This record describes data from the BASTA cloud radar, collected on the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2015_V01. This voyage departed Hobart on the 21st March and returned to Hobart on the 29th of March, 2015. The BASTA cloud radar is a vertically-pointing 95 GHz FM-CW (Frequency Modulation - Continuous Wave) radar. It measures vertical profiles of radar reflectivity (approximately proportional to the cloud particle diameter to the 4th power), and Doppler velocity (sum of vertical wind speed and terminal fall velocity of cloud particles when pointing vertically) at 1.5s temporal resolution, and four different vertical resolutions (12.5, 25, 100 and 200m) up to 12 km height. Currently the instrument is not mounted on a stabilized platform but will be in a near future. This cloud radar is owned by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. It was developed by the Laboratoire ATmosphere, Milieux et Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) in France. It is serial number 2. Calibration of the cloud radar was performed in 2014 using fixed targets of known reflectivity, and reflectivity in light rain.
This record describes the End of Voyage archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2016_T01, titled: "Continuity of Australian terranes into Zealandia: towards a geological map of the east Gondwana margin." The voyage took place from Laukota (Fiji) to Hobart (TAS) between June 30 and July 13, 2016. For further information refer to the Voyage documentation links below. Data collected include: Underway (UWY), Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP: 75KHz, 150 KHz), CTD and Hydrology, Gravity, Atmospheric (Absorption Photometer, Nephelometer, Oxygen, Ozone, Radon), Greenhouse (Aerodyne and Picarro), pCO2, Echosounders EK60 (12, 18, 38, 120, 200, 333 KHz), Bridge (200 KHz), Multibeam (EM122, EM710, ME70 and SBP120). Voyage-Specific data: XBT; LADCP; Doppler Velocity log; ACSM (Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor); APS (Aerodynamic Particle Sizer Spectrometer ); CCN (Cloud Condenstation Nuclei); CPC (Condensation Particle Counter ); MRR (Molecular Rotational Resonance Spectroscopy); MWR (Microwave Radiometer 23 and 31GHz); NAIS (Neutral Cluster Air Ion Spectrometer); PHINS INS (Photonic Inertial Navigation System); PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer); SEQ (Sequencer); VHTDMA (Volatility Hygroscopicity Tandem Differential Mobility Analyser); Temperature Loggers. The archive for the IN2016_T01 EOV raw data is curated by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP, https://data.csiro.au/dap/), providing access to participants and processors of the data collected in the voyage. All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network. Access to voyage documentation for non-CSIRO participants can be made via DataLibrariansOAMNF@csiro.au.
This record describes the End of Voyage (EOV) archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator Transit voyage in2016_t02, titled "Natural iron fertilisation of oceans around Australia: linking terrestrial dust and bushfires to marine biogeochemistry." The voyage took place from Hobart (TAS) to Sydney (NSW) between August 25 and August 29, 2016. Data collected during the voyage includes: (1) Acoustic Systems and Navigation: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP; 75, 150 KHz ), Fisheries echosounder EK60, Multibeam Echosounder - EM710, EM122, Sub-bottom Profiler - SBP120, GPS Positioning system, Doppler Velocity Log. (2) Underway: Starboard and portside Radiometers, Pyranometers, Radon, Oxygen, CTD, XBTs (Expendable Bathythermographs), Weather Radar, Greenhouse gas analysers - Aerodyne and Picarro, air pressure, wind speed and direction, PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation), Ozone, Thermosalinographs, (3) Voyage Specific: CPC: Condensation Particle Counters; CCN: Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter; Gravity Meter; MAAP: Multiangle Absorption Photometer; SMPS: Scanning Mobility Particle Sizers; ISAR: Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Autonomous Radiometer. The EOV, XBT and Bridge logs were supplied and archived in pdf. ELOG files were generated as .csv and archived. All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network "global_docs." Access to voyage documentation for non-CSIRO participants can be made via DataLibrariansOAMNF@csiro.au. The archive for the IN2016_T02 EOV data is curated by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP, https://data.csiro.au/dap/), providing access to participants and processors of the data collected in the MNF RV Investigator IN2016_T02 voyage.
This record describes the End of Voyage (EOV) archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator research voyage IN2016_E01, titled: "East Tasman Plateau – key to unravelling the onset of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current / MNF Equipment Sea Trials." The voyage took place from Hobart (TAS) to Hobart between August 17 and August 22, 2016. For further information refer to the Voyage documentation links below. Data collected include: Standard Underway (UWY), Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP: 75KHz, 150 KHz), CTD, Gravity, SST Radiometer, Atmospheric (Absorption Photometer, Ozone, Radon), Greenhouse (Picarro, pCO2), and Echosounders: EK60 (12, 18, 38, 120, 200, 333 KHz), Bridge (200 KHz), Multibeam (EM122, EM710, and SBP120). Voyage-specific data: XBT, Disdrometer (rain droplet size), Dredges and Rock-samples (approximately 700 kg stored at UTAS), CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei), MAAP (Multi Angle Absorption Photometer), SMPS (Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer), and Weather Radar (failed on August 19th). The archive for the IN2016_E01 EOV raw data is curated by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP, https://data.csiro.au/dap/), providing access to participants and processors of the data collected in the voyage. All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network. Access to voyage documentation for non-CSIRO participants can be made via DataLibrariansOAMNF@csiro.au.
This record describes the End of Voyage archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V01, titled: "HEOBI: Heard Earth-Ocean-Biosphere Interactions." The voyage took place from Fremantle (WA) to Hobart (TAS) between January 7 and February 27, 2016. For further information refer to the Voyage documentation links below. Data collected include: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP: 150 KHz and LADCP), CTD and Hydrology, Gravitometer, SST Radiometer, Absorption Photometer, Nephelometer, Ozone, Radon, Greenhouse (Aerodyne and Picarro), and pCO2 sensors, Fisheries Echosounder (EK60), Bridge Echosunder (200 KHz), Multibeam Echosounder (EM122, EM710, ME70 and SBP120), CTD/Hydrology and Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs). Voyage-specific data include: Trace Metal Rosette (TMR), Triaxus, Ultra-Short Base Line (USBL) positioning system, Video, Scanning Mobility Particle Size (SMPS), Liquid Scintillation counter (Hidex), Laser Optical Particle Counter (LOPC), Disdrometer (rain droplet size), Rock-samples, Aerosol Trace Elements, Biological Samples, Dissolved Trace Elements, Equilibrator Inlet Mass Spectrometer (EIMS), Fluorescence Induction and Relaxation instrument (FIRe), submersible ultra-violet spectrometric nitrate detector (ISUNA), Miniature Autonomous Plume Recorder (MAPR), Microbial activity and diversity, miniaturized water sampler (Minimone), Particulate Trace Elements, Radiogenic isotope analysis samples, Wildlife observations, Deep Towed Camera (DTC) and Argo float deployments. The archive for the IN2016_V01 EOV data is curated by the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive located at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (DAP, https://data.csiro.au/dap/), providing access to participants and processors of the data collected in the voyage. All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network. Access to voyage documentation for non-CSIRO participants can be made via DataLibrariansOAMNF@csiro.au.