AUSTEn Banks Strait Moorings

The AUStralian Tidal Energy (AUSTEn) project was a three year project (2018 - 2020) funded by the Australian Renewable Energy National Agency (agreement number G00902) led by the Australian Maritime College (University of Tasmania), in partnership with CSIRO and University of Queensland. The project had a strong industry support (Atlantis Resources Limited, MAKO Tidal Turbines Ltd, Spiral Energy Corporation Ltd). The aim of the project was to assess the technical and economic feasibility of tidal energy in Australia, based on the best understanding of resource achievable. For further information and output of the project, please visit the AUSTEn project website www.austen.org.au.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2019-12-06

Principal investigator

Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Penesis, Irene
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Credit
University of Queensland
Credit
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Status
Completed

Principal investigator

Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Penesis, Irene
National Centre for Maritime Engineering & Hydrodynamics (NCMEH)
Maritime Way, Swanson Building
UTAS Newnham Campus
Newnham
Tasmania
7248
Australia
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Topic category
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
2018-03-15 2019-02-15

Vertical element

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
70
Identifier
EPSG::5715
Name
MSL depth
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
AODN Platform Vocabulary
AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
Keywords (Theme)
  • Wave Mean Direction
  • Surface elevation
AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
  • Light absorption coefficient of nonalgal particles

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Australian Maritime College.

Resource constraints

Linkage
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License Graphic

Title
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Website
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Other constraints
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Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement

Identifier

Code
Temperature of the water body
Name
TEMP

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPAA
Name
Degrees Celsius

Identifier

Code
Current direction in the water body
Name
CDIR

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UAAA
Name
Degrees

Identifier

Code
Current speed in the water body
Name
CSPD

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UVAA
Name
m/s Metres per second

Identifier

Code
Significant height of waves on the water body
Name
WSSH

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/ULAA
Name
Metres

Identifier

Code
Period at the peak spectral energy of waves on the water body
Name
WPPE

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UTBB
Name
Seconds

Identifier

Code
Direction at spectral maximum of waves on the water body
Name
WPDI

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UAAA
Name
Degrees
Name
Wave Mean Direction

Name
VDIR

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UAAA
Name
Degrees
Name
Surface elevation

Name
DEPTH

Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/ULAA
Name
Metres

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS option 1 - Banks Strait Moorings (single .zip package) + ReadMe

OnLine resource
DATA ACCESS option 2 via THREDDS Server - Banks Strait Moorings

Resource lineage

Statement
Deployment of ADCPs on tripod moorings equiped with acoustic releases and pop up buoys for further retrieval. ADCPs were configured to measure currents and waves. The moorings were deployed using an acoustic release, dropped with care on the seabed during slack tide. Retrieval was also performed during slack tide. Deployment of temperature sensors on a mooring with surface buoy (rope from a weight on the seabed to a surface float). Deployment was done by dropping the surface float in the water, then letting the rope go and finally pushing the weight off the back of the vessel. GPS positions were recorded using a Garmin hand held GPS and confirmed by the vessel's GPS.
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
mooring

Metadata

Metadata identifier
cbf2c576-4d5c-40a4-819b-98d155d4901d

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager
Parent metadata

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/cbf2c576-4d5c-40a4-819b-98d155d4901d

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-11-25T16:40:42
Date info (Revision)
2020-11-25T16:40:42

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

Surface elevation Wave Mean Direction
AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
Current direction in the water body Current speed in the water body Direction at spectral maximum of waves on the water body Light absorption coefficient of nonalgal particles Period at the peak spectral energy of waves on the water body Significant height of waves on the water body Temperature of the water body
AODN Platform Vocabulary
mooring
NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN CIRCULATION | OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN TEMPERATURE | WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN WAVES EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | TIDES | TIDAL CURRENTS

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