Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au1121 2010/11 VMS

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

Oceanographic measurements were collected aboard Aurora Australis cruise au1121, voyage "Marine Science" (i.e. voyage 2.1) 2010/2011, from 4th January to 6th February 2011. The cruise commenced with a full north to south occupation of the CLIVAR/WOCE meridional repeat section SR3, followed by work around the Antarctic continental margin in the region of the Adelie Depression and the former Mertz Glacier ice tongue. A total of 149 CTD vertical profile stations were taken on the cruise, most to within 15 metres of the bottom. Over 2000 Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite and silicate), oxygen-18, dissolved inorganic carbon (i.e. TCO2), alkalinity, pH, helium, tritium, and biological parameters, using a 24 bottle rosette sampler. Upper water column current profile data were collected by a ship mounted ADCP. Meteorological and water property data were collected by the array of ship's underway sensors. An array of 3 bottom mounted ADCP moorings were deployed near the Adelie Depression, for recovery in the 2012/13 season. Underway data were also collected on this voyage, and are linked to this metadata record at the provided URL. A detailed readme is available as part of the download. Finally, ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) data are also linked, and are in Matlab format.

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Title Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au1121 2010/11 VMS
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c0c80140-647d-42b4-bcaa-c823085ed0a2
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 04/01/2011 - 06/02/2011
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Aurora Australis Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au1121 2010/11 VMS". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/aurora-australis-southern-ocean-oceanographic-data-cruise-au1121-2010-11-vms