Franklin Voyage FR 06/91 CTD Data

Short title : FR 06/91 CTD

MarLIN record number : 3402

Data Type

Observed Data - field
CMR Vessel Data: CTD

Custodian Organisation : CSIRO Division of Marine Research - Hobart

Contributors : CTD data processed by Dave Vaudrey

Acknowledgements :

References : Franklin National Facility (1991). Cruise Summary, Cruise FR 06/91. Miscellaneous Publication. CSIRO Division of Oceanography [for] Franklin National Facility, 10 pp.

Publication date : Not Known

Abstract : This dataset contains the processed Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected on Franklin voyage FR 06/91. The voyage took place in the equatorial West Pacific Ocean and waters in and around Vitiaz Strait, Papua New Guinea during 12 July - 1 August 1991. This dataset has been processed and is archived within the CSIRO Marine Research Data Centre in Hobart. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the cruise report for this voyage and/or the data processing report (as available).

Data Links

Download dataset 24. / 0.6 Mb(authorisation required)

Documentation Links

Data Request Form
Processing report for this dataset (authorisation required)
CTD Data Format Description

Location Keywords

Equatorial Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea coastal waters

Geographic Extent

2.0 N

145.0 E

152.0 E

20.0 S

Subject Categories and Search Word(s)

MarLIN Subject Categories

2144/1144. Descriptive oceanography and limnology - regional studies/expeditions/data reports
2146/1146. Water masses, circulation, temperature-salinity-depth studies

Parameters

Depth Below Sea Surface
Salinity
Sea Temperature

ANZLIC Search Words

MARINE
OCEANOGRAPHY Physical

Equipment

CTDs (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers)

Additional equipment information

Research Vessels

Taxonomic information

Originating Research Project

Project Name

Climate Variability 1989-1997

Project Leader(s)

Gary Meyers - (Former) CSIRO Division of Oceanography - Hobart

Project Duration

1989 - 1997

Project Description

Research Platform, Site or Source

Franklin

Research Voyage/Survey Details

Voyage/Survey Reference

FR 06/91

Voyage/Survey Leader(s)

E. Lindstrom (CSIRO), S. Murray (Louisiana State Univ.)

Voyage/Survey Region

Equatorial W Pacific Ocean/New Guinea coast

Voyage/Survey Description

Cruise Fr 06/91 forms part of the Joint Australia - Japan moored instrument array in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean. The third Australian equatorial mooring was successfully deployed 3 miles west of the Tokai mooring (147 degrees E). The Japanese mooring was not recovered and all equipment is lost. 27 hours of high quality ADCP data were collected at the mooring site. A Tokai University mooring at 2 degrees N, 147 degrees E was recovered successfully and a CTD section was completed along 147 degrees as planned. The moored current meter array in the New Guinea coastal undercurrent was also conducted. The principal aim of this experiment is to directly measure the currents in and transport through Vitiaz Strait, PNG, over an annual cycle. Survey methods included ADCP and CTD sections. Related cruises FR 07/90 and FR 06/92.

Voyage Track

View voyage track

Beginning date : 12 Jul 1991

Ending date : 01 Aug 1991

Progress : Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency : Not Planned

Stored Data Format(s)

DIGITAL - Text Documents - ASCII
On-line

Stored Data Volume

2.4 Mb (0.6 Mb when compressed)

Specific Software Requirements

Stored Data Documentation

Format description available; see "Documentation Link"

Stored Data Location

c/o Divisional Data Centre, Hobart
Additional project level storage information for this dataset is available via the edit interface.

CD List

FR 06/1991 Complete Data (CD ref: fr199106a_1) details

Available Format Type(s)

DIGITAL - Text Documents - ASCII

Access constraint

Datasets are embargoed except to the Principal Investigator (PI) for 2 years from date of processing.
For datasets out of embargo, contact the Divisional Data Centre for authorisation to access this dataset via the Data Link (see "Links" section).

Data Source, Processing and Quality Control Information

Data processing and quality control: according to the then current CMR Data Centre CTD data processing manual. For full details, refer to documentation.

Positional accuracy

Refer to documentation

Parameter accuracy

Refer to documentation

Logical consistency report

n/a

Completeness

There were a number of problems with equipment and instrument failure on this voyage.
Refer to processing report for more details(see "Links" section).

Contact

Position: Data Requests - Divisional Data Centre
CSIRO Division of Marine Research - Hobart
Person: Divisional Data Centre

data-requests@marine.csiro.au

Related Datasets

Metadata Access

Public

Metadata Entry Created

30-Sep-1998 by Angela Way

Metadata Last Updated

03-Apr-2001 by Terry Byrne

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