Research Vessel L'Astrolabe a platform of the IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature sub-facility

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)- Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) - RV L'Astrolabe (callsign FHZI) operates in Southern Ocean between Tasmania and Antarctica. The main duty is re-supplying of the research station Dumont D'Urville. The vessel is an icebreaker, 65 m length (beam - 13 m, draught : 5.3 m). Bulk SST data are collected hourly from SBE38 calibrated digital oceanographic thermometer that is installed in engine intake at 4 m depth. Meteorological data from ship AWS are provided along with the SST. The data are quality controlled by the Bureau of Meteorology. The daily data are available from eMII shortly after 0000 UTC.

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Title Research Vessel L'Astrolabe a platform of the IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature sub-facility
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/16458624-4792-4251-9588-0bf1f1c8fe89
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
joel.cabrie@bom.gov.au
Reference Period 20/07/2017
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Research Vessel L'Astrolabe a platform of the IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature sub-facility". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/research-vessel-lastrolabe-a-platform-of-the-imos-soop-sea-surface-temperature-sub-facility