title: Mean hydrography on the continental shelf from 26 repeat glider deployments along Southeastern Australia.
abstract: Since 2008, 26 glider missions have been undertaken along the continental shelf of southeastern Australia. Typically these missions have spanned the continental shelf on the inshore edge of the East Australian Current from 29.5-33.5°S. This comprehensive dataset of over 33,600 CTD profiles from the surface to within 10 m of the bottom in water depths ranging 25-200 m provides new and unprecedented high resolution observations of the properties of the continental shelf waters adjacent to a western boundary current, straddling the region where it separates from the coast. The region is both physically and biologically significant, and is also in a hotspot of ocean warming. We present gridded mean fields for temperature, salinity and density, but also dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll-a fluorescence indicative of phytoplankton biomass. This data will be invaluable for understanding shelf stratification, circulation, biophysical and bio-geochemical interactions, as well as for the validation of high-resolution ocean models or serving as teaching material.
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.|Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney 2088, Australia.
authors: Amandine
authors: A
authors: Schaeffer
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.|Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney 2088, Australia.
authors: Moninya
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authors: Roughan
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.|Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney 2088, Australia.
authors: Tim
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authors: Austin
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.|Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney 2088, Australia.
authors: Jason D
authors: JD
authors: Everett
authors: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart 7001, Australia.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Griffin
authors: Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, Perth 6009, Australia.
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: Hollings
authors: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart 7001, Australia.
authors: Edward
authors: E
authors: King
authors: Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, Perth 6009, Australia.
authors: Alessandra
authors: A
authors: Mantovanelli
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.|Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney 2088, Australia.
authors: Stuart
authors: S
authors: Milburn
authors: Australian Ocean Data Network, Hobart 7001, Australia.
authors: Benedicte
authors: B
authors: Pasquer
authors: Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, Perth 6009, Australia.|University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Australia.
authors: Charitha
authors: C
authors: Pattiaratchi
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.
authors: Robin
authors: R
authors: Robertson
authors: Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, Perth 6009, Australia.
authors: Dennis
authors: D
authors: Stanley
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.|Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney 2088, Australia.
authors: Iain
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authors: Suthers
authors: UNSW Australia, Sydney 2052, Australia.
authors: Dana
authors: D
authors: White