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Temperature - Salinity distributions / CTD data at sampling stations on a transect across the mouth of Jervis Bay

Sea Surface SalinitySea Surface TemperatureSubsurface CurrentsSubsurface SalinitySubsurface TemperatureSurface Currents

This dataset is a component of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and the Australian Defence Force Academy.

Approximately once per month between 1988-1991, temperature-salinity surveys were conducted on various transects within Jervis Bay and out across the continental shelf. This record describes CTD data from the transect running across the mouth of Jervis Bay, running from Point Perpendicular in the north, to Bowen Island in the south. Measurements were made using a Neil Brown 'Smart' CTD. On each day of sampling, ~5 stations were chosen on the transect, with the CTD recorder measuring salinity, temperature and sigma-T through the water column.

For each day of sampling two resources are provided: 1) An excel document providing details of sampling locations and the raw CTD data collected, and 2) A map showing the location of each sampling station. For a number of sampling days a third resource is offered, providing vertically averaged CTD data over 4m depth bins.

This is one of nine child records that relate to the parent, 13391430-2ae8-11dd-a735-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of all metadata records relating to this project is available to download through this record. Also available is a pdf of a published working paper documenting this experiment and the results.

Data and resources

Additional information

Temporal extent1989-07-28 – 1991-11-05
Date (publication)2008-04-10
Statuscompleted
Update frequencynotPlanned
Metadata languageen
LicenseEvery effort has been made to archive the project data and details as accurately as possible. It should be recognised however, that due to the passing away of the principal investigator in 2002, this archival was undertaken by a data facilitator not involved with the original data collection.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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