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Surface sampling data from merchant vessels, SE Indian Ocean 1956 (published data)

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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These data, reported in CSIRO's "Oceanographic Station List" series in 1957, comprise mainly measurements of surface temperature, and salinity (as chlorinity), from sea surface samples collected by the merchant ships MV "Dulverton", MV "Kabbarli" and MV "Duntroon". Sampling was only carried out in one year (1956). The merchant vessel sampling program was carried out at a time when the CSIRO Division of Fisheries had no dedicated ocean-going research vessel, as a means of acquiring information about offshore waters. In the volumes cited, similar data are also reported from the Tasman Sea, Coral Sea, and south-eastern Australian waters and Bass Strait.

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Field Value
Title Surface sampling data from merchant vessels, SE Indian Ocean 1956 (published data)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/26f9815e-a344-4ad1-af1d-cc5e40ee5233
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
tsfo-dl@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/1956 - 31/12/1956
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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        113.0,
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      ],
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Surface sampling data from merchant vessels, SE Indian Ocean 1956 (published data)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/surface-sampling-data-from-merchant-vessels-se-indian-ocean-1956-published-data