Southern Surveyor transit voyage SS2013_T01 collected oceanographic data between Sydney and Hobart in February 2013. The dataset includes fluorometrically determined extracted chlorophyll concentration, as well as nutrient and hydrography bottle data. It was produced by the Marine National Facility and aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Analyze phytoplankton biomass distribution based on extracted chlorophyll concentration.
- Study eddy dynamics in the East Australian Current based on hydrography data.
- Correlate nutrient levels with chlorophyll concentrations for marine ecology research.
- Use as a teaching resource for oceanographic data collection methods mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Data includes multiple oceanographic measurements: extracted chlorophyll, nutrients, and hydrography.
- Associated with a specific research voyage (SS2013_T01) with a known date (February 2013).
- Data is provided in multiple formats including XLSX, which suggests structured tabular data.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Marine National Facility, aggregated by Australian Ocean Data Network.
- Collection Method
- Collected during a teaching transit voyage (SS2013_T01) with master's student participation.
- Time Range
- February 2013
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-18 18:12:42.004158; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Ocean transect from Sydney to Hobart, focusing on the East Australian Current.