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IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Satellite Relay Tagging Program - Near real-time CTD profile data

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The Animal Tracking Facility (formerly known as the Australian Animal Tracking And Monitoring System (AATAMS)) is a coordinated marine animal tagging project. Satellite Relay Data Loggers (SRDL) (most with CTDs, and some also with fluorometers) are used to explore how marine mammal behaviour relates to their oceanic environment. Loggers developed at the University of St Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit transmit data in near real-time via the Argo satellite system. The Satellite Relay Data Loggers are deployed on marine mammals, including Elephant Seals, Weddell Seals, Australian Fur Seals, Australian Sea Lions, New Zealand Fur Seals. Data is being collected in the Southern Ocean, the Great Australian Bight, and off the South-East Coast of Australia. Data parameters measured by the instruments include time, conductivity (salinity), temperature, and depth. The data represented by this record are presented in near real-time. As of the 19/11/2019, this data collection has been decommissioned. Historical files are still available on the IMOS THREDDS catalog. All subsequent CTD data is available via the current “IMOS - AATAMS Facility - Satellite Relay Tagging Program - Delayed mode data” collection (https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/06b09398-d3d0-47dc-a54a-a745319fbece) in csv format, as opposed to NetCDF as was previously delivered via this “Near real-time” collection.

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Title IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Satellite Relay Tagging Program - Near real-time CTD profile data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7c7c8b99-f63c-4b83-b4df-e18de3323df1
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
robert.harcourt@mq.edu.au
Reference Period 09/01/2009 - 19/11/2019
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Satellite Relay Tagging Program - Near real-time CTD profile data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-animal-tracking-facility-satellite-relay-tagging-program-near-real-time-ctd-profile-data