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  • This record describes Hydrology (HYD) data collected from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V03, titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania." The voyage took place between May 11, 2023 and May 25, 2023 (AEST), departing from Hobart and returning to Hobart. Hydrology samples were collected from Niskin bottles sampled at various depths during Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) deployments. Parameters analysed were salinity, dissolved oxygen, phosphate, silicate, nitrate plus nitrite and ammonium. This dataset has been processed (quality-controlled), and archived at the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the Voyage Report and Data Processing Report.

  • This record describes the Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected from the Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V03, titled: "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania" The voyage took place between May 11 and May 25, 2023 departing from Hobart (TAS) and returning to Hobart. Data for 6 CTD deployments were acquired using the Sea-Bird SBE911 CTD unit #24, fitted with 36 twelve-litre bottles on the rosette sampler. Sea-Bird-supplied calibration factors were used to compute the pressures, temperatures, and preliminary conductivity values. The data were subjected to automated QC to remove spikes and out-of-range values. The collected data were subsequently processed (quality-controlled), and archived by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the Voyage Summary and the CTD Data Processing Report.

  • This record describes the Underway (UWY) data collected from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V03, titled "Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania". The voyage took place between May 11 to May 25, 2023 departing from Hobart (TAS) and returning to Hobart (TAS). Standard Underway data is continuously recorded, consisting of: (1) Navigation data (NAV): Latitude, Longitude, Speed, Heading, Course Over Ground, Gyros, and Doppler Log (dual GPS instrument). (2) Thermosalinograph (TSG): Water Salinity, Flow-Rate, Temperature, Fluorescence, pCO2 and Optode/Oxygen. (3) Atmospheric (MET): Humidity, Wind Speed and Direction (vane and ultrasonic), Radiometer/Sea Surface Temperature, Pyranometer/Solar Radiation, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR), Air Temperature, Air Pressure, Rain, Ozone and Trace Gases (port and starboard instruments). The quality-controlled RV Investigator underway meteorological and SST data are supplied to the IMOS AODN and other global data repositories and distributors, and made available for satellite SST validation by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Near real-time, unprocessed data are available via the link "Visualisation tool for Underway Data." This dataset has been processed (quality-controlled), and archived by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Data are available at time intervals of 5 sec (NetCDF format), 5 sec, 10 sec, 1 min and 5 min (ASCII format). Note: not all variables are quality controlled; please check for existing QC flags in the datasets. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the Voyage Summary and/or the Data Processing Reports for this voyage.

  • This record describes the End of Voyage (EOV) data archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V03, titled "SOTS: Southern Ocean Time Series automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies southwest of Tasmania." The voyage took place between May 11, 2023 and May 25, 2023 (AEST), departing from Hobart and returning to Hobart. Piggy-back projects: Adding the Sub-Antarctic to an oceanic latitudinal study of diatom silica production rates Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Radiation Interactions eXperiment (CAPRIX) Ecological and carbon sequestration role of mesopelagic organisms in the Southern Ocean Evolution of the Seafloor of the Australian-Antarctic Southern Ocean 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, Scanning Mobility Particle Sizers (SMPS), CTD, Hydrochemistry, Fisheries Echosounder (EK60, 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, Weather Radar. Voyage-specific measurements: Ceilometer (Cloud Cube, Vaisala), Cloud Radar (BASTA), HydroBIOS Multinet, Micro Rain Radar (MRR), Moorings, Radiosonde, Stabilised Platform, Video, Water Vapour Radiometer (WVR). The archive for the IN2023_V03 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).

  • The Radon measurements are obtained from a sensor mounted on the Research Vessel RV Investigator of the Australian Marine National Facility (MNF) managed by CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A), and processed by ANSTO's Institute for Environmental Research. The dataset includes quality-controlled data collected from 2014 onwards. The RV Investigator voyages where data was collected and processed are listed below in this record. Potential users of the dataset are encouraged to discuss any aspects of its application with the contact persons listed in the dataset “Notes” tab: we are very enthusiastic and keen to support and participate in your science! REFERENCES: Zahorowski, W. and Whittlestone, S. (1999). Radon database 1987-1996: A review. In: Baseline Atmospheric Program (Australia) 1996 (eds. Gras, JL, Derek N, Tindale, NW, and Dick, AL). Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Melbourne, 71-80. Zahorowski, W. et al. (2013). Constraining annual and seasonal radon-222 flux density from the Southern Ocean using radon-222 concentrations in the boundary layer at Cape Grim. Tellus B, 65. ISSN 1600-0889. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19622. Chambers, SD, Hong, SB, Williams, AG, Crawford, J, Griffiths, AD, & Park, SJ (2014). Characterising terrestrial influences on Antarctic air masses using Radon-222 measurements at King George Island. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(18), 9903-9916. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9903-2014. Chambers, S, Williams, AG, Zahorowski, W, Griffiths, A and Crawford, J. (2011). Separating remote fetch and local mixing influences on vertical radon measurements in the lower atmosphere. Tellus B, 63: 843-859. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00565.x. Griffiths AD, Chambers SD, Williams AG and Werczynski SR. (2016). Increasing the accuracy and temporal resolution of two-filter radon-222 measurements by correcting for the instrument response. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9:2689-2707. doi:10.5194/amt-9-2689-2016.

  • The CO2 measurements group is a research and data collection project carried out through the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Ship of Opportunity Underway Network facility. The CSIRO CO2 system used for this research is mounted on the Research Vessel RV Investigator of the Australian Marine National Facility (MNF) managed by CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere (O&A). The dataset includes quality controlled data collected from 2014 onwards. The RV Investigator voyages where data was collected and processed are listed below in this record. These data are available via the Australian Ocean Data Network AODN and IMOS ocean portal.