National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC) Applications
The Data Centre is a central assembly and management point for much of the CSIRO's vessel-collected (ship) data collected since 1985, plus related datasets such as those collected via moored instrument arrays (moorings) in the Australasian region.
Some guides on what is available are at https://confluence.csiro.au/display/IDC/IDC+Help IDC identifier for citation - ROR: https://ror.org/041v1ea26 (details) |
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Data Trawler

Use this tool to extract data from voyages, surveys, projects, datatypes (CTD, XBT, Underway, Catch records, Moorings, Hydrochemistry, ADCP etc.)
Marlin Metadata Catalogue

Search the catalogue of metadata records of datasets from MNF voyages and other surveys.
CAAB taxonomic catalogue

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) is a catalogue of taxa recorded from Australian and adjacent waters. Find taxa by scientific name or common name and view catch records, expected distributions and selected images.
Web and mapping services
A list of web services for MNF datasets and publications, biodiversity data and the last location of RV Investigator
NCMI Geoserver - mapping server of 900 map layers (WFS and WMS) of voyages, CTD casts,etc.
Latest voyage of the RV Investigator

Voyage: IN2025_V03 [details]
40° 41.3' S 144° 39.7' E
1-May-2025 07:00 UTC.
(41 mins ago)
File Downloads
List of voyages/ surveys with file count in []. Use this link File Downloads for more search options. Data processing reports are included if available.
Multibeam data

Search and retrieve multibeam and sub-bottom profile raw and processed data from the Geophysical Survey and Mapping (GSM) team from voyages of the RV Southern Surveyor and RV Investigator.
Tracking Data

Tools to manage the tracking of data and metadata from acquistion to publication. In particular the data from the voyages of the RV Investigator. Login required.
Underway NRUD

Show 'near-real' voyage track and associated underway masurements from RV Investigator voyages. Data is typically shown within 2 hours of current location.
Publications and reports

Publications and reports from research on the RV Investigator and the previous MNF vessels RV Southern Surveyor and RV Franklin. Use the following link to submit new references
OBIS Australia node
OBIS Australia marine species data is published to OBIS via the CSIRO NCMI IPT harvest point.
The OBIS Australia node also includes data from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) IPT
Additional contributions to public data would be appreciated. Please contact IDC using the Data request form
ARMADA

The application has been designed to aggregate and then identify data within Key Ecological Features as part of a NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project but it is also applicable to any other regions such as Australian Marine Parks or the GBR.
Voyages and surveys
Find a voyage or survey with links to metadata, events, participants, projects etc.
Search by events
Find events on voyages particularly from RV Investigator. Use this link Search by events for more search options.
Wildlife on Voyage

Recording of observations of whales, seals and birds, either from systematic surveys or adhoc observations. Login required.
External sites
CSIRO DAP - CSIRO Data Access PortalALA - Atlas of Living Australia
AODN - Australian Ocean Data Network
Utilities
Waypoints
Construct waypoint routes for voyage planning and export in various formats. (csv, gpx, rux and kml)
Vocabularies
Search tool for AODN and other vocabularies being used within IDC applications