This record describes the End of Voyage (EOV) archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator research voyage IN2019_T03, titled "ORCA: Using the Investigator radar as a moving reference for the Australian operational radar network." The voyage took place from from Darwin (NT) to Fremantle (WA) between December 22 2019 and January 2, 2020 (AEST).
For further information please refer to the voyage documentation links below.
Instruments used and data collected include:
Regular measurements:
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP; 75, 150 KHz ), Cloud Condensation Nuclei counter (CCN), Condensation Particle Counters (CPC), Disdrometer, Greenhouse Gas Analysers (Picarro), Radon and Ozone sensors, CTD, Hydrochemistry, pCO2, Fisheries echosounder (EK60), Multibeam Echosounder (EM710, EM122), Sub-bottom Profiler (SBP120), Gravimeter, GPS Positioning System, Fluorometer, Oxygen optode, Thermosalinographs (TSG), Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Autonomous Radiometer (ISAR), Multiangle Absorption Photometer (MAAP), Nephelometer, Atmospheric Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Wind and Rain sensors, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) sensor, Precision Infrared Radiometer (PIR), Precision Spectral Pyranometer (PSP), Starboard and Portside Radiometers, Weather Radar.
Voyage-specific measurements:
Sea State Cameras, Radiosondes, Micro Rain Radar (MRR), AIRBOX Radon, Mercury Analyser (Tekran), Gas Chromatograph - Electron Capture Detector (uDirac), Greenhouse Gas Analyser (Spectronus), Cloud Radar (BASTA), Cloud and Aerosol Backscatter Lidar (RMAN), Multi-AXis Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer (MAX-DOAS), mini Micro-Pulse LIDAR (miniMPL), Sonic Anemometer, EZnet, Microplastics, Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR), Wildlife observations (seabirds, cetaceans and seals).
The archive for the IN2019_T03 EOV raw data is curated by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP, https://data.csiro.au/dap/), providing access to participants and processors of the data collected in the voyage.
All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network. Access to voyage documentation for non-CSIRO participants can be made via NCMI_DataLibrarians@csiro.au.
