This record describes the data (CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, Transmissometer, PAR, ECO Triplet, Nitrate, Fluorescence and LOPC) collected using the towed TRIAXUS platform on Investigator voyage IN2022_V03, titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania." The voyage took place between May 4, 2022 and May 15, 2022 (AEST), departing from Hobart and returning to Hobart.
Data for one Triaxus tow were acquired using Seabird’s Seasave acquisition software using the Seabird SBE911+ CTD #25. 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.
A PAR, transmissometer, and SUNA 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. A load cell sensor was also attached to the Triaxus mechanical termination.
The standard data product (1 decibar/10 second binned averaged) was produced using data from the secondary sensors to produce an along-track time-series dataset for each data recording file. These files were grouped into sections containing each Triaxus tow and in each tow, vertical casts were created with interpolated values from the along-track time-series binned dataset with a maximum interpolation distance of 1 cast/undulation. These generated the along-track and vertical cast section data products for each Triaxus tow.
An issue was identified at the start of deployment once the Triaxus was in water and the pumps switched on, where the salinity values were in significant disagreement and both showing unrealistic readings. It was determined that the connectors for the primary and secondary conductivity sensors had been swapped. This was corrected without recovery and redeployment of the Triaxus by swapping the calibration parameters. Further manual manipulation of the data was required during post-processing to match the physically co-located sensors for correct salinity and oxygen value calculations.
The collected data were processed (quality-controlled), and subsequently archived by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC).
Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the Data Processing Report.
