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| Title: | Deployment of Argo floats including Australian core, deep, and BGC, and floats from international partners |
| Id: | 2644 |
| Investigator(s): | Gabriela Semolini Pilo
CSIRO Environment [details] Christina Schallenberg CSIRO Environment [details] |
| Description: | Deployment of 2x Core Argo floats, 1 at northern most point of voyage (>2000m) the other at southern or eastern most point of voyage (>2000m). Deployment isn’t expected to affect time estimates as they can occur at full underway speed, however at masters discretion, ship speed may reduce with students activating remote Argo release and students submitting post deployment information to enrich the training experience. |
| Years: | 2025 |
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| Survey | Investigator | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IN2025_V03 [details] |
Ruhi Humphries | The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) program consists of an observational network charged with understanding the increasing influence of human activity on the global atmosphere. The kennaook / Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station (KCGBAPS), measuring the Southern Ocean’s atmosphere from the northwest tip of Tasmania, is one of three premier global GAW stations. By utilising the mobility of the RV Investigator (RVI), the world’s first mobile GAW station, both stations can be compared directly and data quality improved and validated. This high-quality observational data feeds directly into improving both regional and global climate, air quality and Earth System models. This project aims to: 1. Directly compare two world-leading WMO-GAW stations, the RVI and the KCGBAPS – a global first. This will include validating the RVI’s full suite of atmospheric measurements and sampling systems against complementary measurements at the KCGBAPS, improving data quality for all locations visited by the vessel. 2. Validate how representative measurements of atmospheric composition and boundary layer structure at the KCGBAPS is of the broader Southern Ocean. 3. Provide improved characterisation of atmospheric structure and composition to inform and improve earth system, climate, air quality and smoke forecasting models. 4. Determine the best boundary conditions for air quality modelling over Australia by improving our understanding of Southern Ocean and Cape Grim baseline concentrations of a range of trace atmospheric constituents. |
| IN2025_V01 [details] |
Georgia Nester | The Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea Training Alliance Network (CAPSTAN) is a maritime education and training initiative of CSIRO, the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and the Australian and New Zealand International Scientific Drilling Consortium (ANZIC). The Program is supported by grants of sea time on RV Investigator from the CSIRO Marine National Facility and through funding from the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The CAPSTAN platform aims to: • Develop and provide an effective vessel‐based tertiary education experience involving national stakeholders and post-graduate students, by pooling national tertiary teaching expertise and personnel resources; • Develop a national curriculum to standardise teaching protocols/methods and learning outcomes in conjunction with the new data collection equipment and facilities of the CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator, the Integrated Marine Observatory System and external stakeholders, and; • Provide and test a multi‐disciplinary research‐based teaching module for marine science postgraduates with opportunities for student mobility and national network development. In addition, this multidisciplinary voyage will explore and survey significant marine environments surrounding Tasmania, including the Tasman Fracture Zone, the Bass Canyon, and an East Australian Current (EAC) eddy, to address key gaps in our understanding of these systems. Additional objectives, time permitting, include a shipwreck survey to investigate its structural and biological significance and a feasibility study in the Gippsland offshore wind area. The latter will involve collecting sediment samples with the Smith-Macintyre grab to assess the suitability of the site for offshore wind development. |