Contact information:
Ann Gronell/Rick Bailey
CSIRO Division of Oceanography
phone extension 5419 / 5295
e-mail: gronell@ml.csiro.au,bailey@ml.csiro.au
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MERSHIP Dataset:
Instrument or data type, or processed field
XBT, XCTD, CTD
Location and time
lat/lon range: 'Indian Ocean', 'Tasman Sea', 'Southern Ocean'
'North of Australia' (TOGA-WOCE lines/transects: IX1,
IX9, IX12, IX22/PX11, IX28,
IX29, IX30, PX2, PX3, PX30/31,
PX32, PX34, PX35)
time: 1983 to present for Indian Ocean, North of Australia and
Tasman Sea, 1992 to present for Southern Ocean
Format
'raw', unedited data as indexed random access files, edited data
as both indexed random access files (1994+) and 2m reformatted
ascii files by cruise, with header lines for each profile
(1983-present).
Media
raw data on-line in various sub-directories within /home/gronell/quest,
reformatted data on-line in /home/mership/archive.
All data also kept on exabyte backup tapes.
Filters for reading
Fortran subroutine within /home/gronell/quest/ioRAsubs.F for
reading raw data in full. The Reformatted data format
descriptor is in file /home/gronell/reform.txt
Ken Ridgway has a program to convert the Reformatted
data to NET-CDF format at standard depths.
Availability
Reformatted data of MERSHIP cruises is available. High Density cruises
(some Tasman Sea, some IX1, all Southern Ocean) are
embargoed for 2 yrs from date of collection. All data
is protected and may not be read by 'others' without
specific permission. Most of the data has been submitted
to AODC and NOAA's NODC and is available with their
more general datasets, though often in lower resolution.
Documentation
All quality control procedures are documented in 'Quality Control
Cookbook for XBT Data', R. Bailey, A. Gronell, H. Phillips,
E. Tanner and G. Meyers. 1994. CSIRO Marine Laboratories
Report 221.
The reformatted format descriptor is in file /home/gronell/reform.txt
Size
Reformatted Archive - 45K, Indexed files - between 20 and 100Mb
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SEALEVEL Dataset:
Instrument or data type, or processed field
Sealevel Tidal information
Location and time
Stations: Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Wewak, Manus, Kavieng,
Alotau, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Island,
Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Pelabuhan Ratu,
West Coast Tasmania (Granville Harbour), Spring Bay.
time: 1984 to December 1993
Format
'raw', unedited 15 minute data is held in encoded binary files.
The Header information is also encoded binary, including
all the patches required to create an edited version
of the data. Hourly data is available in binary format
and can be converted to ascii on request.
Predictions for all stations are also available or can be generated
as ascii files containing either the tidal extremes or the
hourly predicted values.
Media
raw, hourly and edited data on-line in various sub-directories
Filters for reading
Programs exist for reading the various data formats but we would
strongly suggest that anyone wanting the data refer to
the National Tidal Facility which holds all of our data
and has been collecting ongoing data at these stations since
early 1994.
Availability
The data is available but the programs are unreliable.
Documentation
None.
Size
Raw/Edited data - 9K
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WOCE Dataset:
Instrument or data type, or processed field
XBT, CTD (Upper Ocean Thermal Data)
Location and time
lat/lon range: 'Indian Ocean',
time: 1990 and 1991
Format
Both 'raw', unedited data and edited data as indexed random
access files. Original data in MEDS-ASCII format
(format descriptor in file /home/gronell/quest/newGTSPP)
Media
raw data on-line in /home/gronell/quest/woce90 and /woce91,
Filters for reading
Fortran subroutine within /home/gronell/quest/ioRAsubs.F for
reading raw and edited data in full.
Format descriptor is in file /home/gronell/quest/newGTSPP
Availability
Data can be converted to MEDS-ASCII format and is generally available.
Once quality controlled, it will be sent to NOAA's NODC
and can also be obtained from them.
Documentation
All quality control procedures are documented in 'Quality Control
Cookbook for XBT Data', R. Bailey, A. Gronell, H. Phillips,
E. Tanner and G. Meyers. 1994. CSIRO Marine Laboratories
Report 221.
A further cookbook is being written to specifically define the
WOCE Quality Control codes.
Size
Raw data file - 23Mb; Edited data file - 23Mb.
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Southern Oscillation Index Dataset:
Instrument or data type, or processed field
Darwin/Tahiti Troupe SOI
Time
time: two files - 1882 to present, and 1980 to present
Format
Ascii text file, one line per year with monthly averages
Media
on-line in file /home/mership/indices/mld/indexall.soim
Filters for reading
Matlab script for plotting the last ten years is available in file
/home/mership/indices/mld/sodex.m and can be easily
modified to plot the entire dataset.
Availability
Freely available to anyone who wants it.
Documentation
None
Size
13.5K
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Contact information:
Ken Ridgway/Ann Gronell
CSIRO Division of Oceanography
phone extension 5419 / 5295
e-mail: ridgway@ml.csiro.au,gronell@ml.csiro.au
Sea Level Data from the TOGA Sea Level Center and the Permanent Service
for Mean Sea Level:
Instrument or data type, or processed field
Sea Level Data
Location/Time
location: World-wide dataset
time: All TOGA archive and PSMSL Archive, from year dot.
Format
Ascii text files, hourly, daily and monthly data, JASL format
Media
CD-ROM
Filters for reading
None
Availability
Freely available to anyone who wants it; See Ken Ridgway
Documentation
None
Size
~400Mb??
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