The CSIRO archive of Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station - Hourly Atmospheric Radon (Rn222) concentration datasets. The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station facility, located at the North/West tip of Tasmania (40° 41'S, 144° 41'E), is funded and managed by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, with the scientific program being jointly supervised with CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. The role of the station has been to observe global air quality through the measurements of atmospheric pollution such as carbon dioxide, ozone, halocarbons, oxides of nitrogen, particulates, precipitation chemistry as well as to monitor other parameters such as solar radiation and meteorological variables. This archive contains measurements of atmospheric concentrations of the colorless, naturally occurring, radioactive noble gas Radon (Rn222), that is formed from the decay of radium gas as part of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation's (ANSTO) Cape Grim Radon Program. Containing measured atmospheric Radon concentrations for the period from Dec 1986 until Dec 2004. Variable data is available as both an hourly averaged annual file or as a single (all years concatenated) file in Asci (.dat) format with Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) time and date formats within each file (Concentrations in calibrated one hour long counts).

The Wangara Experiment was a joint project between CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics and the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology. The experiment took place in Hay, NSW (34.5S, 144.93E) from the 15th July to the 27th August, 1967. The dataset includes hourly pilot balloon winds up to 2km. Radiosonde temperatures and mixing ratios.Micrometeorological measurements. Surface observations of pressure, dry and wet bulb temperature, "weather" cloud type and amount and surface wind direction. Geostrophic winds at the surface, thermal winds and estimates of total acceleration.The data is provided in a comprehensive technical report ( ref (1971 )above and link below). The fluxes (latent and sensible) from the Wangara dataset have been recalculated by Bruce Hicks details can be found in the (ref (1981) above and link below). The recalculated fluxes are used in the Wangara2 datasets provided.

This record describes Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) data collected as part of the 1991-1993 Tasmanian Slope Trophodynamics Study undertaken by CSIRO Division of Fisheries. PAR data were obtained from an irradiance sensor lowered through the water shortly after completing a CTD cast from which chlorophyll and productivity samples were taken, at a range of depths (surface to 1500 meters) on 4 cruises of FRV "Southern Surveyor" on three 60 km transects across the continental shelf to the south and south-east of Tasmania in July 1991 (cruise SS 02/91), February 1992 (cruise SS 01/92), November 1992 (cruise SS 04/92) and April 1993 (cruise SS 03/93).

Raw data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensors on NOAA polar orbiting satellites, received at the Alice Springs station run by ACRES. These data are used later for computation of parameters such as sea surface temperature (SST). The data start from April 1986. The data provide complete coverage of continental Australia, from approx. 4000 satellite passes as at Oct. 1998. The data are stored on Exabyte tapes in Hobart.

Raw data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensors on NOAA polar orbiting satellites, received at the Met Bureau's Darwin Satellite Reception Facility. These data are used later for computation of parameters such as sea surface temperature (SST). The data start from August 1992. The dataset contains approx. 4600 satellite passes as at Oct. 1998. The data are stored on Exabyte tapes in Hobart.

Raw data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensors on NOAAA polar orbiting satellites, received at the Alice Springs station run by ACRES. These data are used later for computation of parameters such as sea surface temperature (SST). The data start from April 1986. The data provide complete coverage of continental Australia, from approx. 4000 satellite passes as at Oct. 1998. The data are stored on Exabyte tapes in Hobart.

Raw data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensors on NOAA polar orbiting satellites, received at the Hobart Satellite Reception Facility. The dataset starts from April 1986, and represents approx. 37000 satellite passes as at Oct. 1998. The data are stored on Exabyte tapes at Hobart.

The CSIRO radiometer was deployed to measure underwater light levels on the Strahan, Marawah transects of FR 10/97. Deployments took place between 10:30 am and 3:00 pm, usually only once daily. Casts were taken near CTD stations.

Both the CSIRO "Thunderbird" and BSI Radiometers were deployed on the SS 03/96 cruise in the oceanic and shelf waters off south eastern New South Wales and eastern Tasmania.Deployments took place around midday irrespective of position.

Both the CSIRO "Thunderbird" and BSI Radiometers were deployed on the SS 06/96 cruise which was carried out in waters off the east coast of Tasmania, southeastern Victoria and southern New South Wales. Deployments took place around midday irrespective of position.