IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel RTM Wakmatha

Created 24/06/2017

Updated 07/08/2017

This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel RTM Wakmatha (callsign 9V2768).

Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is located 8-9 m when vessel is laden (Gladstone to Weipa) and 3-4 m when unloaded (Weipa to Gladstone).

Observed data are 1-minute median SST values and are retrieved from the vessel once an hour and quality controlled at the Bureau of Meteorology.

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Title IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel RTM Wakmatha
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/ef8ba1c6-1dee-4ef1-ae34-469be264b854
Contact Point
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)
joel.cabrie@bom.gov.au
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[140.0, -25.0], [155.0, -25.0], [155.0, -10.0], [140.0, -10.0], [140.0, -25.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au