IN2018_V05: Biogeochemical Data from the Polar Front South of Tasmania

October-November 2018 data from a voyage investigating biogeochemical variability in the Polar Front meander south of Tasmania. Chief Scientists Helen Phillips and Nathan Bindoff led the expedition, with data collected by Nic Pittman and Clara Vives. Data include CTD nutrients, chlorophyll, oxygen, underway phytoplankton physiology, and pCO2.

Use Cases

• Modeling nutrient fluxes based on CTD nutrient and oxygen profiles.
• Analyzing phytoplankton physiology based on underway measurements.
• Investigating carbon cycling based on pCO2 data.
• Studying oceanographic variability in the Polar Front region based on the combined biogeochemical parameters.

Strengths

• Data collected during a dedicated oceanographic voyage in October-November 2018.
• Includes multiple biogeochemical parameters: CTD nutrients, chlorophyll, oxygen, phytoplankton physiology, and pCO2.
• Associated with a 2020-2021 Honours thesis, suggesting a level of academic validation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Some data are duplicated in a different format on another platform, which may require deduplication.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Collected via ship-based CTD casts and underway systems during voyage IN2018_V05.

Time Range

October-November 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 16:12:20.713239; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Region of the Polar Front meander south of Tasmania.