IMOS - Deep Water Moorings - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) Sub-Facility, Pulse 6 Mooring (Sept 2009 - Mar 2010)

The Pulse 6 mooring was deployed from September 2009 to March 2010 at Lat -46.3, Lon 140.6.Data available in near-real time are the surface buoy position, mean acceleration and standard deviation, and statistics surface buoy battery voltage and telemetry success. After the mooring and sensors are retrieved, oceanographic data will be processed and made available through the IMOS Ocean Portal. In addition to the data files, graphed data and plots of mooring position are available.Moored instruments are deployed by the Southern Ocean Time Series sub-facility for time-series observations of physical, biological, and chemical properties, in the Sub-Antarctic Zone southwest of Tasmania, with twice-yearly servicing. The Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) Sub-Facility is responsible for the deployment of Pulse moorings.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.

Pulse 6号系泊装置于2009年9月至2010年3月间部署于南纬46.3°、东经140.6°的海域。近实时可获取的数据包括表层浮标位置、平均加速度及其标准差，以及表层浮标电池电压与遥测成功率的统计数据。待系泊装置及传感器回收后，海洋学数据将完成处理，并通过海洋综合观测系统（Integrated Marine Observing System, IMOS）海洋门户对外发布。除数据文件外，还可获取图表化数据及系泊位置分布图。上述系泊仪器由南大洋时间序列子设施部署，用于在塔斯马尼亚岛西南侧的亚南极区开展物理、生物及化学特性的时间序列观测，该设施每半年进行一次维护作业。南大洋时间序列（Southern Ocean Time Series, SOTS）子设施负责Pulse系列系泊装置的部署工作。此类时间序列观测对于解析影响碳循环、海洋生产力以及海洋对气候变率与气候变化、海洋酸化及其他环境压力的响应的生态系统过程具有关键意义。