XBT – Upper Temperature

XBT data of the SURVOSTRAL project
Written by Elodie Kestenare in July 2020

  • Project:SURVOSTRAL international project
  • Description: Upper temperature (0-990m) from the XBT launcher installed on the Astrolabe vessel (IPEV)
  • Period: 1993-2020
  • Area: Southern Ocean between Hobart (Tasmania) and Dumont d’Urville -the French Antarctic base-
  • Source: LEGOS, France
  • Contact: Rosemary Morrow or Elodie Kestenare at LEGOS

XBT profiles have been corrected for temperature and depth biases depending on the probe type. All corrected XBT measurements can be retrieved from the IMOS website

http://thredds.aodn.org.au/thredds/catalog/IMOS/SOOP/SOOP-XBT/DELAYED/Line_IX28_Dumont-d-Urville-Hobart/catalog.html

References:

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  • Rintoul, S. R., J.-R. Donguy and D. Roemmich, 1997. Seasonal evolution of upper ocean thermal structure between Tasmania and Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research 44, 1185-1202.
  • Rintoul, S. R. and T. W. Trull, 2002. Seasonal evolution of the mixed layer in the Subantarctic Zone south of Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 31,447-31,460.
  • Rintoul, S. R., S. Sokolov, and J. Church, 2002. A six year record of baroclinic transport variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at 140E, derived from XBT and altimeter measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 107 (C10): art.no. 3155.
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