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IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs Sub-Facility

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 05/10/2025

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The IMOS Ships of Opportunity Expendable Bathythermographs Sub-Facility was formerly known as the Underway Expendable Bathythermographs (XBT), a research and data collection project working within the former IMOS Ship of Opportunity Multi-Disciplinary Underway Network Sub-Facility. Five major (HRX) high-resolution XBT lines provide boundary to boundary profiling and closely spaced sampling to resolve mesoscale eddies, fronts and boundary currents. The lines are repeated 4 times per year by an on-board technician. The routes sample each major boundary current system using available commercial vessel traffic. All of the transects transmit data in real-time.

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Title IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs Sub-Facility
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ec0b51c0-9436-4a3a-adc2-c670883e4641
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@aodn.org.au
Reference Period 01/10/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
      [
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        -78.0
      ],
      [
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      ],
      [
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      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
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  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs Sub-Facility". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-ships-of-opportunity-expendable-bathythermographs-sub-facility