This record describes the data (CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, ECO Triplet and LOPC) collected using the towed TRIAXUS platform on Investigator voyage IN2018_T02, titled: "Harmful Algal Blooms and their long term sediment record in East Coast Tasmanian waters." The voyage took place from Brisbane (QLD) to Hobart (TAS) between May 14 and May 21, 2018.
Data for 3 Triaxus deployments were acquired using seabirds SeaSave acquisition software with Seabird SBE911+ CTD #23.
Sea-Bird and O&A Calibration lab supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressure, preliminary conductivity, oxygen and temperature values. The data was subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values.
Dissolved oxygen sensors, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) and Transmissometer sensors were also installed on the auxiliary A/D channels of the CTD. In addition to the auxiliary channels an ECO Triplet and LOPC were mounted on the Triaxus as attached payloads.
The standard data product (1 decibar/10 second binned averaged) was produced using data from the primary and seconday sensors to produce an along-track time-series dataset for each data scan file. These files were grouped into sections/legs containing the Triaxus deployment. Moreover, for each section, vertical casts were created with interpolated values from the along-track time-series binned dataset with a maximum interpolation distance of 1 cast. These generated the along-track and vertical cast section data products for each Triaxus deployment.
Throughout the voyage there were some issues with the Triaxus deployments. As a result, the standard data products could not be made for every deployment.
The collected data were subsequently archived within the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart.
Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the Data Processing Report.
