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IMOS - SOOP-Temperate Merchant Vessel (TMV) sub-facility - Data collected on the Spirit of Tasmania I during transect between Melbourne and Devonport (Delayed mode).

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 18/11/2025

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Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)- Temperate Merchant Vessel TMV collects data from an autonomous marine monitoring system on the Spirit of Tasmania I to monitor long-term climate change indicators and measures of ecosystem health in Bass Strait surface waters and coastal waters of Victoria and Tasmania. TMV maintains an underway sampling Seabird SBE45 thermo-salinograph (TSG), a Wetlabs combination fluorometer and turbidity sensor (ECO-FLNTU), a GPS were deployed in June 2008 on the Spirit of Tasmania I (VLST) for initial trials. Routine data collection commenced on 28 August 2008. Transects are dependent upon Spirit of Tasmania 1 operating schedule. These are typically undertaken 7:30pm to 7am with subsequent in-port monitoring 7am-7:30pm at Port Melbourne and Devonport docks. During summer and holiday periods the vessel undertakes continuous transects with 2-3 hour turnaround at the ports. Transect data files are available through the IMOS OPeNDAP server. Graphic representation of the temperature, salinity, turbidity, chlorophyll-a by distance are also available. Provision of data from 2014 onwards will resume early in 2024.

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Title IMOS - SOOP-Temperate Merchant Vessel (TMV) sub-facility - Data collected on the Spirit of Tasmania I during transect between Melbourne and Devonport (Delayed mode).
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b1989bb7-2dd8-4ab3-bb20-8955882e2e17
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
k.critchell@deakin.edu.au
Reference Period 31/10/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - SOOP-Temperate Merchant Vessel (TMV) sub-facility - Data collected on the Spirit of Tasmania I during transect between Melbourne and Devonport (Delayed mode).". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-soop-temperate-merchant-vessel-tmv-sub-facility-data-collected-on-the-spirit-of-tasmania-i