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

Created 05/03/2026

Updated 05/03/2026

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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 eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/1f1439cb-fc0a-4bcb-916f-9a506248382e
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
joel.cabrie@bom.gov.au
Reference Period 30/09/2009
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        144.0,
        -46.0
      ],
      [
        178.0,
        -46.0
      ],
      [
        178.0,
        2.0
      ],
      [
        144.0,
        2.0
      ],
      [
        144.0,
        -46.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature Data collected on the Merchant Vessel Highland Chief". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-soop-sea-surface-temperature-data-collected-on-the-merchant-vessel-highland-chief2