility.
The vessel is a holiday class cruise ship (callsign 9HA2479), 223 m length (beam 28 m, draught - 7.5 m). It performs year-round cruises from Sydney to the South Pacific and tropical North Queensland.

Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is installed in the engine compartment at the depth of 3 meters. SST data (along with meteorological data from ship AWS) are instantaneous, collected every 1 hours.

The data are quality controlled by the Bureau of Meteorology. The daily data files are available from the AODN 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: 12 12 2010

175,-10 175,-40 150,-40 150,-10 175,-10

162.5,-25

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