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Satellite Tracked Buoy Data 1975 - 1995

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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Buoys were released in the Southern Ocean (in Antarctic waters), in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, in the Tasman Sea and in The Great Australian Bight. 143 deployments were made between 1975 and 1995. The buoys were tracked by the NASA weather satellite NIMBUS-6, and later by the French System ARGOS aboard the satellite TRIOS-N. Buoy types include 4.5 m PVC/fiberglass spars (Cresswell et. al. CSIRO), 5m spars (Australian Bureau of Meteorology), and two variations of 2 m "torpedo" buoys (Cresswell, Richardson and Wood). Most of the buoys were drouged with 7.2m parachute at 20m depth. Sea surface temperature data was recorded and transmitted to satellite. Buoy drift speed and direction were calculated from successive satellite fixes.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Satellite Tracked Buoy Data 1975 - 1995
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/95a3cf64-5760-41fc-b037-5e5c07c3b6c4
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 24/09/1975 - 30/11/1995
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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    ]
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}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Satellite Tracked Buoy Data 1975 - 1995". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/satellite-tracked-buoy-data-1975-19951