Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise au9206 (FISHOG)

Oceanographic measurements were conducted in the Southern Ocean around Heard and McDonald Islands, and in the Prydz Bay region, from January 1992 to March 1992. A total of 168 CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) vertical profile stations were taken, most to near bottom. Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite, silicate), chlorofluorocarbons, helium, tritium, dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, carbon isotopes, dissolved organic carbon, dimethyl sulphide/dimethyl sulphoniopropionate, iodate/iodide, oxygen 18, primary productivity, and biological parameters, using a 24 bottle rosette sampler.


CTD salinity data have been calibrated against bottle samples, although the calibration quality varies over the cruise. CTD salinity accuracies can be summarised as follows:


Stations 1-26: no bottle samples; conductivity calibration from later stations applied; accuracy therefore unknown.


Stations 27-102: accuracy approximately 0.005 (PSS78).


Stations 83-93: residuals a bit lower than surrounding stations: data uncertainty may be slightly increased.


Stations 103-111: no bottle samples; conductivity calibration from surrounding stations applied; accuracy therefore unknown.


Stations 112-168: significant increase in data scatter; accuracy approximately 0.010 (PSS78).


The bottle data file contains salinities and nutrients. Dissolved oxygen data exist only as titration values recorded on the laboratory analysis sheets. The nutrient data show a fair amount of scatter, particularly when looking at the nitrate vs phosphate ratios. These data should be used with caution.


Measurement and data processing techniques are described, and a summary of the data are presented in graphical and tabular form.


The fields in this dataset are:

oceanography

ship

station number

date

start time

bottom time

finish time

cruise

start position

bottom position

finish position

maximum position

bottom depth

pressure

temperature (T-90)

salinity

sigma-T

specific volume anomaly

geopotential anomaly

dissolved oxygen

fluorescence

photosynthetically active radiation

niskin bottle number

Simple

Identification info

Alternate title
Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic (CTD) data, cruise au9206 (FISHOG)
Date (Publication)
2002-04-26
Edition
1
Citation identifier
Dataset DOI

Title
Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
Date (Publication)
2012-04-23
Citation identifier
ISO 26324:2012

Citation identifier
doi:10.4225/15/58b37619e12d1

Originator

Rosenberg, M.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Division

Principal investigator

ROSENBERG, MARK
ACE CRC, c/- University of Tasmania
Private Bag 80
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Collaborator

ROSENBERG, MARK
ACE CRC, c/- University of Tasmania
Private Bag 80
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/au9206

Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Elevation
  • Geoscientific information
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
E
W


Extent

Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
1992-01-09 1992-03-27
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CARBON
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > STABLE ISOTOPES
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
  • EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA
Keywords
  • BOTTOM DEPTH
  • BOTTOM POSITION
  • BOTTOM TIME
  • CRUISE
  • DATE
  • DISSOLVED OXYGEN
  • FINISH POSITION
  • FINISH TIME
  • FLUORESCENCE
  • GEOPOTENTIAL ANOMALY
  • MAXIMUM POSITION
  • NISKIN BOTTLE NUMBER
  • OCEANOGRAPHY
  • PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
  • PRESSURE
  • SALINITY
  • SHIP
  • SIGMA-T
  • SPECIFIC VOLUME ANOMALY
  • START POSITION
  • START TIME
  • STATION NUMBER
  • TEMPERATURE (T-90)
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
  • XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • SHIPS
  • R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
  • ACE/CRC
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

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Data stored as column formatted ascii data, and matlab format; data report is MS WORD 2000 document. The data are available for download from the provided URL.

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Portable Network Graphic
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This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=au9206 when using these data.
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor

Distributor

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia

Distributor

Fees
Free
Planned available datetime
2002-04-26T00:00:00
Units of distribution
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Transfer size
3.6
Distribution format
  • ascii

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Statement
See data report. Weather conditions were generally moderate, and there were few scientific equipment failures, allowing complete coverage of the areas surveyed. The oceanography program took place in three regions; Heard Island, the eastern flank of the Kerguelen Plateau, and Prydz Bay. Each region had specific objectives, please see the reference given above for these. 61 CTD stations were completed in the Heard Island region, and several XBT's were dropped between widely spaced stations. A number of XBT's were deployed between Heard Island and the Kerguelen Plateau section. The CTD section consisted of 14 CTD casts to the bottom, the deepest being 4850m. XBT's were deployed between the Kerguelen Plateau section and Prydz Bay. 93 CTD stations were occupied in the Prydz Bay region. 40 XBT's were dropped in the transit from Casey to Hobart. Please see the reference given above for further details. Logically consistent, salinity and temperature are measured simultaneously under the same conditions and depths.
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Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
1999-12-21 URL's, language, authors added. 2017-02-27 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

Metadata

Metadata identifier
string/au9206

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Author

ROSENBERG, MARK
ACE CRC, c/- University of Tasmania
Private Bag 80
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8e179647-f9a4-4b84-9c3c-4cdf4ad3ef9e

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-30T06:43:37

Identifier

Description
metadata.extraction_date

Alternative metadata reference

Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

Metadata linkage
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/au9206

Point of truth for the metadata record

Date info (Creation)
1999-10-07T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-04-26

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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