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RV Investigator XBT Data Overview (2014 onwards)

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This dataset contains the processed Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data collected on Australia's Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator from 2014 to present. XBT data typically comprises temperature and depth readings relayed to the surface at intervals of 0.1 seconds as the probe passes through the top few hundred metres of the ocean. This dataset has been QCed by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Ocean Observing Networks (OON) group. The data can be retrieved via CMAR Data Trawler, please see link below. The data is also available via the international National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) (Southern Surveyor platform code: 09SS and call sign: VLHJ) and Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN).

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title RV Investigator XBT Data Overview (2014 onwards)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/744046ae-08fd-4b05-8d96-89fdf3bb0052
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Rebecca.Cowley@csiro.au
Reference Period 28/10/2014
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "RV Investigator XBT Data Overview (2014 onwards)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rv-investigator-xbt-data-overview-2014-onwards