This record describes magnetometer data collected on RV Investigator voyage voyage IN2020_E01 (Trials and Calibration) which departed Hobart on the 29th July 2020 and returned to Hobart on the 6th August 2020. The purpose of this voyage was to undertake post port-period equipment calibrations and commissioning, sea trials and personnel training. The SeaSPY2 magnetometer uses an omnidirectional Overhauser sensor that requires no realignment or recalibration and has no heading error. The instrument has an absolute accuracy of 0.1 nT, sensor sensitivity of 0.01 nT and resolution of 0.001 nT. Data are stored in .CSV and .MMS data files at CSIRO. 0.68 MB of raw data was acquired in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. The magnetometer was towed 300 m astern of the ship and a layback value of 361 m was applied to the magnetometer data. This was the total distance behind the ship's positioning reference point. Note: The magnetometer was only deployed for a short period (between 23:04 & 23:51 on the 03/08/2020 - UTC) for training purposes only. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report.

This record describes magnetometer data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2022_V08, titled "Biodiversity Assessment of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories", which departed Darwin on September 30 and returned to Fremantle on November 3, 2022. This was a continuation of voyage IN2021_v04. The SeaSPY2 magnetometer uses an omnidirectional Overhauser sensor that requires no realignment or recalibration and has no heading error. The instrument has an absolute accuracy of 0.1 nT, sensor sensitivity of 0.01 nT and resolution of 0.001 nT. Data are stored in .CSV and .MMS data files at CSIRO. 92 MB of raw data was acquired in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. The magnetometer was towed ~300 m astern of the ship and a layback value of 361 was applied to the magnetometer data. This was the total distance behind the ship's positioning reference point. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report.

This record describes magnetometer data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V03, SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania which departed Hobart on May 12, 2023 and returned to Hobart on May 25, 2023. The SeaSPY2 magnetometer uses an omnidirectional Overhauser sensor that requires no realignment or recalibration and has no heading error. The instrument has an absolute accuracy of 0.1 nT, sensor sensitivity of 0.01 nT and resolution of 0.001 nT. Data are stored in .CSV and .MMS data files at CSIRO. 34.0MB of raw data was acquired in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. The magnetometer was towed 300 m astern of the ship and a layback value of 361 m was applied to the magnetometer data. This was the total distance behind the ship's positioning reference point. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report.

This record describes magnetometer data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2020_V06, titled "Probing the Australian-Pacific Plate Boundary: Macquarie Ridge in 3-D." The voyage took place between October 8 and November 3, 2020 departing from Hobart (TAS) and arriving in Hobart (TAS). The SeaSPY2 magnetometer uses an omnidirectional Overhauser sensor that requires no realignment or recalibration and has no heading error. The instrument has an absolute accuracy of 0.1 nT, sensor sensitivity of 0.01 nT and resolution of 0.001 nT. Data are stored in .CSV and .MMS data files at CSIRO. 219 MB of raw data was acquired in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. The magnetometer was towed 300 m astern of the ship and a layback value of 361 m was applied to the magnetometer data. This was the total distance behind the ship's positioning reference point. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report.

This record describes magnetometer data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2024_T01, 'Transit Voyage: Fremantle to Hobart.' The primary objective of the voyage was the safe and timely transit of RV Investigator from Fremantle to Hobart in preparation for the following research voyage. During the transit various research projects were conducted, along with outreach, familiarisation and training activities. The voyage departed Fremantle on the 09 March and returned to Hobart on the 20 March. The SeaSPY2 magnetometer uses an omnidirectional Overhauser sensor that requires no realignment or recalibration and has no heading error. The instrument has an absolute accuracy of 0.1 nT, sensor sensitivity of 0.01 nT and resolution of 0.001 nT. Data are stored in .CSV and .MMS data files at CSIRO. 132 MB of raw data was acquired in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. The magnetometer was towed 300 m astern of the ship and a layback value of 376 m was applied to the magnetometer data. This was the total distance behind the ship's positioning reference point. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report.

This record describes magnetometer data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V01, titled "Antarctic Bottom Water Production in the past: Records from marine sediments, Cape Darnley, East Antarctica". The voyage took place between 25th January, 2023 and 2nd March, 2023 departing from Henderson's (WA) and arriving in Hobart (TAS). The SeaSPY2 magnetometer uses an omnidirectional Overhauser sensor that requires no realignment or recalibration and has no heading error. The instrument has an absolute accuracy of 0.1 nT, sensor sensitivity of 0.01 nT and resolution of 0.001 nT. Data are stored in .CSV and .MMS data files at CSIRO. 15 final files for 150 MB were exported as .csv files in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. A total of 3,909 track kilometre's of magnetometer data was collected. The magnetometer was towed ~300 m astern of the ship and a layback value of 361 was applied to the magnetometer data. This was the total distance behind the ship's positioning reference point. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report.

This record describes the End of Voyage (EOV) data archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2024_T01, titled "Fremantle to Hobart, 2024 Transit." The voyage took place between March 9, 2024 and March 20, 2024 (AEST), departing from Fremantle and returning to Hobart. For further information please refer to the voyage documentation links. Instruments used and data collected include: Regular measurements: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP; 75, 150 KHz ), Greenhouse Gas Analysers (Picarro), Cloud Condensation Nuclei counter (CCN), Condensation Particle Counters (CPC), Disdrometer, Radon sensor, Black Carbon sensor (Aethalometer), Scanning Mobility Particle Sizers (SMPS), CTD, Hydrochemistry, Fisheries Echosounder (EK80), Multibeam Echosounder (EM710, EM122), Sub-bottom Profiler (SBP120), GPS Positioning System, Doppler Velocity Log, Thermosalinographs (TSG), Fluorometer, Oxygen Optode, Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Autonomous Radiometer (ISAR), pCO2, Multiangle Absorption Photometer (MAAP), Ozone Sensor, Nephelometer, Atmospheric Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Wind and Rain sensors, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) sensor, Precision Infrared Radiometer (PIR), Precision Spectral Pyranometer (PSP), Starboard and Portside Radiometers, Air Sampler, Ultra Short BaseLine Underwater Positioning System (USBL), Weather Radar, Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs), Rock Dredge, Environmental DNA (eDNA), Microplastics, GAW Atmospheric Measurements (Thermo Scientific Model 49i Ozone monitor, PICARRO G2301 Spectrometer, nano Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (Grimm), Aerodyne Mini-QCL Greenhouse gas spectrometers, Thermo Scientific Model 5012 MultiAngle Atmospheric Photometer, Condensation Particle Counter (TSI 3772), Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter, Atmospheric nephelometer). Voyage-specific measurements: Magnetometer, Multiple Plankton Sampler (HydroBIOS Multinet; Mammoth), Micro Rain Radar (MRR), Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS), Mercury Analyser (Tekran), Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM), Core Argo floats, Sound Velocity Profile (SVP). The archive for the IN2024_T01 EOV raw data is curated by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (https://data.csiro.au/), providing access to voyage participants and processors of the data collected on the voyage. All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network. Applications to access voyage documentation by non-CSIRO participants can be made via data-requests-hf@csiro.au. All processed data from this voyage are made publicly available through the MNF Data Trawler (in the related links).

This record describes the End of Voyage (EOV) archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator research voyage IN2019_V04, titled "Hotspot dynamics in the Coral Sea: connections between the Australian plate and deep Earth." The voyage took place from Cairns (QLD) to Brisbane (QLD) between August 7 and September 3, 2019. For further information please refer to the voyage documentation links below. Instruments used and data collected include: Regular measurements: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP; 75, 150 KHz ), Lowered ADCP (LADCP), Fisheries echosounder (EK60), Multibeam Echosounder (EM710, EM122), Sub-bottom Profiler (SBP120), Gravimeter, GPS Positioning System, Doppler Velocity Log, Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Wind and Rain sensors, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) sensor, Precision Infrared Radiometer (PIR), Precision Spectral Pyranometer (PSP), Nephelometer, pCO2, Condensation Particle Counters (CPC), Cloud Condensation Nuclei counter (CCN), Scanning Mobility Particle Sizers (SMPS), Multiangle Absorption Photometer (MAAP), Starboard and Portside Radiometers, Radon, Ozone and Oxygen sensors, Weather Radar, Greenhouse Gas Analysers (Picarro), Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Autonomous Radiometer (ISAR), Fluorometer, Oxygen optode, Thermosalinographs (TSG), CTD, Hydrochemistry, Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs). Voyage-specific measurements: Argo floats, Magnetometer, Bird Observations, Sea-mammal Observations. The archive for the IN2019_V04 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 research voyage IN2020_V01, titled "Development of William’s Ridge, Kerguelen Plateau: tectonics, hotspot magmatism, microcontinents, and Australia’s Extended Continental Shelf." The voyage took place from Fremantle (WA) to Fremantle between January 10 and March 6, 2020 (AEST). For further information please refer to the voyage documentation links below. Instruments used and data collected include: Regular measurements: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP; 75, 150 KHz ), Cloud Condensation Nuclei counter (CCN), Condensation Particle Counters (CPC), Disdrometer, Greenhouse Gas Analysers (Picarro), Radon and Ozone sensors, Gravimeter, pCO2, Fisheries echosounder (EK60), Multibeam Echosounder (EM710, EM122), Sub-bottom Profiler (SBP120), GPS Positioning System, Doppler Velocity Log, Thermosalinographs (TSG), Fluorometer, Oxygen optode, Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Autonomous Radiometer (ISAR), Multiangle Absorption Photometer (MAAP), Nephelometer, Atmospheric Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Wind and Rain sensors, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) sensor, Precision Infrared Radiometer (PIR), Precision Spectral Pyranometer (PSP), Starboard and Portside Radiometers, Weather Radar, Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs). Voyage-specific measurements: Magnetometer, Seismic, Hydrophones, Rock Dredge, Argo floats, SOCCOM floats, Wildlife observations (seabirds, cetaceans and seals). The archive for the IN2020_V01 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 NCMI_DataLibrarians@csiro.au.