Research Vessels Real-Time Air-Sea Fluxes

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Research Vessels Real-Time Air-Sea Fluxes

Air-sea fluxes, the exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean, play an important role in the global climate. Mapping these fluxes is therefore vital to understanding the role of the ocean in climate variability, carbon levels, ecosystems and coastal environments. Research Vessel Real-Time Air-Sea Fluxes uses autonomous instrumentation to monitor important meteorological and ocean surface information, providing observations of heat, mass and momentum bulk flux in Australian, New Zealand and Southern Ocean waters. The autonomous nature of the instrumentation allows for continuous monitoring, providing high-quality data in real-time.

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Quality control

Quality control procedure for IMOS real-time meteorological and sea surface observations, and air-sea fluxes from research vessel and mooring platforms

Schulz, Eric, Janice Sisson and Helen Beggs (2021) Quality control procedure for IMOS real-time meteorological and sea surface observations, and air-sea fluxes from research vessel and mooring platforms, Bureau Research Report No. 059, September 2021, pp 14.

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Shipboard Automated Meteorological Oceanographic Systems (SAMOS)

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

Essential Ocean Variables / Essential Climate Variables

This sub-Facility contributes to 3 Essential Ocean Variables and 9 Essential Climate Variables.

EOVs: Ocean surface heat flux, Ocean surface stress, Sea surface salinity

ECVs: Ocean surface heat flux, Ocean surface stress, Sea surface temperature, Surface precipitation, Surface pressure, Surface radiation, Surface temperature, Surface water vapour, Surface wind speed and direction

Contact

Eric Schulz
E: Eric.schulz(at)bom.gov.au

Operating institution

Bureau of Meteorology

Co-investors

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research 

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Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.