AIMS Geonetwork
Cape Ferguson (AIMS Wharf) Automated Marine Weather And Oceanographic Station
This historical weather data from the Cape Ferguson (AIMS Wharf) weather outstation covers the period 1-11-1983 to 30-5-1984.
Afterwards, the same unit was deployed at Cape Bowling Green and collected data at that location for the period 18-9-1984 to 4-10-1985.
Both data collection periods used telemetery to send binary data daily to a computer controlled base station. Data was verified by comparing three sets of the same data, received over three days. The base station passed data to the central computing facility at AIMS for processing.
Data recorded covers: Wind direction (0-360°); Wind run (km/hr); Air temperature (0-40°C); Water temperature (0-40°C); Barometric pressure (mB); Solar radiation (0-2500 µE/sec/M2).
Other variables:
Time of day (e.g. 23:46:03); Day of the year (e.g. 118); Year (e.g. 86).
These data are collected to support scientific research. Data are made available on request to other researchers and to the public as well as being available from the AIMS web site
Information about accuracy and the sensors used are in the Data Quality section of this metadata record.
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Identification info
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-10-17T00:00:00
Publisher
Owner
- Website
- AIMS Web Site
- Website
- AIMS Web Site
- Credit
- Bainbridge, Scott, Mr
- Status
- Completed
Principal investigator
Point of contact
- Temporal resolution
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- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
- Description
- Region 1
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Extent
- Description
- Collective resources start and end dates
Temporal extent
- Time position
- 1983-11-01
- Time position
- 1984-05-30
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Use Limitation: All AIMS data, products and services are provided "as is" and AIMS does not warrant their fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. While AIMS has made every reasonable effort to ensure high quality of the data, products and services, to the extent permitted by law the data, products and services are provided without any warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of title, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. AIMS make no representation or warranty that the data, products and services are accurate, complete, reliable or current. To the extent permitted by law, AIMS exclude all liability to any person arising directly or indirectly from the use of the data, products and services.
- Other constraints
- Attribution: Format for citation of metadata sourced from Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in a list of reference is as follows: "Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). (2009). Cape Ferguson (AIMS Wharf) Automated Marine Weather And Oceanographic Station. https://doi.org/10.25845/5c09bf93f315d, accessed[date-of-access]".
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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A versatile long-range telementry system particularly suited to meterological, environmental sensing at remote locations. Technical bulletin. Instrumental facilities: Colman RS, Carr K and Gill EF (1982) A versatile long-range telementry system particularly suited to meterological, environmental sensing at remote locations. Technical bulletin. Instrumental facilities. AIMS-IF-82-1. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 30 p.
A versatile long-range telementry system particularly suited to meterological, environmental sensing at remote locations. Technical bulletin. Instrumental facilities: Colman RS, Carr K and Gill EF (1982) A versatile long-range telementry system particularly suited to meterological, environmental sensing at remote locations. Technical bulletin. Instrumental facilities. AIMS-IF-82-1. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 30 p.
- OnLine resource
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Data access via Programming API
Data access via Programming API
- OnLine resource
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Weather Observations for Cape Ferguson (AIMS Wharf) (1/11/1983 - 30/05/1984)
Weather Observations for Cape Ferguson (AIMS Wharf) (1/11/1983 - 30/05/1984)
- OnLine resource
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Data access via AODN Portal
Data access via AODN Portal
- OnLine resource
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Technical notes on weather monitoring telemetry system: Gill EF (1988) Technical notes on weather monitoring telemetry system. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 35 p.
Technical notes on weather monitoring telemetry system: Gill EF (1988) Technical notes on weather monitoring telemetry system. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 35 p.
- OnLine resource
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Data access using R
Data access using R
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Statement: The weather sensors used were:Wind Run: Didcot 3 cup anemometer with magnetic reed switch contact (324 contacts/km wind run).Wind Direction: Aanderaa Model 2053 Oil damped, 360° solenoid clamped, potentiometer.Air temperature: OMEGA 0-90-UUA-35J3 5K thermistor housed in radiation screenBarometric Pressure: Aanderaa Model 2810 Monolithic sensing element (temperature stabilised) housed in main equipment enclosure.Solar Radiation: Licor Model L1-I92SB Underwater Quantum sensorAccuracies quoted below are the sum of calibration, sensor change, drift with time, and an ambienttemperature range of 0-40°C.Temperature: ± 0.3°C.Water temp: 30 minutes settling time.Solar radiation: 5 % of reading.Barometric pressure: ± 1 hecto pascal.Wind speed 2 % of reading.Wind direction 2 % of reading.Settling time for solar radiation and wind parameters was 30 seconds (anti aliasing filters).
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- adc44fac-9c8a-4e32-adfd-e68201c44dd9
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Hours of service
- 0800 to 1640 UTC+10: Monday to Friday
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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Point of truth URL of this metadata record
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2009-11-17T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-02-15T00:00:00
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
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