AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Prydz Bay Current Meter Data 1987-1988

This dataset contains current meter data from Prydz Bay, Antarctica. Current meters were deployed on 5 moorings around Prydz Bay between March 1987 and February 1988. Summary results and deployment details are in the documentation. Temperature and salinity were also recorded. Records are not continuous at each site over this time period. Mooring 1 had a single current meter with a target depth of 100-200m, mooring 2 had 2 Aanderaa current meters with deployment depths of 223m and 425m and an S4 current vector-averaging meter at 123m from the surface, mooring 3 had 2 Aanderaa current meters at target depths of 300m and 1500m, Mooring 4 had 4 Aanderaa current meters with depths of 182m, 328m, 430m and 512m, mooring 5 had 4 Aanderaa meters at 273m, 419m, 567m and 670m. Three moorings were deployed for a full year, March 1987 to February 1988 (the 'winter' deployment) and 2 moorings released in October 1987 for about 4 months ('summer' deployment). Six of the 12 current meters deployed were recovered.
The fields in this dataset are:
DEVICE IDENTIFICATION
SAMPLE PERIOD
TEMPERATURE PARAMETERS
CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS
SEA CURRENT DIRECTION PARAMETERS
SEA CURRENT SPEED PARAMETERS
DATE
TIME
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES C)
SALINITY (Ppt)
DIRECTION (degrees)
SPEED (knots)

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CURRENT METERS, DATE, DEVICE IDENTIFICATION, DIRECTION, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MOORINGS, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SALINITY, SAMPLE PERIOD, SEA CURRENT DIRECTION PARAMETERS, SEA CURRENT SPEED PARAMETERS, SPEED, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE PARAMETERS, TIME
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
CTD Niskin data collected from the BROKE-West voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2006

3 litres of seawater were collected every 2nd CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) cast on every CTD transect of the BROKE-West voyage.  7 CTD transects were completed on the BROKE-West voyage, all on southwards legs. Samples were collected at 6 depths in the top 200 m of the water column using niskin bottles. 2 litres were filtered through polycarbonate filters and 1 litre was filtered through a fibreglass filter. Chemical digestion of the polycarbonate filter enabled us to determine the particulate silicon concentration for each sample (using the nutrient autoanalyser onboard the Aurora Australis, see hydrochemistry section), fibreglass filters have been dried and stored for CHN analysis back on shore.
This work was completed as part of ASAC projects 2655 and 2679 (ASAC_2655, ASAC_2679).

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, BROKE-West, CEOS, CTD, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC MATTER, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, NISKIN BOTTLES, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SHIPS, biogeochemistry, carbon, conductivity, depth, filtration, nitrogen, nutrients, particulate organic matter, temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Southernmost Whale Catch Positions

Abrupt Mid-Twentieth Century Decline in Antarctic Sea-Ice Extent from Whaling Records. Format is a WinZip'ed Microsoft Access 2000 database. The northernmost edge of the sea ice was derived from the southernmost positions of whale catches. 
A supplemental word document is also included with the dataset.
This dataset was originally compiled by Bill de la Mare.
The fields in this dataset are:
record ID
latitude
mean latitude
longitude
longitude Interval
date
season
decade
id
catch Record
species ID

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CATCHRECORD, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, DATE, DECADE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > TOOTHED WHAL, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, ID, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, LONGITUDEINTERVAL, MEANLATITUDE, NOT APPLICABLE, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, RECORDID, SEASON, SPECIESID
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis SAZ Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au97_9806

Oceanographic measurements were conducted in the Subantarctic Zone south of Tasmania in March 1998. A total of 97 CTD vertical profiles were taken. Over 800 Niskin bottle water samples were collected for the measurement of salinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients (phosphate, nitrate+nitrite, silicate), dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, carbon isotopes, dissolved organic carbon, N2O isotopes, pH, oxygen-18, barium, nitrogen-15, arsenic, ammonia, DMS/P, bacteria, silicon-32, particulate silicon, productivity, ETS, pigments, species counts, cytometry, particulate organic carbon and nitrogen, urea, copper and iron, using a 24 bottle rosette sampler. Four sediment trap moorings were recovered, and two were redeployed.
The fields in this dataset are:
oceanography
ship
station number
date
start time
bottom time
finish time
cruise
start position
bottom position
finish position
maximum position
bottom depth
pressure
temperature (T-90)
salinity
sigma-T
specific volume anomaly
geopotential anomaly
dissolved oxygen
fluorescence
photosynthetically active radiation

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BOTTOM DEPTH, BOTTOM POSITION, BOTTOM TIME, CEOS, CRUISE, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, DATE, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CARBON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > STABLE ISOTOPES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY, FINISH POSITION, FINISH TIME, FLUORESCENCE, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GEOPOTENTIAL ANOMALY, MAXIMUM PRESSURE, NISKIN BOTTLES, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEANOGRAPHY, PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION, PRESSURE, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SALINITY, SHIP, SHIPS, SIGMA-T, SPECIFIC VOLUME ANOMALY, START POSITION, START TIME, STATION NUMBER, TEMPERATURE (T-90)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
0.5 hour 1 M HCl extraction data for the Windmill Islands marine sediments

These results are for the 0.5 hour extraction of HCl.
See also the metadata records for the 4 hour extraction of HCl, and the time trial data for 1 M HCl extractions.
A regional survey of potential contaminants in marine or estuarine sediments is often one of the first steps in a post-disturbance environmental impact assessment. Of the many different chemical extraction or digestion procedures that have been proposed to quantify metal contamination, partial acid extractions are probably the best overall compromise between selectivity, sensitivity, precision, cost and expediency.  The extent to which measured metal concentrations relate to the anthropogenic fraction that is bioavailable is contentious, but is one of the desired outcomes of an assessment or prediction of biological impact.  As part of a regional survey of metal contamination associated with Australia's past waste management activities in Antarctica, we wanted to identify an acid type and extraction protocol that would allow a reasonable definition of the anthropogenic bioavailable fraction for a large number of samples.  From a kinetic study of the 1 M HCl extraction of two certified Certified Reference Materials (MESS-2 and PACS-2) and two Antarctic marine sediments, we concluded that a 4 hour extraction time allows the equilibrium dissolution of relatively labile metal contaminants, but does not favour the extraction of natural geogenic metals.  In a regional survey of 88 marine samples from the Casey Station area of East Antarctica, the 4 h extraction procedure correlated best with biological data, and most clearly identified those sediments thought to be contaminated by runoff from abandoned waste disposal sites.  Most importantly the 4 hour extraction provided better definition of the low to moderately contaminated locations by picking up small differences in anthropogenic metal concentrations.  For the purposes of inter-regional comparison, we recommend a 4 hour 1 M HCl acid extraction as a standard method for assessing metal contamination in Antarctica.
The fields in this dataset are
Location
Site
Replicate
Antimony
Arsenic
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Nickel
Silver
Tin
Zinc

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, ANTIMONY, ARSENIC, BIOAVAILABLE METALS, CADMIUM, CEOS, CHROMIUM, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Windmill Islands, COPPER, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, IRON, KINETICS, LABORATORY, LEAD, LOCATION, MANGANESE, MESS, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, NICKEL, PACS, REPLICATE, SEDIMENT CORERS, SILVER, SITE, TIN, WINDMILL ISLANDS, ZINC
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Polar Bird Voyage 3 2002-2003 Underway Data

This dataset contains the underway data collected during the Polar Bird Voyage 3 2002-03. This voyage went to Casey, leaving from and returning to Hobart. Underway (meteorological) data are available online via the Australian Antarctic Division Data Centre web page (or via the Related URL section). For further information, see the Marine Science Support Data Quality Report at the Related URL section.

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, ECHO SOUNDERS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MARINE, METEOROLOGY, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SHIPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Antarctic Fur Seal Populations on Heard Island Summer 1987-1988

Abstract from ANARE Research Notes 72 The Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella has increased in numbers at Heard Island since the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) station was established in 1947.  Increases have also been recorded at other breeding sites in the South Atlantic and South Indian Oceans this century, particularly at South Georgia.
In the 1987-88 summer, fur seals at Heard Island were counted in several age and sex categories.  The aims of the project were to determine the location of pupping sites, the extent of the pupping season and the size of the population, and to record the changes in numbers of animals ashore during the summer.  Maps of the colonies and main haul-out areas, together with descriptions of census areas and tabulations of counts, provide a basis for future comparison.
This dataset contains the results from surveys of Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) on Heard Island during the summer of 1987-1988. As well as habitat descriptions, age, sex, count of adults and pups were determined. The three major aims of the study include: to determine accurately the location of pupping sites; to determine the extent of the pupping season, the median date of birth and the number of pups born; and to census fur seals on as much of the island as possible in order to determine the number of animals ashore and to document changes in numbers during the summer. The results are listed in the document, which includes detailed tabulations of counts made at colonies and major haul-out sites on Macquarie Island during summer 1987-88, and descriptions and maps of these locations. Tagging, mainly of pups, was also undertaken, and a total of 234 pups, 8 under-yearlings, 9 yearlings, 2 juveniles and 1 sub-adult male were tagged. Counts at 3-day intervals (pups) were made between 25 November and 19 December 1987, and major censuses were made between 19 December 1987 and 25 February 1988.
The fields in this dataset are:
Locality
Age Class
Date
Colony
Bulls
Cows
Pups

Tags: AGE CLASS, AMD, AMD/AU, ANTABIF, BULLS, CAML > CENSUS OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIFE, CENSUS, CEOS, COLONY, COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, COWS, DATE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS, 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 > USE/FEEDING HABI, EBA > Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, HEARD ISLAND, IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR, LOCALITY, OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, OBIS/AADC, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS, PUPS, SCAR-MARBIN > SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network, SOUTHERN OCEAN
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Aurora Australis Voyage 3 2019/20 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 3 of the Aurora Australis Voyage in the 2019/20 season.
Purpose of voyage: Mawson over water resupply and refuel, deploy/retrieve personnel to Mawson and Davis, retrieve and deploy whale acoustic mooring..
Leader: Mr. Andy Cianchi
Deputy Leader: Ms Amy Young
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, AWOS > Automated Weather Observing System, 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
Survey of Elephant Seals at Atlas Cove, Heard Island, December 2008

Stereoscopic images of elephant seals at Atlas Cove, taken at Heard Island on 16-17 December 2008.
The Aurora Australis made a brief visit to Heard and McDonald Islands in mid-December 2008.  The visit was opportunistic owing to an opening in the ship's schedule.
During the visit a number of quick surveys were undertaken, primarily assisted by helicopters.
This dataset consists of stereographic images taken by two photographers from ground level during a survey of Elephant Seal colonies at Atlas Cove.  There are two folders of data, one for each photographer.  Each folder contains a shot list of the photos (in an excel spreadsheet), plus the photos themselves.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, Aerial Photographs, Atlas Cove, CEOS, Cameras, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA L, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAM, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS, Elephant Seals, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, Heard Island, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS, Stereographic Images
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Distribution and abundance of breeding seabirds in the AAT

Distribution and abundance of breeding seabirds in the AAT.
This dataset comprises a broad range of component datasets derived from ground surveys aerial photography and oblique photography.
Aerial and oblique photography has been used to obtain supplementary information on distribution and abundance of seabirds in the region.
Recent surveys, 2000/01 onwards, have made use of GPS for more precise geographic information on seabird nests and colonies.
At present there are a number of child metadata records attached to this record.  See the link above for details.

Tags: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, AMD, AMD/AU, ANTARCTICA, CAMERAS, CEOS, COML > CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > ENDANGERED SPECI, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAM, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > RANGE CHANGES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HIS, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, OBIS > OCEAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, PENGUINS, PETRELS, SEABIRDS, SKUAS, SOUTHERN OCEAN, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Satellite tracking of southbound East Australian humpback whales 2008/09

Tracking spring and summer migration of humpbacks from Eden NSW, Australia to Antarctica.
Dataset can be found here: https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/argos/display_campaign.cfm?campaign_id=70
Satellite tags were deployed on adult humpback whales with a modified version of the Air Rocket Transmitter System (ARTS, Restech) and a purpose-designed projectile carrier at a pressure of 7.5 – 10 bar. A custom-designed, 80mm anchor section is attached to a stainless steel cylindrical housing containing a location-only transmitter (SPOT-5 by Wildlife Computers, Redmond, Washington, USA and Kiwisat 202 Cricket by Sirtrack, Havelock North, New Zealand). This superseded anchor design resulted in the anchor section disarticulating upon deployment in order to achieve improved tag retention times while minimising impact. The tags were sterilised with ethylene oxide prior to deployment and implanted up to 290mm into the skin, blubber, interfacial layers and outer muscle mass of the whale. Tags were programmed to transmit to the Argos satellite system at various duty cycles and repetition rates for a maximum of 720 transmissions per day. These transmissions are relayed to processing centres which calculate the transmitter’s location by measuring the Doppler Effect on transmission frequency.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, ANIMAL MOVEMENT, ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CETACEANS > BALEEN WHALE, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, HUMPBACK WHALE, MIGRATION, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, SATELLITE TAG, SATELLITES
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Krill Camera Footage and Traps from the SIPEX II Voyage of the Aurora Australis

The intention of the Deep Krill Camera and Trap System was to monitor and capture krill found during deep CTD operations.
Two traps were installed on the CTD in place of Niskin Bottles.  At pre-determined depths an internal light was illuminated and the traps were opened.   After a set period of time a second trigger signal was sent to the traps, closing the entry point, encapsulating any Krill that were inside.
The Krill Camera system was installed onto the CTD rosette.  It consisted of a high-definition video camera (a GoPro Hero 2) within a pressure housing, flanked by two LED light sources.  The power for this system was supplied via a rechargeable battery pack also mounted to the CTD.
The camera system was remotely controlled from the surface via the CTD communications link.  At specific depths the lights and camera were activated, recording the water column and ocean floor by adjusting focus length for fixed durations in an attempt to document Krill at lower depths. 
An additional camera was introduced into the system, mounted to allow video capture of the Krill Trap Operation.  This camera was set to record at the beginning of the operations and left running for the duration of the deployment.
Video data from the Krill camera is in MTS format, which can be opened with VLC Media Player.
Trap footage is recorded in MP4 format, which can be opened with Quicktime or VLC Media Player.
Trap triggering and camera operation data was recorded manually by Rob King.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth, Camera, Cameras, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > EUPHA, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Krill, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, SIPEX, TRAPS
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, AM02 Brancker thermistor data - 2011/2012 data

AM02 borehole drilled December 2000.
Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats.
2011-2012 data may be final data from the unit owing to battery failure.
The original project for this dataset was ASAC 1164, but recent data fall under the auspices of project AAS 4096.

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, AMERY ICE SHELF, AMISOR, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, FIELD INVESTIGATION, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, HOT WATER DRILL, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, TEMPERATURE
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network