IMOS - Ships of Opportunity - Sea Surface Temperature Data collected on the Merchant Vessel Highland Chief
This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel (MV Highland Chief - VROB) between south-east of Australia (Melbourne) and Papua New Guinea, including New Zealand, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands.
The data have been quality controlled by the Bureau of Meteorology.
The Ships of Opportunity (formerly known as Enhancement of Measurements on Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)) - Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Sub-Facility aims to supply near real-time SST data (within 24 hours) from ships of opportunity and research vessels in the Australian region.
Data and resources
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2009-09-30 – ongoing |
|---|---|
| Date (revision) | 2009-03-05 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Data, products and services from IMOS are provided "as is" without any warranty as to fitness for a particular purpose. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |