a0eb3d77-2497-45b1-8d84-d105d267148a urn:uuid en UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2017-06-24T17:29:29 creation ISO 19115 2016 IMOS SOOP-Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-facility a0eb3d77-2497-45b1-8d84-d105d267148a The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) sub-facility aims to enable accurate, quality controlled, SST data to be supplied in near real-time (within 24 hours) from SOOPs and research vessels in the Australian region. Remotely sensed sea surface temperature (SST) data is an important input to ocean, numerical weather prediction, seasonal and climate models. In order to improve calibration and validation of satellite SST in the Australian region, there is a need for high quality in situ SST observations with greater timeliness, spatial and temporal coverage than is currently available. Regions particularly lacking in moored or drifting buoy observations are the Western Pacific Tropical Warm Pool region (Indonesia), close to the Australian coast (including Bass Strait) and the Southern Ocean. Current ship SST observations from ships of opportunity (SOOP) are either of questionable accuracy or difficult to access in a timely manner. There are five vessels carrying automatic weather stations (AWS) that participate in the Australian Volunteer Observing Fleet (AVOF) program and two vessels equipped with a newly designed system for real-time SST data acquisition. Their routes include the Southern Ocean, coastal Australia (Queensland to South Australia), Bass Strait, Pacific Ocean, South-East Asia and the Tasman Sea. Four AVOF vessels with hull-mounted temperature sensors (Sea Bird SBE 48) and one with a digital oceanographic thermometer (Sea Bird SBE 38, RV L’Astrolabe) are supplying high-quality bulk SST data hourly. There is also one passenger ferry that is currently taking SST measurements using the high-accuracy SBE 38 sensor (MV SeaFlyte – Hillarys Harbour-Rottnest Island). In addition, there are now near real-time SST data streams available from two Australian research vessels (RV Southern Surveyor and RSV Aurora Australis), one New Zealand research vessel (RV Tangaroa), and a small research vessel operated by CSIRO near the south-east coast of Western Australia (RV Linnaeus). In total, twelve vessels send SST data in real-time. All SST data are being quality assured, placed on the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and fed into the Bureau of Meteorology's near real-time satellite SST data validation system and operational regional and global SST analyses. Additionally, there are historical SST observations from four vessels which are not currently available in real-time: passenger ferry MV Fantasea, Whitsundays area, radiometer and bulk SST (November 2008 to March 2010); two AVOF vessels: MV Iron Yandi (February 2010 to January 2011) and PV Pacific Sun (December 2010 to July 2012); and one Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS), MV Pacific Celebes which has been carrying high-quality scientific equipment (January 2008 to March 2012). {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[100.0, -68.0], [180.0, -68.0], [180.0, 40.0], [100.0, 40.0], [100.0, -68.0]]]} 100.0 180.0 -68.0 40.0 9HA2479 Air Temperature Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Temperature Atmospheric Water Vapor C6FS9 Coral Sea Dew Point FHZI Fantasea Wonder HSB3402 HSB3403 Highland Chief IMOS Platform IMOS Sub-Facility Indian Ocean Iron Yandi Linnaeus Ocean Temperature Ocean Winds Oceans Pacific Celebes Pacific Ocean Pacific Sun Portland Regional Seas SOOP-SST Sea Flyte Sea Surface Temperature Sea Surface Temperature Sensors Southern Ocean Spirit of Tasmania II Stadacona Surface Winds Tasman Sea VHW5167 VHW6005 VJQ7467 VNAH VNSZ VNVR VROB VRZN9 Wana Bhum Xutra Bhum Link to SOOP-SST page on IMOS website documentDigital HTML