AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Physical oceanography of the Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia (WAMSI Node 3 Project 3.1.6)

Ningaloo Reef is a unique fringing reef, the largest in Australia and one of the most biologically diverse of shallow water marine ecosystems. An intensive oceanographic field study, during April-May 2006, focused on a stretch of reef approximately 5km in length, located in the Sandy Bay region of the Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP). The reef morphology in this region is typical of the Ningaloo system with a simple configuration of shore-parallel reef sections, punctuated by deeper channels, oriented perpendicular to the reef crests. The field study measured key hydrodynamic variables at 25 sites spanning the lagoonal waters to the front reef slopes.This project delivers an enabling data set on the dominant oceanographic processes in the NMP. It is envisaged that this data set will provide the basis on which further modeling and bio-physical studies will be built, with the ultimate goal of developing a system-wide understanding of the physical processes in the marine park and how they influence ecological processes and biodiversity.
 The hydrodynamic processes that have shaped the patterns of biodiversity at Ningaloo Reef are poorly described. Existing knowledge has been generated through a small number of spatially and temporally limited studies, and as such does not provide the system-wide understanding of the hydrodynamics and their influence on key ecological processes that is needed to develop robust management plans and strategies.
 The observational array included wave gauges and single point current meters deployed along cross-reef transects from the reef slope into the lagoons, and current profilers deployed within the deep channels. A number of bottom mounted temperature loggers were also deployed within a reef channel to provide data on intrusions (upwelling) of cooler oceanic water and the development and destruction of thermal stratification. Offshore current conditions, including the interaction of the Leeuwin and Ningaloo currents and their annual and interannual variability were monitored by two existing AIMS moorings offshore from the Tantabiddi reef channel. The mooring sites are located in water depths of 100m and 50m and have been occupied contiguously since 1999.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Exploration of the Perth Canyon and assessing the vulnerability of deep-sea corals to climate change and ocean acidification – water column chemistry data, March 2015

This data represents seaborne casts made off the Schmidt Ocean Institute vessel R/V Falkor on a cruise investigating deep sea coral living in the Perth Canyon led by Chief Investigator Prof. Malcolm McCulloch of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Western Australia.  The cruise (#FK150301) began on the 1st of March and ended on the 12th of March, 2015.  Each cast was made to different maximum depths depending on location within and around the canyon.  The exact time (local WST) and location (Lat/Lon in decimal degrees and informal site name) are provided with each data set.  Each cast consists of water column chemistry data taken from laboratory analyses on water samples collected from the rosette bottles.

Tags: Acidification, Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, CTD Rosette, Climate Change, Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Perth, WA, Countries | Australia, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Perth Canyon, WA, Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Submarine Canyons, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrite, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | pH, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, ROV, Water Column Samplers, depth, isotopic_composition_of_sea_water_carbon, isotopic_composition_of_sea_water_hydrogen, isotopic_composition_of_sea_water_oxygen, latitude, longitude, mole_concentration_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_soluble_reactive_phosphorus_in_sea_water, moles_of_dissolved_inorganic_carbon_per_unit_mass_in_sea_water, partial_pressure_of_carbon_dioxide_in_sea_water, saturation_state_of_aragonite_in_sea_water, saturation_state_of_calcite_in_sea_water, sea_water_alkalinity_expressed_as_mole_equivalent, sea_water_pH_reported_on_total_scale, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) - Quality Assessment and Control Report - Oxygen Records

This report details the quality control (QC) procedures applied to oxygen data collected from the Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) moorings between 2009 and 2021. These measurements help to quantify net community production (and thus carbon export). The quality controlled datasets are publicly available via the AODN Data Portal. This report should be consulted when using the data. 
The Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) Observatory located near 142°E and 47°S provides high temporal resolution observations in Subantarctic waters. It is focused on the Subantarctic Zone because waters formed at the surface in this region by deep wintertime convection slide under warmer subtropical and tropical waters, carrying CO2 and heat into the deep ocean, where it is out of contact with the atmosphere. This process also supplies oxygen for deep ocean ecosystems, and exports nutrients that fuel ~70% of global ocean primary production. Local biological production also impacts carbon cycling and the SOTS moorings measure several variables important to these processes.

Tags: Southern Ocean Time Series Observatory Sub-Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
BRUVS Fish Identification Training Data / Images

Training images taken from a number of East Coast BRUVS videos of key species and generalised background for use in developing AI based automated image recognition. Images exctracted under a short term contract with JCU and represent Coral Trout, Stripey Bass, Starry Triggerfish and Spangled Emperor. AIMS contacts are Leanne Curry and Michelle Heuple.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2016 SoE Marine Chapter - State and Trends - Water column, slope (250 m - 700 m)

The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Expert Assessment "The state and trends of habitats and communities - water column, slope (250 m -700 m)". The full Expert Assessment, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Expert Assessment are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record.

DESCRIPTION OF HABITAT/COMMUNITY FOR EXPERT ASSESSMENT
The major determinants of pelagic habitat can be considered to be temperature (T), salinity (S), light, nutrients, dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, and food availability. The slope waters around Australia are generally warm, saline, well illuminated, low in nutrients, phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish. The primary pressures affecting the pelagic biota in slope waters are related to climatic cycles (e.g. ENSO) and long term climate change impacting on T, S, DO, pH and fishing. The slope waters are particularly sensitive to changes in our boundary currents, the EAC and the Leeuwin which generally flow south, seaward of the shelf break. The pelagic productivity of the slope waters provides most of the food to animals in these waters and on the bottom. The shelf edge canyons can enhance upwelling or ‘capture’ eddies that act to focus phytoplankton into these features. Data collection is sparse but IMOS continuous plankton recorder (CPR) routes around Australia sample largely from this region. 
DATA STREAM(S) USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT
Data are computed from the level 3 (L3) daily global products using one merging method following Maritorena and Siegel, (2005). Details can be found at http://www.globcolour.info/products_description.html

2016 SOE ASSESSMENT SUMMARY [see attached Expert Assessment for full details]
• 2016 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Unclear
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Comparability: Grade and trend are comparable to the 2011 assessment
• 2011 •
Assessment grade: Good
Assessment trend: Stable
Confidence grade: Limited evidence or limited consensus
Confidence trend: Limited evidence or limited consensus

CHANGES SINCE 2011 SOE ASSESSMENT
This assessment uses observations from a greater range of spatial and temporal scales allowing a much better assessment of current state and trends to be made.  There is also a statistical analysis of temporal change in zooplankton biomass.

Tags: expert assessment, slope communities, water column
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ACCESS1-3 model output prepared for CMIP5 sstClim (Version 2015)

sstClim is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5
(http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated
climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for
assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5.
6.2a sstClim (6.2a Control SST Climatology) - Version 1: AMIP-style experiment with control run climatological SSTs and sea ice.
Experiment design: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf
List of output variables: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/standard_output.pdf
Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format
Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository
Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax
(http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf)
as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble
member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc.

Tags: 0399 - Other Chemical Sciences, 0401 - Atmospheric Sciences, 0405 - Oceanography, 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Atmospheric Sciences, National Computational Infrastructure (NCI), Oceanography, Other Chemical Sciences (Environmental Chemistry), Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 1.2 - Developing an approach to evaluate the effectiveness of investments in riparian management in the GBR catchments, 2015-2016 (CSIRO)

The current tools used to estimate the contribution of bank erosion to the Great Barrier Reef (i.e. SourceCatchments model), are based on empirical relationships using little or no data from tropical river systems. This project proposes to develop a revised methodology for estimating (a) the natural or bench-mark rates of bank erosion in tropical rivers (b) how this information can be coupled with improved data sets on channel morphology, site connectivity and sediment particle size to develop a more robust approach for identifying sites amendable to remediation and (c) where riparian restoration has occurred, evaluate the effectiveness of the remediation.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wind statistics at Governor Head Meteorological Station, Jervis Bay in March 1989

This dataset is a component of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and the Australian Defence Force Academy.
The meteorological station (35.133S, 150.762E) recorded winds and atmospheric pressure at Governor Head (Jervis Bay). The site is several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and is 63m above sea-level.
This record provides wind statistics for March 1989. Five datasets are included here representing different times of the day: 0000-0550, 0600-1150, 1200-1750 and 1800-2350. Individual measurements have been converted so that trends of wind speed and direction can be seen for the time period in question. The fifth dataset incorporates all the wind data collected irrespective of time providing a monthly summary. The station initially recorded wind data at 10 minute intervals.
This is one of thirty-six child records that relate to the parent, 629051e0-2b7b-11dd-a343-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of all metadata records relating to the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project is available to download through this record. Meteorological data was collected to investigate wind forced circulation in Jervis Bay, NSW.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, date, time, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Wind statistics at Governor Head Meteorological Station, Jervis Bay in January 1989

This dataset is a component of the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project conducted by the Department of Defence, CSIRO and the Australian Defence Force Academy
The meteorological station (35.133S, 150.762E) recorded winds and atmospheric pressure at Governor Head (Jervis Bay). The site is several hundred metres inland of 50m high cliffs and is 63m above sea-level.
This record provides wind statistics for January 1989. Five datasets are included here representing different times of the day: 0000-0550, 0600-1150, 1200-1750 and 1800-2350. Individual measurements have been converted so that trends of wind speed and direction can be seen for the time period in question. The fifth dataset incorporates all the wind data collected irrespective of time providing a monthly summary. The station initially recorded wind data at 10 minute intervals.
This is one of thirty-six child records that relate to the parent, 629051e0-2b7b-11dd-a343-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of all metadata records relating to the 'Jervis Bay Baseline Studies' project is available to download through this record. Meteorological data was collected to investigate wind forced circulation in Jervis Bay, NSW.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, date, time, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): long-term Tasmanian MPAs - Maria Island

The data is quantitative abundance of fish and megafaunal invertebrates and algal % cover derived from transect based counts at a wide range of locations across Temperate Australia. The methods are described in detail in Edgar and Barrett (1997). Primarily the data are derived from transects at 5 m depth and/or 10 m depth at each site surveyed. Methods were initially developed for research on temporal changes following protection in Tasmanian long-term MPAs (Maria Is, Tinderbox, Ninepin Point, Governor Island), and the data represented by this record has been collected at Maria Island. 
In many cases the dataset involves temporal replication (year scale), particularly for the core Tasmanian MPAs represented by this record.

Tags: Abundance - fish, Abundance - invertebrates, Carapace length - rock lobster, Fish size class, Percentage cover algal species, Shell length - abalone
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Gascoyne Inshore-Estuarine Scalefish Sustainability

The project began with a focus on the sustainability of the Shark Bay inner gulf pink snapper stocks (Pagrus auratus) targeted mainly by recreational fishers. It has now been broadened to cover more species in the Gascoyne Bioregion and complement the offshore scalefish sustainability project.
This project will include the inner Shark Bay fishery, comprising the recreational fishery and the Shark Bay Beach Seine Mesh Net Managed Fishery, and extend to the Gascoyne northern coast inshore, with a focus on Ningaloo but also covering areas north of Carnarvon, such as Quobba.
Any changes in arrangements for managing the inner gulf pink snapper stocks may also affect project activities from 2006/07 onwards.
This project will:
* Provide ongoing scientific advice for the management for main estuarine/inshore species &amp;#8211; pink snapper ( Eastern Gulf, Freycinet and Denham Sound stocks), black snapper, whiting spp., mullet, tailor, yellowfin bream.
* Provide biological, catch and stock assessments to recreational and commercial program managers and stakeholder groups as required.

Time : ongoing

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - SIRIUS CAMPAIGN: TASMANIA, OCTOBER 2008

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) spent two weeks in Tasmania in October 2008 surveying sites as part of the Commonwealth Environmental Research Facility (CERF) Marine Biodiversity Research Hub.  
The AUV deployments focused on sites along the Tasman Peninsula in South East Tasmania and in the Huon Marine Protected Area (MPA).  The objective of the cruise was to describe biological assemblages associated with rocky reef systems in deep shelf waters beyond normal diving depths. Detailed multibeam mapping of the survey areas had been undertaken prior to the AUV deployment to determine suitable survey locations and to identify any hazards to operation. 
At each location, multiple reefs were selected for detailed survey work at a range of depths from approximately 50 m to 150 m.  Dive profiles were designed to include sufficient replication to quantitatively determine abundances of key species/features within depth strata, within reefs, between reefs (km to 100 km scale), and between differing levels of reef complexity.  
Over the course of the 10 days of operation, the vehicle undertook 19 dives and visited all the sites of interest identified prior to the voyage.  At the conclusion of the trip the dataset included over 1TB of geotiff imagery, multibeam, AUV tracks, 3D textured meshes and hydrographical data.
The sites visited in October 2008 were:
- Waterfall Bay
- O'Hara Reef
- Patch-Reef-North
- Hippo North
- Chevron Rock
- Little Hippo North
- Little Hippo South East
- Hippo South
- Chevron Rock South
- Blowhole
- Sisters
- Port Arthur Channel
- Port Arthur Patch-Reef
- High Yellow
- Butt's Reef
- Zuid Pool
- Butt's Pockmarks

Tags: AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Cameras | Still Cameras - underwater, Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Countries | Australia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Data Loggers, Digital Imaging (acquisition and/or analysis), Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Fluorometers, Marine Planning Regions (Australia) | South-east, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, Turbulence Sensors, altitude, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, depth, heading, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, optical_backscatter, platform_pitch_angle, platform_roll_angle, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Pilbara Demersal Finfish Sustainability

This project is only currently concerned with the commercial sector; the Pilbara Fish Trawl Interim Managed Fishery, the Pilbara Trap Managed Fishery and the unmanaged line fishery
on the North West Shelf. The trawl fishery has been formally managed only since 1998 and was significantly restructured in 2002/2003, including a seven per cent total reduction in fishing effort following research stock assessments.
Main target species are emperors (Lutjanus and Lethrinus spp.), Rankin cod, goldband snapper, threadfin bream, flagfish and scarlet perch and the combined fishery has a commercial production of 3,300 tonnes valued at $11 million. The recreational component is increasing, with charter vessels targeting red emperor and Rankin cod.
The project determines the status of the fish stocks in the Pilbara region using indicator species such as red emperor, Rankin cod and blue-spot emperor and catch estimates from all sectors. When the region goes through the Integrated Fisheries Management process, more accurate estimates of recreational and charter catches will be needed and sustainable catch levels for the main species will need to be estimated.
This project will:
* Assess the status of the Pilbara fisheries annually, including catches and catch rates for 10 species and determine if a review is needed.
* Provide an overview annual report on the status of the Pilbara finfish resources.
* Provide scientific advice to management and industry as to the long-term sustainability of the finfish resources and recommend fishing effort quota levels.

Time: Ongoing

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: Arlindo current meter records

Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports.
This dataset relates to current meter records from the Arlindo experiement.
Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data
Pacific Ocean data
Indian Ocean data
Southern Ocean data 
Electronic data reports
History of the Group
How to use this disk


Tags: Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, WORLD OCEAN, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network