Voyage details and related metadata, reports, events and data.
IN2026_V05
- is a Marine National Facility 
voyage
Title: Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR
Period: 2026-08-27 02:00 to 2026-09-06 22:00 UTC
Duration: 10.83 days
From: Brisbane To: Brisbane
Region: Queensland coast; Coral Sea; East Australian Current
Ship: Investigator (RV) [details]
Description:
Leader: Helen Pask
Projects:
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Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR [details] Primary
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Deployment of Argo floats including Australian core, deep, and BGC, and floats from international partners [details] Piggy-back
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Developing Jonathan: An On-vessel Automated Seabird Detector [details] Piggy-back
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Evaluation of novel LiDAR instruments. PALS (Persistent Autonomous LiDAR Sensor) [details] Piggy-back
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Globalising Marine Biodiversity Observations (GLOMBO): autonomous genomic sampling system [details] Piggy-back
Underway data from NRUD - see this voyage
Voyage extents: 27° 22.9' S to 26° 41.5' S 153° 08.9' E to 153° 21.0' E
Voyage extents: 27° 22.9' S to 26° 41.5' S 153° 08.9' E to 153° 21.0' E
Metadata - No Marlin metadata records found or has not been linked to this survey or potentially the metadata catalogue is offline.
Participants - on ship:-
| Name | Role | Organisation | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Howie | Student / Information scientist / PI | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| David Antoine | Co-chief Scientist / Lead in-situ measurements | Curtin University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| David Spence | Alternate Chief Scientist / Chief LiDAR scientist | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Fraser Dalgleish | Instrument Scientist / Piggyback PI - PALS LiDAR | BeamSea Associates | Evaluation of novel LiDAR instruments. PALS (Persistent Autonomous LiDAR Sensor) |
| Helen Pask | Chief Scientist / LiDAR scientist | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| James Downes | LiDAR scientist / PI | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Ondrej Kitzler | LiDAR scientist / Piggyback PI - PALS LiDAR | Macquarie University | Evaluation of novel LiDAR instruments. PALS (Persistent Autonomous LiDAR Sensor) |
| Rod Palmer | Voyage Manager | Marine National Facility | Voyage Management on RV Investigator |
| Susan Carins | Deputy Voyage Manager | Marine National Facility | Voyage Management on RV Investigator |
| Weilin Hou | Instrument Scientist / PI | Office or Naval Research Global | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
Participants - shore based:-
| Name | Role | Organisation | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlie Devine | Piggyback PI - Automated Seabird Detector (shore-based) | CSIRO Environment | Developing Jonathan: An On-vessel Automated Seabird Detector |
| Cedric Jamet | PI - Ocean LiDAR (shore-based) | Universite du Littoral Cote d'Opale | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Christopher Artlett | PI - transmissometry / optical instrumentation (shore-based) | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Dennis Delic | PI - Ocean LiDAR (shore-based) | Defence Science and Technology Organisation | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Gabriela Semolini Pilo | Piggyback PI - Argo float deployment (shore-based) | CSIRO Environment | Deployment of Argo floats including Australian core, deep, and BGC, and floats from international partners |
| Jane Williamson | PI - marine life studies / animal ethics (shore-based) | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Joyce Mau | PI - Ocean LiDAR (shore-based) | Defence Science and Technology Organisation | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Judith Dawes | PI - Ocean LiDAR (shore-based) | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Paul Molino | PI - Ocean LiDAR (shore-based) | Defence Science and Technology Organisation | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Regina Dunford | PI - Ocean LiDAR (shore-based) | Macquarie University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
| Sahan Jayasinghe | Piggyback PI - GLOMBO autonomous genomic sampling (shore-based) | CSIRO Environment | Globalising Marine Biodiversity Observations (GLOMBO): autonomous genomic sampling system |
| Vincent Raoult | PI - marine life studies (shore-based) | Griffith University | Next Generation of Ocean LiDAR |
This list includes those that may have only been on part of the voyage. See voyage reports on 'Reports and Maps' tab for details.
Marine National Facility Reports - plans, summaries and data processing
- IN2026_V05 Voyage Plan - includes objectives, investigator details, proposed data collection, voyage track and equipment to be used.
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Data publishing - No datasets have been published
Deployments - None have been recorded in the Data Trawler.