Surface sampling data from merchant vessels, SE Indian Ocean 1956 (published data)

These data, reported in CSIRO's "Oceanographic Station List" series in 1957, comprise mainly measurements of surface temperature, and salinity (as chlorinity), from sea surface samples collected by the merchant ships MV "Dulverton", MV "Kabbarli" and MV "Duntroon". Sampling was only carried out in one year (1956). The merchant vessel sampling program was carried out at a time when the CSIRO Division of Fisheries had no dedicated ocean-going research vessel, as a means of acquiring information about offshore waters. In the volumes cited, similar data are also reported from the Tasman Sea, Coral Sea, and south-eastern Australian waters and Bass Strait.

本数据集收录于1957年发布的澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）《海洋站名录》系列报告中，其数据主体为商船MV“Dulverton”、MV“Kabbarli”与MV“Duntroon”采集的海面样本所测得的表层水温及盐度（以氯度计）。采样工作仅在1956年这一年开展。该商船采样计划实施于澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织渔业部尚无专职远洋科考船的时期，旨在获取近海水域的相关观测数据。在本次引用的相关分卷中，同时收录了塔斯曼海、珊瑚海、澳大利亚东南部海域以及巴斯海峡的同类观测数据。