Heard Island Ocean Current Meter Data from 1990-1991

Heard Island in the Southern Ocean is the location for this current meter dataset collected between May 1990 and January 1991. The data originates from one mooring equipped with five current meters and has been processed and archived by the CMR Data Centre in Hobart. Parameters likely include east-west and north-south velocity components, water temperature, pressure, and salinity.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean current dynamics based on velocity component data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing water column properties based on temperature, pressure, and salinity parameters
• Studying seasonal variability in the Southern Ocean based on the 1990-1991 time range

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 8-month period (May 1990-January 1991) in a remote location
• Includes measurements from five current meters on a single mooring, providing a vertical profile

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, CMR Data Centre

Collection Method

Collected via current meter mooring deployment

Time Range

May 1990 - January 1991

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:41:18.862186; freshness should be verified

Geography

Heard Island, Southern Ocean