Augusta Coastal Station Data 1978-1981

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Augusta Coastal Station Data 1978-1981

Short title : Coastal-Augusta

MarLIN record number : 6015

Anzlic Identifier : ANZCW0306006015

ISO Topic Category/s

Data Type

Observed Data - field
CMAR Vessel/Station Data: Hydrology

Custodian Organisation : CSIRO Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research - Hobart
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
TAS Australia
7000
http://www.cmar.csiro.au/

Jurisdiction : Australia

Contributors :

Acknowledgements :

References :

Abstract : This dataset contains oceanographic data collected at a coastal station off Augusta Western Australia (lat. 34.deg. 31 min. S, long.115 deg. 2 min. E) between Nov 1978 and Jun 1981. Station set up under the CSIRO coastal monitoring program in the 1970s and was sampled approximately monthly for temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, phosphate and nitrate.
The data are stored on-line as part of the CMR hydrology archive in Hobart. This data is not deposited with the NODC data archive (World Data Centre-A) in the U.S.A.

Documentation Links

Full list of volumes/titles in CSIRO Oceanographical Station List series

Data available via Data Trawler - Access: Public

Location Keywords

Australia > Western Australia Coast South

ANZLIC Geographic Extent Names (Category, [Jurisdiction], Name)

Ocean and Sea Regions, [Australia], Western Australia - South Coast

Geographic Extent

34.0 S

115.0 E

115.5 E

34.5 S

C-squares references

3311:245:3, 3311:144:2

Subject Categories and Search Word(s)

MarLIN Subject Categories

2144/1144. Descriptive oceanography and limnology - regional studies/expeditions/data reports
2145/1145. Descriptive oceanography and limnology - aquatic physics and chemistry
2146/1146. Water masses, circulation, temperature-salinity-depth studies

GCMD Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Rocky Coasts
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Nitrate
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Phosphate
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity

ANZLIC Search Words

MARINE Coasts
OCEANOGRAPHY
OCEANOGRAPHY Physical
OCEANOGRAPHY Chemical

Equipment

Autoanalysers
Nutrient Analysers
Thermometers

Taxonomic information

Originating Research Project

Project Name

Coastal Monitoring Programme 1942-

Project Leader(s)

David Rochford - (Former) CSIRO Division of Fisheries/Fisheries and Oceanography - Cronulla
plus successors

Project Duration

1942 -

Project Description

The CSIRO coastal monitoring program established a network of sampling stations from the 1940s and 1950s onwards, for the purpose of collecting long time-series of coastal temperature, salinity and nutrient data from south-eastern and south-western Australian coastal waters. Sampling at most of these stations involved collection of regular water samples from a 50m water column at intervals of between one and approximately 6 weeks, at 10m depth intervals between the surface (0m) and 50m (or 100m+ in a few cases). Sampling ceased at many of the coastal stations in the 1950s-1960s but some new stations were sampled in the 1970s. Four stations are still operational at time of writing (1998), giving a continuous record of around 50 years' oceanographic data from these sites.

Research Platform, Site or Source

Augusta

Research Voyage/Survey Details

Voyage/Survey Name

Augusta - all data [CS-AUG-ALL]

Voyage/Survey Leader(s)

Voyage/Survey Region

WA South West coast

Voyage/Survey Description

This survey corresponds to the data time series collected at Augusta coastal station over the period 1978 to 1981

Beginning date : 04 Nov 1978

Ending date : 04 Jun 1981

Progress : Complete

Maintenance and Update Frequency : Not Planned

Stored Data Format(s)

DIGITAL - Text Documents - ASCII
NON-DIGITAL - Printed Text (Reports, Books, Reprints, etc.)

Stored Data Volume

There are 32 "stations" (=repeat sets of observations) in the hydrology archive for this dataset, file size 15 kB.

Specific Software Requirements

Stored Data Documentation

Divisional platform/station codes are explained in a separate document "codes.list". The identifier for this station is "AL" in the Divisional system. This station is not in the NODC archive (U.S.A.).

Stored Data Location

c/o Divisional Data Centre, CSIRO Marine Research, Hobart. Published data are available in the publication series "Oceanographical Station List" (see references).

Available Format Type(s)

Same As Stored

Access constraint

Release with the permission of the custodian.

Lineage

Data source is from research vessels of CSIRO. Analytical methods are given in the documentation.

Positional accuracy

Parameter accuracy

Refer to documentation

Logical consistency report

Completeness

Refer to documentation

Contact

Divisional Data Centre
CSIRO Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research - Hobart
GPO Box 1538
Hobart
TAS Australia
7001
data-requests-hf@csiro.au

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Metadata Access

Public

Metadata Entry Created

03-Oct-2002 by Terry Byrne

Metadata Last Updated

04-Oct-2002 by Terry Byrne

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