AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Helping Papua New Guinea build earthquake resilient buildings and bridges

The understanding of earthquake hazards in Papua New Guinea has greatly improved through collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory. This revealed that building design standards from the early 1980s were inadequate. Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Geoscience Australia has assisted with the development of new standards for buildings and bridges that now align with international best practice. Training on these documents was provided to local building professionals, resulting in thirteen professional development lectures. Assistance was also given to amend building legislation to enforce compliance with the updated standards. This program helps Papua New Guinea build resilient infrastructure and to better understand priorities for mitigating existing vulnerable community assets.
Mark Edwards is a Director in the Community Safety Branch at Geoscience Australia. He leads a multi-disciplinary team collaboratively developing engineering and economic vulnerability models. He is an engineer who initially specialised in earthquake engineering with 13 years of industry experience followed by 28 years in research with a scope that has widened from earthquake vulnerability to multi-hazard risk.  He participates in the development of Australian building design standards and leads the collaborative development of an evidence base to inform decision makers on strategies for mitigating natural hazard risk in the built environment, including that posed by earthquake hazard in Australia and PNG.

Tags: Earthquakes, Outreach, Published_External, Urban Design, Wednesday Seminars
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mined lined rock caverns and application to the Australian context

Geoscience Australia commissioned GEOSTOCK to conduct a study on the concept of hydrogen storage in mined, lined rock caverns and its applicability to a selection of sites in Australia. This report presents the results of this study. These results are presented in three successive parts. The first part provides general information on underground storage, with a focus on unlined mined caverns. The second part is dedicated to mined, lined rock caverns for hydrogen storage. The third part deals with the applicability of the mined, lined rock cavern concept to eleven planned hydrogen hubs. The applicability assessment considers prospective cavern locations based on the nearest potentially suitable surface geology to the planned hydrogen hubs. Screening for protected and urban areas has been applied, but further assessments would require more in-depth analysis and community consultation.

Tags: Hydrogen Project, Hydrogen Storage, Resource geoscience, Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity, Review, Storage, ammonia storage, cost
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Continental-scale geochemical surveys and mineral prospectivity: comparison of a trivariate and a multivariate approach

The National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) provides an internally consistent, state-of-the-art, continental-scale geochemical dataset that can be used to assess areas of Australia more elevated in commodity metals and/or pathfinder elements than others. But do regions elevated in such elements correspond to known mineralized provinces, and what is the best method for detecting and thus potentially predicting those? Here, using base metal associations as an example, I compare a trivariate rank-based index and a multivariate-based Principal Component Analysis method. The analysis suggests that the simpler rank-based index better discriminates catchments endowed with known base metal mineralization from barren ones and could be used as a first-pass prospectivity tool.
Citation: Patrice de Caritat, Continental-scale geochemical surveys and mineral prospectivity: Comparison of a trivariate and a multivariate approach, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 188, 2018, Pages 87-94, ISSN 0375-6742,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2018.01.014

Tags: Base Metals, EARTH SCIENCES, Mineral exploration, National Geochemical Survey of Australia, Prospectivity Analysis, Published_External, Regolith
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - Surface Waves Sub-Facility - SAR wave - Delayed mode data

Sentinel-1 A, B, and C satellites are part of Europe’s Copernicus Earth Observation program and carry identical C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instruments. Over open ocean, they operate in wave mode and collect directional wave measurements globally. This dataset contains Sentinel-1 SAR directional ocean swell wave number spectra, spectral partitions and partition bulks in the Australasian region including the Pacific islands, this mission has flown since 2014, with data delivered from July 2015. The data have been homogenised to a single, easily usable format from inconsistent source product by removing various discrepancies such as inconsistencies in wave number bins and values, variables, and erroneous measurements over land.
The data represented by this record, are presented in delayed mode.

Tags: Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Swells, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Slocum glider measurements of the Australian North West Shelf in April 2012

A total of four gliders were deployed on the Australian North West Shelf from April 1-21, 2012 with more than 4000 valid glider CTD profiles collected during these three weeks of glider measurements from two of these gliders (gliders 77 and 82). In addition to the CTD measurements made by all gliders, three of the four gliders had a 3-channel fluorescence ECO puck, a 3-channel optical scattering ECO puck, and a beam attenuation meter to make optical measurements (both 77 and 82). The gliders were spaced from the North West Cape to offshore of Dampier and each operated separately nearby clusters of moorings designed to measure internal wave activity. The data were used to study how internal tides affect the assimilation of glider measurements into ocean forecast models.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Australian North West Shelf, WA, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Physical Oceanography, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Towed Video deployments for the Barossa Environmental Baseline Study 2015, Western Australia (ConocoPhillips)

Towed video surveys were carried out across five principle locations of regional interest, including Evans, Tassie and Blackwood Shoals, the closest shoals to the Barossa field, as well as two mid-shelf seabed locations adjacent to Goodrich Bank and Cape Helvetius. In total, 113 towed video transects and 2246 downward facing digital still images were collected at depths of between 11 and 100 metres. The towed platform was deployed over the stern of the vessel, maintained within a metre of the seabed and towed at 1-2 knots (1.5 nominal) until a minimum distance of 1.5 km was covered in a continuous line transect. On the vessel, a computer-based towed video program managed collation of position, depth, and operator-derived habitat classification data, which was captured in real time as an operator interpreted the live video feed, and then archived for subsequent spatial analysis.
 The seabed biodiversity surveys were undertaken by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in collaboration with ConocoPhillips as part of the Barossa field environmental baseline and marine studies program. The surveys were undertaken between 13 September and 1 October 2015, on the RV Solander. They covered five principal locations of regional interest, including Evans, Tassie and Blackwood Shoals, the closest shoals to the Barossa field, as well as two mid-shelf seabed locations adjacent to Goodrich Bank and Cape Helvetius, relevant to a potential gas export pipeline route.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) surveys at Lord Howe Island and the Solitary Islands

In 1987, surveys of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) were conducted at 10 sites on the fringing reefs of Lord Howe Island and 2 sites in the Solitary Islands. Surveys using SCUBA were conducted at diving locations where Acanthaster planci had recently been sighted. Initially, belt transects (100m long by 10m wide) were searched to quantify the abundance of starfish in these areas. However, limited dive time at depths below 15 m (most dives being conducted at depths of 25 to 30 m) required a modification of the search technique to enable the maximum area to be surveyed. Therefore, circular areas of about 40m radius (5,000 sqm) were searched.When found, all Acanthaster planci were measured (maximum diameter and arm number), examined for injury, and photographed in situ prior to collection. When the starfish were actively feeding, or located on a coral with recent feeding scars, their prey species were recorded. Other corals established within these areas which exhibited evidence of recent predation were also recorded, and their relative abundance in the community was estimated on a 5 point scale - dominant, abundant, common, uncommon or rare. The approximate degree of damage to the scarred corals and proportion of scarred colonies for each species within the areas surveyed, were estimated. During the searches, any coral species not previously recorded from Lord Howe Island were photographed and sampled.On return to the dive boat, the starfish were placed in a water-filled bin for transfer to shore where morphometric and genetic samples were taken. Each starfish was photographed prior to dissection of the aboral disc and two arms. Each sample was labelled and stored in 5% formalin for morphometric study. A 30-40g portion of the pyloric caecae was then removed from each starfish. These were sealed in plastic bags, labelled and snap frozen in liquid nitrogen for genetic analysis. As most adult starfish were found to be gravid, similar sized samples of the gonads were also frozen for gamete development studies.
 The aims of the study were: 1. to assess Acanthaster planci distribution, abundance and impact on coral community structure 2. to assess the reproductive success of crown-of-thorns starfish on these high latitude reefs. 3. to collect specimens of Acanthaster planci to be used in morphometric and genetic studies to determine if the populations on Lord Howe and North Solitary Island reefs may have developed as a result of larval dispersal in the southward moving East Australia Current from the GBR.
 Genetic studies of Acanthaster planci collected from Lord Howe Island are included in the metadata record "Genetics of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci in Australia".

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Marine communities of the Bayu-Undan pipeline: comparisons with natural seabed communities to provide context for decommissioning

A major focus of the research was on fish, including the top 10 commercially important fishery species for this region, given their role as biodiversity indicators and the interest of this faunal group to a broad range of stakeholders. Field research was conducted in August-September 2019 aboard the AIMS vessel RV Solander. Five locations were surveyed along the pipeline route each location included the pipeline and surrounding natural seabed ecosystems out to a maximum distance of 6 km from the pipeline.
A suite of methods was employed to characterise seabed morphology and associated biota. A multibeam echosounder acquired bathymetry raster data which revealed seabed depth and morphology. Subsequent derivative datasets produced environmental predictors of benthos describing seafloor structure and complexity. Towed video was used to collect high resolution imagery of benthic communities along 1.5km transects, randomly stratified across different habitat types, where visibility permitted. As it was not possible to perform towed video transects along the pipeline in high currents and low visibility, information on benthic communities colonising the pipeline was obtained through the analysis of existing remotely operated vehicle (ROV) imagery of the pipeline that was collected in 2017 by ConocoPhillips. Fish species richness and abundance, in addition to the size of commercially important fish species, were obtained using baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVs) with sampling along the pipeline and randomly stratified across natural seabed ecosystems at each location. The size of commercially important fish species was converted to biomass and beach value ($). AIMS historical data on benthic habitats and fish diversity were included to provide context and regional assessments of marine communities

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NWSSRP Theme 4 - Understanding the Isolated Coral Atolls of the North West Shelf (Rowley Shoals)

Theme 4 program is forging new paths in underwater monitoring by comparing traditional diver-based methods with autonomous methods, including independent machines capable of collecting data across large areas of ocean and other that can process that information very quickly. These new cost-effective technologies could shape a new age of reef monitoring across the region. The scope of work includes:


producing a habitat model linking the distribution of biological communities with reef structure and physical condition


applying the habitat model and existing data to design a monitoring program that isolates the effects of multiple pressures


incorporating emerging technologies, particularly autonomous and automated approaches to data acquisition and processing, that can be applied more widely.


The objectives are to quantify baseline spatial dynamics of key biological communities and their physical drivers in an adaptive monitoring program that addresses processes of change and integrates new technologies for collection and processing of data.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Adelie penguin population counts for Bechervaise, Verner and Petersen Islands, Mawson

Intermittent Adelie penguin population counts for Bechervaise, Verner and Petersen Islands, Mawson since 1971.  Data include counts of occupied nests for the post 1990/91 data conducted on or about 2nd December. Data collected prior to this were obtained from ANARE Research Notes or field note books. These counts may not have been performed at the 'optimal' time for occupied nests counts, and when this is the case have been adjusted according to a 'correction' factor.
The post 1990/91 data were completed as part of ASAC Project 2205, Adelie penguin research and monitoring in support of the CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring Project.
The fields in this dataset are:
Year
Bechervaise Island Counts
Verner Island Counts
Petersen Island Counts
Date
Season
occ nests (occupied nests)

Tags: ADELIE PENGUIN, AMD, AMD/AU, ANTARCTICA, BECHERVAISE ISLAND, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Bechervaise Island, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Petersen Island, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Verner Island, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAM, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HIS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS, FIELD SURVEYS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, OCCUPIED NESTS, PETERSEN ISLAND, POPULATION COUNTS, VERNER ISLAND, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, YEAR
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Gaseous elemental mercury measurements of boundary layer air made by a Tekran 2537 during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012

Instrument description:
Gaseous elemental mercury  (GEM) was measured at five minute intervals. GEM was collected and analysed on two parallel gold traps. While GEM was collected on one gold trap, the mercury on the other traps was simultaneously being thermally desorbed and detected by a cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometer. The Tekran was calibrated approximately every 24 - 48 hours using an internal Hg permeation source. The internal calibration source was checked prior to shipping the instrument to Australia using an external Hg source. The internal calibration source will be verified upon return of the instrument.  
Instrument Setup:
This instrument was sampling from a weather protected inlet positioned ~3 m off the front port side of the Monkey Deck of the Aurora Australis, directly above the bridge. The 35m heated Teflon sample line end and filter is contained within the "Ned Kelly", a large (~30 cm diameter) stainless steel can which protects against rain, snow, sea spray and major impacts. This sample line ran 25m down to the Tekran instrument which was located in a the Met-Lab. Ar (99.999% purity) was fed into the MetLab via quarter inch Teflon tubing from the oxygen store on the Monkey deck. 
A 2D R.M. Young (model 5305-AQ) anemometer was also deployed at the same elevation on the aft side of the sample inlet. The anemometer was oriented with zero degrees pointed directly forward of the ship. Mean Wind speed and direction were captured using Campbell Scientific CR1000 datalogger at five-minute intervals.
The files included in this dataset are the raw outputs from the Tekran 2537. They include headers, though not always at the top of the file, because headers are only written when the instrument is started or after recalibration. Also included are scanned log books containing meteorological observations, maintenance notes, and when adjustments were made to the sample line (which alters anemometer data).

Tags: ACE/CRC, AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE ELEMENTS/TRACE METALS, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, Mercury, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Darwin Harbour Middle Arm Benthic Habitat Mapping

This project updates the 2019 predictive benthic habitat map, extending past the subtidal zone of the harbour to include intertidal habitats. The project worked with collaborators to synthesise existing data sets for inclusion in benthic habitat mapping process. Hydrodynamic model variables were updated and new digital elevation data included to provide a more accurate representation of the bed shear stress, waves and current.
LiDAR surveys were conducted to fill in the gap between the IX bathymetric survey and the high tide water mark. The LiDAR survey data extended the existing bathymetry data.
A total of 30 Towed video transects were conducted in areas predicted to have a high probability of benthic fauna occurrence based on the existing predictive model.  
The benthic habitat model was updated to include NTG historical data, new towed video data, hydrodynamic and light data.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RMT and bottom trawl logs from the AAMBER 2 voyage of the Aurora Australis, 1991

This dataset contains scanned copies of the RMT and bottom trawl logs from Voyage 6 1990-91 (AAMBER2) of the Aurora Australis. This was primarily a marine science voyage.  Surveys of krill, other zooplankton and pelagic fish were taken in Prydz Bay, Antarctica between January and February 1991.
177 midwater trawls were successfully completed at 59 stations.
Midwater fish were sampled using an International Young Gadoid Pelagic Trawl (IYGPT). At each station, hauls were taken at depths of 20-30m, approximately halfway down the water column, and 20-30m above the bottom. At six stations, the lowest sample was duplicated using a light fitted to the net. Where samples were made off the shelf, standard depths of 20-30m, 400m, and 800m were fished.
All hauls were of 30 minutes fishing time. Bottom trawls were made using a 35m headline length otter trawl fitted with 40cm diameter bobbin gear. A 2" mesh cod end liner was used to retain small fish. On both nets, a Simrad trawl surveillance sonar was used.

Tags: AAMBER 2, AMD, AMD/AU, BOTTOM TRAWL, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MIDWATER TRAWLS, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > PRYDZ BAY, R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis, TRAWL
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Tide Gauge Records 1996-1997, Stillwell Hills, Australian Antarctic Territory

Tides were measured using a portable pressure transducer secured just below low water line. A 30 day record was obtained.
Numerous manual water level measurements were made to connect the tide gauge to the local benchmark.
From these observations a local mean sea level was obtained.
Documentation dated 2001-03-07
Beaver Lake and the Stillwell Hills
In Dec 1996 - Jan 1997 a temporary pressure type tide gauge was deployed at Beaver Lake and the Stillwell Hills in open water.
Timed water level measurements were made over this period.
From these data a value for MSL was found for Beaver Lake and the Stillwell Hills.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > STILLWELL HILLS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL COMPONENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL CURRENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL RANGE, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, MOORINGS, NATIONAL TIDAL FACILITY, TIDE GAUGE, TIDE GAUGES, TIDES
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Windmill Islands lake and shallow marine sediment cores (ASAC1071; 1998/99 summer)

Cores from lakes and the shallow marine were taken for investigation of palaeoclimate through proxies such as grain size, TOC, C:N:S and diatoms. The cores have been 14-C dated with some sheel fragments having been analysed using Amino Acid geochronology. 
The full postglacial record, plus till and pre-glacial sediments, were recovered from two marine cores at 10.3 and 12 m depth in the sediment respectively. These cores are presently (2000) being analysed. Contact the Chief Investgator for queries about these samples or the project, ASAC1071 - 'Palaeoenvironments of the East Antarctic coast between 50E and 120E'.
The fields in this dataset are:
core number
station-employ
lake/marine basin
latitude
longitude
water depth (m)
date
gear
recovery (cm)
liner (cm)
potsdam storage

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, CEOS, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Windmill Islands, CORE NO., CORING DEVICES, DATE, EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS, FIELD SURVEYS, GEAR, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, GLACIATION, HOLOCENE, IGBP > International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, LAKE/MARINE BASIN, LATITUDE, LINER, LONGITUDE, POTSDAM STORAGE, RECOVERY, SEDIMENT, STATION-EMPLOY, WATER DEPTH
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network