Dataset

IMOS SOOP Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the Merchant Vessel OOCL Houston

This dataset contains Sea Surface Temperature (SST) underway observations collected on trips of a merchant vessel OOCL Houston (callsign VRDE7). Bulk SST is measured by SBE48 hull contact sensor. The sensor is located 8.2m below the summer load line. Observed data are 1-minute median SST values and are retrieved from the vessel once an hour and quality controlled at the Bureau of Meteorology. A daily file is available after 0100 UTC.

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Data available via the IMOS OPeNDAP server
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Additional Information

Field	Value
Published (Metadata Record)	02/03/2026
Last updated	03/03/2026
Organisation	Australian Federal Government
License	License Not Specified
Update Frequency	Unknown