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IMOS - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) - Quality Assessment and Control Report - Temperature Records

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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This report details the quality control applied to the temperature data collected from the Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) moorings between 2006 and 2019. These measurements quantify heat and fresh water transfers, help to distinguish Eulerian from Lagrangian influences on seasonal records, and contribute to understanding controls on surface mixed layer depth (and thus light availability to primary production). The quality controlled datasets are publicly available via the AODN Data Portal. This report should be consulted when using the data. The Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) Observatory located at 141°E and 47°S provides high temporal resolution observations in sub-Antarctic waters. It is focused on the sub-Antarctic Zone because waters formed at the surface in this region by deep wintertime convection slide under warmer subtropical and tropical waters, carrying CO2 and heat into the deep ocean, where it is out of contact with the atmosphere. This process also supplies oxygen for deep ocean ecosystems, and exports nutrients that fuel ~70% of global ocean primary production. Local biological production also impacts carbon cycling and the SOTS moorings measure several variables important to these processes.

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Title IMOS - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) - Quality Assessment and Control Report - Temperature Records
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/47203df4-36ec-4113-905d-33e7e37e22a6
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Elizabeth.Shadwick@csiro.au
Reference Period 19/06/2025
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) - Quality Assessment and Control Report - Temperature Records". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-southern-ocean-time-series-sots-quality-assessment-and-control-report-temperature-records