Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 07/2004 Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Data

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This dataset contains the Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data collected on Southern Surveyor voyage SS 07/2004. The voyage took place off the west coast of Tasmania in July and August 2004. This dataset has been processed and archived by the CSIRO Marine Research Climate Variability and Change Group in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset may be contained in the voyage report for this voyage. XBT data typically comprises temperature and depth readings relayed to the surface at intervals of 0.1 seconds as the probe passes through the top few hundred metres of the ocean.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 07/2004 Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/8352a157-3e4e-463e-8bf6-4bbe6ebb5597
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 30/07/2004 - 01/08/2004
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        143.7,
        -43.5
      ],
      [
        145.2,
        -43.5
      ],
      [
        145.2,
        -41.0
      ],
      [
        143.7,
        -41.0
      ],
      [
        143.7,
        -43.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Southern Surveyor Voyage SS 07/2004 Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) Data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/southern-surveyor-voyage-ss-07-2004-expendable-bathythermograph-xbt-data1