FishSOOP-notes

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Understanding the plots

Navigation temperature data

The fishSOOP data set comprises a large number of closely-spaced deployments, so we have chosen to show the data from all deployments within daily, regional windows. To browse the data availability, use the arrows at the top of the page. To see the temperature data, simply click a box (either box if the data is at a boundary). Left panel: The FishSOOP temperature observations from all deployments that day are shown as black lines. To get a sense of how 'normal' these observations are, we include the climatological average profile (as a bold blue line) at the location of the deepest FishSOOP deployment, as well as the average plus 1, 2 and 3 standard deviations (as thin blue, green and red lines). The climatology used is the CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas (CARS), the applicability of which, in coastal waters, is discussed below.
Top right panel: the locations of the FishSOOP data in the context of a Sea Surface Temperature image.
Bottom right panel: colour-coded FishSOOP temperature observations vs time and depth. FishSOOP temperature sensors are attached to a wide variety of fishing gear, so the amount of time at fixed depth is very variable. See below for more discussion of gear types.

Navigation	temperature data

The fishSOOP data set comprises a large number of closely-spaced deployments, so we have chosen to show the data from all deployments within daily, regional windows. To browse the data availability, use the arrows at the top of the page. To see the temperature data, simply click a box (either box if the data is at a boundary).	Left panel: The FishSOOP temperature observations from all deployments that day are shown as black lines. To get a sense of how 'normal' these observations are, we include the climatological average profile (as a bold blue line) at the location of the deepest FishSOOP deployment, as well as the average plus 1, 2 and 3 standard deviations (as thin blue, green and red lines). The climatology used is the CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas (CARS), the applicability of which, in coastal waters, is discussed below. Top right panel: the locations of the FishSOOP data in the context of a Sea Surface Temperature image. Bottom right panel: colour-coded FishSOOP temperature observations vs time and depth. FishSOOP temperature sensors are attached to a wide variety of fishing gear, so the amount of time at fixed depth is very variable. See below for more discussion of gear types.

Revision history

8 October 2025: First mostly-complete release, mostly free of errors

Introduction to FishSOOP

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File reading and processing issues

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Cold-core eddy off Byron Bay FishSOOP temperatures are more than 2 std devs colder than normal at 100m

Did the upcast sample the Bass Strait Cascade? Downward and upward-recorded FishSOOP temperatures differ by 4 degrees at 300 to 430m, suggesting that the water temperature changed a lot over a very short distance or over a short (just a few hours) time. Unfortunately, the exact position of the sensor is only known at the start and end of the deployment.

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