UNSW temperature records for Lord Howe Island
Authors/Creators
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1.
University of New South Wales , School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 2. University of East Anglia
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3.
UNSW Sydney
Description
Dataset includes a thermistor mooring (t-string) and single depth temperature data collected across Lord Howe Island at various acoustic stations (see map), maintained by UNSW Sydney and funded by Parks Australia. The mooring was first deployed in 14-05-2025 and the data from the mooring and the single point thermisters will be uploaded separately as it becomes available.
The position of the instruments across the island is shown in the map. The mooring is located at 31° 30.924'S; 158° 58.373'E. The positions of the single point thermistors are:
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Device |
Location |
Coordinates
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PT |
Northwest LHI shelf |
31° 29.724 'S 158° 58.542 'E |
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PT |
Northeast LHI shelf |
31° 26.922 'S 159° 07.368 'E |
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PT |
Southeast LHI shelf |
31° 37.279 'S 159° 10.439 'E |
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PT |
Southwest LHI shelf |
31° 40.919 'S 159° 04.380 'E |
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PT |
Northeast Ball’s Pyramid shelf |
31° 41.870 'S 159° 15.422 'E |
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PT |
South Ball’s Pyramid shelf |
31° 51.485 'S 159° 15.064 'E |
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Additional details
Funding
- Australian Government
- Our Marine Parks Grants Round 4-JFVEOMB
Dates
- Collected
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2025-05-14Start of sampling period
Software
References
- IMOS (2017). Australian National Mooring Network, QA, QC and Product Summit SARDI, West Beach, Adelaide, South Australia. June 5-9. https://imos.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/QAQC_by_variable_draft_9_2_17_final.pdf
- IMOS Netcdf Conventions, Conventions and Reference Tables, Version 1.4.2, June 30th, 2021. https://content.aodn.org.au/Documents/IMOS/Conventions/IMOS_NetCDF_Conventions.pdf
- Eaton, B., J. Gregory, B. Drach, K. Taylor, S. Hnakin, J. Caron, R. Signell, P. Bentley, G. Rappa, H. Höck, A. Pamment and M. Juckes (2009). NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions v1.6. http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/
- U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (2020). Manual for Real-Time Oceanographic Data Quality Control Flags. Version 1.2. Silver Spring, MD, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Integrated Ocean Observing System, 24pp. DOI:10.25923/w8y6-d298