IMOS - Ships of Opportunity - Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel Stadacona
This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel Stadacona (callsign C6FS9).
Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is installed in the engine compartment and its depth is varied from 2 to 7 meters (depending on loading of vessel). SST data (along with meteorological data from ship AWS) are instantaneous, collected every 3 hours.
The data are quality controlled by the Bureau of Meteorology. The daily data files are available from eMII shortly after 0000 UTC.
Data and resources
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2009-08-10 – ongoing |
|---|---|
| Date (creation) | 2009-10-14 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Data, products and services from IMOS are provided "as is" without any warranty as to fitness for a particular purpose. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |