Surface sampling data from merchant vessels, SE Australian waters 1954-1960 (published data)

These data, reported in various volumes of CSIRO's "Oceanographic Station List" series between 1957 and 1962, comprise mainly measurements of surface temperature, salinity (as chlorinity), and (in later stages) phosphate from sea surface samples collected by merchant ships in Bass Strait and surrounding waters. Vessels contributing t the sampling program include TSS "Taroona" and "Princess of Tasmania, SS "Talune", and MVs "Claire Crouch", "Denman", Century", "Jillian Crouch", "Lorinna", "Marra", "Pateena", "Poolta", "Risdon", and "Wareatea". Sampling began in December 1954 and was still in progress December 1960, the last date for which data were published in this series. 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 Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, and the south-east Indian Ocean.

本数据集收录了1957年至1962年间澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation，CSIRO）《海洋观测站名录》系列各卷刊载的观测数据，核心内容为商船在巴斯海峡及周边海域采集的海面样品的测量结果，主要包含表层水温、盐度（以氯度计），后期还新增了磷酸盐含量的检测数据。参与本次采样计划的船舶包括：涡轮蒸汽船（Turbine Steam Ship，TSS）“塔鲁纳号”与“塔斯马尼亚公主号”、蒸汽船（Steam Ship，SS）“塔卢恩号”，以及机动船（Motor Vessel，MV）“克莱尔·克劳奇号”、“丹曼号”、“森图里号”、“吉利安·克劳奇号”、“洛里纳号”、“马拉号”、“帕蒂纳号”、“普尔塔号”、“里斯登号”与“沃里亚提号”。采样工作始于1954年12月，直至1960年12月仍在进行——该系列出版物中刊载的最后一批数据的截止日期即为1960年12月。本次商船采样计划实施期间，澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）渔业学部尚无专职远洋科考船，该计划作为获取近海水域信息的重要手段得以推进。在上述引用的各卷册中，同时刊载了来自珊瑚海、塔斯曼海与东南印度洋的同类观测数据。