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Franklin Voyage FR 01/86 Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Data

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Created 13/01/2025

Updated 13/01/2025

This dataset contains the processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data collected on Franklin voyage FR 01/86 (WEPOCS 2). The voyage took place in the Coral and Solomon Seas, Vitiaz Strait, Bismarck Sea and St. George's Channel during 7 January - 13 February 1986. This dataset has been processed and is archived within the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise report for this voyage and/or the data processing report (as available). 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.

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Title Franklin Voyage FR 01/86 Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Data
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/9a5f529d-af5d-4882-809d-ef49bbaad04d
Contact Point
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 07/01/1986 - 13/02/1986
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[143.0, -17.0], [153.0, -17.0], [153.0, 5.0], [143.0, 5.0], [143.0, -17.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Franklin Voyage FR 01/86 Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/franklin-voyage-fr-01-86-expendable-bathythermograph-xbt-data2