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IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel OOCL Houston

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel OOCL Houston (callsign VRDE7). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is located 8.2m below the summer load line. Observed data are 1-minute median SST values and are retrieved from the vessel once an hour and quality controlled at the Bureau of Meteorology. A daily file is available after 0100 UTC.

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Title IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel OOCL Houston
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/08173931-87ef-4b88-be20-79f3d95b2f31
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
joel.cabrie@bom.gov.au
Reference Period 04/09/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
      [
        100.0,
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      ],
      [
        100.0,
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      ]
    ]
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}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel OOCL Houston". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-soop-sea-surface-temperature-data-collected-on-the-merchant-vessel-oocl-houston