IMOS - Ships of Opportunity – Expendable Bathythermographs - Upper Ocean Thermal Data collected on the high density line PX34 (Sydney-Wellington)

Temperature data from the TOGA/WOCE transect PX34 across the Tasman Sea has been collected since 1991 and are ongoing. The transect is repeated approximately 4 times a year, with profiles obtained approximately every 10-50 Km. The data are obtained from XBTs (expendable bathythermographs) deployed via merchant vessels, and are managed by the Joint Australian Facility for Ocean Observing Systems (JAFOOS), a collaborative venture between CSIRO Marine Research and the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC).

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Temporal extent1988-12-04 – ongoing
Date (creation)2008-05-16
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseData, products and services from IMOS are provided "as is" without any warranty as to fitness for a particular purpose.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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