RV Investigator Voyage IN2026_T04 End of Voyage (EOV) Archive

This record describes the End of Voyage (EOV) data archive from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2026_T04, titled "Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea Training Alliance Network (CAPSTAN) 06." The voyage took place between September 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 (AEST), departing from Brisbane and returning to Lautoka. For further information please refer to the voyage documentation links.

Instruments used and data collected include: Regular measurements:
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP; 38, 75, 150 KHz ), Lowered ADCP (LADCP), Black Carbon sensor (Aethalometer), Greenhouse Gas Analysers (Picarro), Cloud Condensation Nuclei counter (CCN), Condensation Particle Counters (CPC), Disdrometer, Radon sensor, Micro Rain Radar (MRR), Mobility particle size spectrometer (MPSS), CTD, Hydrochemistry, Fisheries Echosounder (EK80), Multibeam Echosounder (EM712, EM124, EM2040), Sub-bottom Profiler (SBP29), GPS Positioning System, Doppler Velocity Log, Thermosalinographs (TSG), Fluorometer, Oxygen Optode, Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Autonomous Radiometer (ISAR), pCO2, Multiangle Absorption Photometer (MAAP), Ozone Sensor, Nephelometer, Atmospheric Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Wind and Rain sensors, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) sensor, Precision Infrared Radiometer (PIR), Precision Spectral Pyranometer (PSP), Starboard and Portside Radiometers, Air Sampler, Ultra Short BaseLine Underwater Positioning System (USBL), Seabird detector (Jonathan), Environmental DNA Sampler (eDNA), Weather Radar, Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs).

Voyage-specific measurements:
Kasten corer, Microplastics, Bongo Net, Core Argo floats, Deep Towed Camera (DTC), Sound Velocity Profile (SVP), Wildlife Observations (seabirds, cetaceans and seals).

The archive for the IN2026_T04 EOV raw data is curated by the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC) in Hobart, with a permanent archive at the CSIRO Data Access Portal (https://data.csiro.au/), providing access to voyage participants and processors of the data collected on the voyage. All voyage documentation is available electronically to MNF support via the local network. Applications to access voyage documentation by non-CSIRO participants can be made via HF-Data-Requests@csiro.au All processed data from this voyage are made publicly available through the MNF Data Trawler (in the related links)