Southern Ocean Automated Time Series Observations (SOTS)

Moored instruments will be deployed for time-series observations of physical, biological, and chemical properties, in the Sub-Antarctic Zone southwest of Tasmania , with twice-yearly servicing. These time-series observations are crucial to resolving ecosystem processes that affect carbon cycling, ocean productivity and marine responses to climate variability and change, ocean acidification and other stresses. It will be one of only 29 high temporal resolution sites identified globally and 1 of 3 proposed for the Southern Ocean.