IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature Data collected on the Merchant Vessel Highland Chief

Created 25/06/2017

Updated 09/08/2023

This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel (MV Highland Chief - VROB) between south-east of Australia (Melbourne) and Papua New Guinea, including New Zealand, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands.

The data have been quality controlled by the Bureau of Meteorology.

Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) aims to supply near real-time SST data (within 24 hours) from SOOPs and research vessels in the Australian region.

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Title IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature Data collected on the Merchant Vessel Highland Chief
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/971b2eab-0816-4434-9f06-8084802dcac1
Contact Point
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)
joel.cabrie@bom.gov.au
Reference Period 25/06/2017
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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