AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Impact of viscosity on the morphology and swimming behaviour of motile bacterioplankton, phytoplankton and protozooplankton

Metadata record for data expected ASAC Project 2382 See the link below for public details on this project.
This entry contains: Locations for sampling sites for ASAC project 2382 on voyage 3 of the Aurora Australis in the 2004/5 season, collected between December and February of 2004/5; CTD bottle-derived seawater viscosity data and CTD bottle-derived in vivo fluorescence data.
There are four spreadsheet files in this download file. Each spreadsheet file contains several worksheets.
1) I9_Stations.xls: Transect 1 (CLIVAR I9 = 'I9') station and sampling details: CTD stations, CTD profiles, Surface samples.
2) PET_Stations.xls: Transect 2 (Kerguelen Plateau and Princess Elizabeth Trough = 'PET') station and sampling details: CTD stations, CTD profiles.
3) Viscosity.xls: Viscosity data.
4) Fluorescence.xls: In vivo fluorescence data.
For all files -999 = missing data
A word document details the sampling protocols for viscosity and in vivo fluorescence.
Note: ASAC project 2382 operates in direct collaboration with ASAC project 2596 (Three-dimensional microscale distribution and production of plankton populations).

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BACTERIOPLANKTON, CEOS, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL, FLOW CYTOMETRY, FLUORESCENCE, FLUOROMETERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, NISKIN BOTTLES, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > CLIVAR transect I9, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Kerguelan Plateau, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Princess Elizabeth Trough, PHYTOPLANKTON, PIGMENTS, PROTIST MORPHOLOGY, PROTOZOOPLANKTON, SEAWATER VISCOSITY, SHIPS, VIRIOPLANKTON, VISCOMETER
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Mapping and classification of Darwin Harbour seabed

This data presents the results of seabed mapping and habitat classification surveys completed in Darwin Harbour during 2011 and 2013 as part of the Northern Territory Government's marine habitat mapping program. This research is a collaboration between Geoscience Australia (GA), the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the Department of Land Resource Management (DLRM) and the Darwin Port Corporation. Key objectives are to:
- Produce detailed maps of the bathymetry and derived parameters such as slope and rugosity,
- Classify the seabed into areas of hard and soft substrate, and,
- Produce seabed habitat maps (or seascapes).
Key outcomes from the surveys include:
1. Improved understanding of the seabed of Darwin Harbour. The main seabed geomorphic features identified in Darwin Harbour include banks, ridges, plains and scarps, and a deep central channel that divides into smaller and shallower channels. Acoustically hard substrates are found mostly on banks and are associated with rocky reef and sponge gardens, and are often overlain by a thin veneer of sandy sediment. In contrast, plains and channels are characterised by acoustically soft substrates and are associated with fine sediments (mud and sand).
2. Classification of physical seabed properties to produce a Seascape Map for Darwin Harbour. Six seascape classes (potential habitats) were derived using an Iterative Self Organising (ISO) unsupervised classification scheme. These six classes are related to statistically unique combinations of seabed substrate, relief, bedform and presence of sediment veneer (quite often inferred from presence of epibenthic biota).

Tags: Benthic habitat, Comments, Marine Geoscience, Multibeam profiling sonar, backscatter, bathymetry, mapping, marine, marine environmental baselines
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
antFOCE Hard Substrate Fauna data sets

Metadata record AAS_4127_antFOCE_HardSubstrateFauna contains all data sets relating to the fauna sampled from hard substrates during the antFOCE experiment, including recruitment tiles, artificial substrate units and biofilm slides.    
Refer to antFOCE report section 4.5 for deployment, sampling and on-station analysis details. 
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4127_antFOCE_Project4127
Background 
The antFOCE experimental system was deployed in O’Brien Bay, approximately 5 kilometres south of Casey station, East Antarctica, in the austral summer of 2014/15. Surface and sub-surface (in water below the sea ice) infrastructure allowed controlled manipulation of seawater pH levels (reduced by 0.4 pH units below ambient) in 2 chambers placed on the sea floor over natural benthic communities. Two control chambers (no pH manipulation) and two open plots (no chambers, no pH manipulation) were also sampled to compare to the pH manipulated (acidified) treatment chambers.  
Details of the antFOCE experiment can be found in the report – “antFOCE 2014/15 – Experimental System, Deployment, Sampling and Analysis”. This report and a diagram indicating how the various antFOCE data sets relate to each other are available at:
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4127_antFOCE_Project4127

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE, EPIFAUNA, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, HARD SUBSTRATE, MACROINVERTEBRATES, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 4 1996-97 Underway Data

This dataset contains automatically logged underway data collected during the Aurora Australis Voyage 4 1996-97. This was a non-marine science voyage that visited Mawson, Davis, Casey and Macquarie Island, departing from and returning to Hobart. These data are available online via the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (or via the Related URL given below). For further information, see the Marine Science Support Data Quality Report at the Related URL below.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > CONVECTION, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, METEOROLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEANOGRAPHY, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Pelagic Nemerteans of the Southern Ocean

This dataset is a document describing the pelagic Nemerteans of the Southern Ocean. It lists the 11 known pelagic Southern Ocean species and with illustrated diagrams provides a guide to their taxonomic identification and distribution.
The document is available for download as a pdf from the provided URL.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > RIBBON WORMS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, LABORATORY, Nemerteans, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SHIPS, TRAWL, zooplankton
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 4 2013/14 Track and Underway Data

On every voyage of the Aurora Australis, approximately 50 onboard sensors collect data on average every 10 seconds.  These data are known as the underway datasets.  The type of data collected include water and air temperature, wind speeds, ship speed and location, humidity, fluorescence, salinity and so on.  For the full list of available data types, see the website.
These data are broadcast "live" (every 30 minutes) back to Australia and are available via the Australian Oceanographic Data Centre's portal (see the provided link).  Once the ship returns to port, the data are then transferred to Australian Antarctic Division servers where they are then made available via the Marine Science Data Search system (see the provided URL).
This dataset contains the underway data collected during Voyage 4 of the Aurora Australis Voyage in the 2013/14 season.
Purpose of voyage: Casey, Davis summer retrieval
Leader: Mr. Andy Cianchi
Deputy Leader: Mr. Brett Free
VM Trainee: Mr. Dave Pinch
Underway (meteorological) data are available online via the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (or via the Related URL section).

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > CONVECTION, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, METEOROLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Role of Antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and impact of UV-B on these organisms - Rotation 0 of the Astrolabe - 2003/2004 samples

This dataset contains the locations of sampling sites for ASAC project 40 on rotation 0 of the French polar supply ship L'Astrolabe in the 2003/2004 season.  Samples were collected between October and November of 2003.  It also contains the final dataset which has information on chlorophyll, carotenoids, coccolithophorids and species identification and counts.
Public Summary from the project:
This program aims to determine the role of single celled plants, animals, bacteria and viruses in Antarctic waters. We quantify their vital role as food for other organisms, their potential influence in moderating global climate change through absorption of CO2 and production of DMS, and determine their response to effect of climate change.
For more information, see the other metadata records related to ASAC project 40 (ASAC_40).
The fields in this dataset are:
Tube Labelour use
Sample#our use
Date(UTC)
Time(UTC)Shorthand entry code - ignore
Time(UTC)Formatted Use this
Long Degdegrees
Long Minminutes
Long Decdecimaldegrees
Lat Degdegrees
Lat Minminutes
Lat Decdecimaldegrees
Local time (dec hrs)actual solar local time (decimal hours) calc from
longitude
DOES NOT EQUAL TIME ZONE
Sea Temp
Icepresent/absent
Lugol's#microscope sample number for phytoplankton ID (Our use only)
HPLC Volvolume filtered for HPLC pigment analysis (Our use only)
Cocco Volvolume filtered for coccolithophorid counts (Our use only)
Cocco tray No.(Our use only)
Location:DCM: Deep chlorophyll maximum
Thermo: Thermocline

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CAROTENOIDS, CEOS, CHEMTAX, CHLOROPHYLL, CLIMATE CHANGE, COCCOLITHOPHORID, DATE, DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, ICE, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, MARINE BIOLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, PHYTOPLANKTON, PLANKTON NET SAMPLE, PROTISTS, R/V L'ASTRO > R/V L'ASTROLABE, SHIPS, TIME, TUBE LABEL, VOYAGE, WATER TEMPERATURE
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Breeding biology of the Royal Penguin (Eudypted chrysolophus)at Macquarie Island 1955-1969

The data are contained in a number of log books in hand written form (now scanned onto CD ROM. They were gathered according to a protocol updated annually by the Principal Investigator, DR Robert Carrick (now deceased). Details are contained in the paper Carrick R (1972) Population ecology of the Australian black-backed magpie, royal penguin, and silver gull. in: Population ecology of migratory birds - A symposium. US Dept of the Interior, Fish and wildlife service. Wildlife Research Report 2. pp 41-99. The only other information on the Royal penguin population to come from these investigations is the PhD Thesis of G.T. Smith, Studies on the behaviour and reproduction of the Royal penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli. Australian National University April 1970.
The log books contain a vast array of observations on the Royal penguin. Major observations/studies include banding of chicks and adults, breeding chronology, egg laying, breeding success, arrival weights, movements within and between colonies.
The protocols for the collection of the data are missing although some instructions and notes are included in the volumes.
Some data have also been entered into an excel spreadsheet.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BIOLOGY, CEOS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAM, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HIS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SURVIVAL RATES, EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MACQUARIE ISLAND, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND, PENGUIN, POPULATION DYNAMICS, ROYAL PENGUIN, SOUTHERN OCEAN, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Biodiversity of lacustrine Antarctic crustaceans: local and regional genetic diversity of copepods and cladocerans

The aim of the study was to characterise the genetic biodiversity of populations of the copepod Paralabidocera antarctica and the cladoceran Daphniopsis studeri in the Australian Antarctic Territory. Sampling was finalised during November and December 2000.
Daphniopsis studeri were sampled from freshwater lakes in the Vestfold and Larsemann Hills, and from small ponds on Heard Island. Paralabidocera antarctica were collected from saline lakes, fjords and embayments around the Vestfold Hills.
Each population was analysed at 16 allozyme loci using cellulose acetate electrophoresis. Allozyme data were recorded as multilocus genotypes for each individual. The observed number of multi-locus genotypes were tested against expected values to determine whether populations of Daphniopsis studeri reproduce by obligate or cyclic parthenogenesis. Geographic genetic structure of the crustacean populations was assessed using genetic distance measures and cluster analysis. Local and regional gene flow was estimated using Fst and multivariate statistics.
By using genetic tools to measure indirectly dispersal and gene flow among populations with each species, we hope to reconstruct the history of these species in Antarctica and to determine the relative significance of historical versus contemporary ecological conditions.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CLADOCERANS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Larsemann Hills, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Vestfold Hills, DAPHNIOPSIS STUDERI, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > SPECIES RECRUITMENT, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAM, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HIS, ELECTORPHORESIS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Heard Island, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > Iles de Kerguelen, PARTHENOGENESIS, POPULATION GENETICS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Satellite Tracking of Adelie Penguins in the Terra Nova Bay Region Antarctica

This dataset contains the results from satellite tracking the movements of Adelie Penguins (Pygoscellis adeliae) from Edmonson Point in the Terra Nova Bay region, Antarctica. By the use of satellite fixes the foraging locations of the penguins were determined. Monitoring took place between 1994 and 2001.
This work was completed as part of ASAC project 2205 (ASAC_2205), 'Adelie penguin research and monitoring in support of the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Project'.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, ARGOS, ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System, CCAMLR, CCAMLR > Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, CEMP, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Edmonson Point, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > PENGUINS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SATELLITES
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Surveys of flying bird nesting areas and adelie penguin colonies in the Windmill Islands 1998/99 by Jonny Stark and Jeroen Creuwels

This GIS dataset contains bird data from 1998/99 field work in the Windmill Islands by Jonny Stark and Jeroen Creuwels. The locations are Frazier Islands, Ardery Island and Casey station. 
Polygon data represents the extents of flying bird nesting areas and adelie penguin colonies.
Point data represents flying bird nest locations.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BIRD, CEOS, COLONY, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Windmill Islands, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND AL, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLI, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, NEST, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, WINDMILL
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Mawson RAN Fair Sheet Data from HI 169 V5/516 6762/3 (sheet 2) scale 1:10 000

Royal Australian Navy soundings of approaches to Mawson, hand digitised from HI 169 V5/516 6762/3 (sheet 2) scale 1:10 000.
The data are not suitable for navigation.
Bathymetric contours derived from these and other soundings are available from the metadata record with ID mawsonbathy_gis.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, FAIR, FAIRSHEET, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MAWSON, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, RAN, SOUNDING
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
A collection of logs and documentation associated with the BROKE voyage of the Aurora Australis in the 1995/1996 season

A collection of scanned logs and documentation from the BROKE cruise of the Aurora Australis in the 1995/1996 season.
Available logs include:
BROKE V4 1995/1996 Catch Composition - 2 Logs
BROKE V4 1995/1996 Krill Larvae Log
BROKE V4 1995/1996 Krill Morphometrics - 3 logs
BROKE V4 1995/1996 Trawl Log
BROKE V4 1995/1996 Wet Lab Log
See the logs for further details.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, ANTARCTICA, AURORA AUSTRALIS, BROKE, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, Catch Composition, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY, FISH, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, KRILL, Krill Larvae, Krill Morphometrics, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS, SOUTHERN OCEAN, Trawl Log, Wet Lab Log
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Scanned data logs, ship logs and reports from the ADBEX III voyage of the Nella Dan, October to December, 1985

The dataset contains scanned copies of a number of logs, reports and documents from the Antarctic Division Biomass Experiment III( ADBEX III) voyage of the Nella Dan from October to December, 1985. The documents cover CTD data, cell count graphs, acoustic logs, ship logs, and other files.
The dataset download contains the following files:
ADBEX 3 CTD.pdf
CTD Log ADBEX 3 Electronics Lab CTD Unit.pdf
Master Station Log - Vol 1 ADBEX 3.pdf
ND0018586 ADBEX 3 Acoustic Log Book 1 of 2 Copy 3.pdf
ND0018586 ADBEX 3 Acoustic Log Book 2 of 2 Copy 2.pdf
ADBEX 3 CTD Cell Count Graphs.pdf

Tags: ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS, ADBEX III, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > AMBIENT NOISE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, NELLA DAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, Ships
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The nature of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave and its connections with Australian rainfall variability

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1329 See the
link below for public details on this project. 
---- Public Summary from Project----
The Antarctic Circumpolar Wave is a mode of high latitude variability involving the atmosphere, ocean and sea ice. Some research indicates it has a period of about 5 years but the robustness and persistence has yet to be fully established. This project will examine the nature of the ACW in a long data series, and will determine whether the wave is related to Australian rainfall.
In this project, sea ice data were sourced from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0449, USA).  The NCEP reanalysis data set was sourced from: NOAA/ National Weather Service, National Centers for Environmental Prediction (5200 Auth Road, Camp Springs, Maryland, 20746 USA).
Australian rainfall data were taken from Jones and Weymouth (1997: An Australian Monthly Rainfall Dataset. Technical Report No. 70, Bureau of Meteorology, 19 pp.) compilation and provided digitally by the Bureau of Meteorology.
The sea ice concentration data used were for the Antarctic only (the entire Antarctic sea ice domain).  Data started in 1978. All data were collected by satellite.  A link to a metadata record for these data are available from the URL given below.
Two NCEP reanalysis data sets were used in this study. The first was NCEP/NCAR, with 6-hourly data available from 1958 (see the URL provided below for further information).  The second was the NCEP/DOE set, with 6-hourly data available from 1979 (see the URL provided below for further information).
In this project the following model/analysis was applied:
Application of The University of Melbourne cyclone tracking scheme (Simmonds et al., 2003, Monthly Weather Review, 131, 272-288) and a broad range of statistical tests. Brief details are provided in the Summary. See the link for the pdf document for more detailed information.
These complex statistical analyses were run over the entire length of the project (2001/02 - 2003/04). They were run on the Sun Workstation cluster in the School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13, DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > OSCILLATIONS, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > LIQUID PRECIPITATION > RAIN, EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > ANTARCTIC OSCI, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SEA ICE CONCENTRATION, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Nimbus-7, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SATELLITES
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network