AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS LEEUWIN ProjectID: SRATA-0252LEE_M From: 2014-08-18 To: 2014-09-15

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 322 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise SRATA-0252LEE_M from HMAS LEEUWIN.
The CTD was manufactured by Applied Microsystems Limited and is the "Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the MVP200_CTD. This CTD is fitted with a 4 electrode platinized conductivity cell, thermistor temperature sensor and a semiconductor strain gauge pressure sensor.
The CTD sensors are calibrated at the manufacturer Applied Microsystems Limited on a 12-18 month schedule. The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated against 'Hart' temperature standards. The pressure sensor is calibrated using 'Budenburg Deadweight' standards. The conductivity sensor is calibrated using 'Hart' temperature standards and seawater samples of known conductivity.
The CTD sensors are mounted to a fish-shape probe. The probe is controlled by an electric winch (MVP200 type). For downcasts the fish is allowed to free-fall (winch is in 'free-wheel' mode) under its own weight at about 2-3 ms-1 and then is winched back. Data is recorded in downcast and usually in upcast direction at a sampling rate of 25 Hz. The downcast data is of higher quality because sensors encounter undisturbed seawater that flows through the nose of the fish. On the upcast the fish is flipped around (tail first) and the sensors in the nose encounter disturbed flow from the fish tail.
This type of CTD is prone to a phenomenon called 'salinity spiking' caused by a mismatch between the response times of the temperature and conductivity sensor. Data undergoes a salinity de-spiking routine to correct for this. See the history metadata for further details on the salinity de-spiking process.
Raw CTD pressure data is not always monotonic due to transient up/down motion of winch/ship. Raw pressure data is subsetted to give a monotonic (increasing) sequence and then linearly interpolated to 1 decibar pressure intervals. Data is then flagged with quality control flags after visual inspection and comparison to average climatology and historical CTD casts.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Polar Orbiting Satellite Data Archive: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology receives polar orbiter data (i.e. data from satellites whose orbit cross the north and south poles) from two satellites, USA's NOAA satellite, and China's FY-1D satellite.  The Bureau's main reception site for NOAA polar orbiting data is Crib Point, with additional sites at Melbourne CBD (until June 2004), Casey, Darwin Alice Springs and Perth. The Bureau archives the 5 channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) data for Melbourne, Casey and Darwin while the Perth data is archived by WASTAC. TIP data [High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS), Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU), Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU) and Data Collection Platform (DCP) data components] are also archived. The Bureau collects and uses data from satellites in the World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Watch system. This satellite information enables national weather services like the Bureau to monitor day to day weather conditions and longer term climate change over the entire globe. Several different types of satellite images are available and we recommend that you read "About Satellite Images". Registered Users can get password access to specially processed images or products. 
This link provides a list of Satellite products including registered user products and satellite information from other sites.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Water Vapor, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, Cryosphere | Sea Ice | Ice Growth/melt, ENVISAT, Feng Yun-1, Feng Yun-2, MTSAT-1R, Meteostat, NOAA, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, QuikSCAT, Radiance Or Imagery | Infrared Wavelengths | Infrared Imagery, Radiance Or Imagery | Infrared Wavelengths | Infrared Radiance, Radiance Or Imagery | Ultraviolet Wavelengths | Ultraviolet Radiance, Radiance Or Imagery | Visible Wavelengths | Visible Imagery, Solar-terrestrial Interactions | Solar Activity | Solar Irradiance, WORLD OCEAN, sea surface temperature, sea_surface_temperature, solar radiation, solar_radiation
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The effect of damage on the growth, reproduction and storage of lipids in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus)

A population of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus) was examined at Rottnest Island, off the Western Australian coast. This is a temperate zone and an area under considerable tourist pressure. Experiments were conducted at Little Salmon Bay and Mary Cove to investigate the effect of mechanical damage on the growth, reproduction and storage of lipid to see whether patterns of energy allocation were affected. These parameters were measured simultaneously 14 times over 13 months from July 1988 to September 1989.

Tags: 11 293003, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Survival, Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Damage, Growth lipids, Pocillopora damicornis
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometry (FRRF) data collected on the RV L'Astrolabe from 05/12/2003 to 11/12/2003 (Hobart - Dumont d'Urville)

These data were collected on the RV L'Astrolabe (platform code: FHZI) from 05/12/2003 to 11/12/2003on a trip from Hobart to Dumont d'Urville.
Maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PSII), also called maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm), has become one of the most widely utilized fluorescence parameters in phytoplankton research. It represents the potential photochemical efficiency, which is the probability that the light energy captured by the photosynthetic apparatus is being utilized as photochemistry. Fv/Fm has been shown to have an instant response to variations in physical and chemical properties and is interpreted as a diagnostic of the overall health or competence of phytoplankton. Together with the absorption cross section area of PSII and chlorophyll concentration, it can be used to measure primary production (Cheah et al. 2011, Deep Sea Research).
Seawater from 3 m depth was supplied continuously from the ship’s clean seawater line. FRR fluorescence yields were measured continuously at 1 minute intervals in dark-adapted state (! 15 minutes dark-adaptation) using a flash sequence consisting of a series of 100 subsaturation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 2.8 μs interflash period) and a series of 20 relaxation flashlets (1.1 μs flash duration and 51.6 μs interflash period).

Tags: Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Australia, Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer (FRRF), Global/Oceans | Southern Ocean, Instrument's photomultiplier electronic sensitivity (1-256), Latitude, Longitude, Maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm), Minimum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF (also used as a proxy for biomass), Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Photosynthesis, connectivity between PSII reaction centres under actinic light, functional absorption cross section of PSII (measure of the proportion of light harvested for photoc, maximum fluorescence in the light chamber of the FRRF, maximum quantum yield of photosystem II ( (FmL - FoL) / FmL), primary production, time constant of electron transport from PSII to PSI, variable fluorescence (FmL - FoL)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastal Lake Assessment and Management Tool (CLAM): Berowra, Hornsby Shire Council

The Coastal Lake Assessment and Management (CLAM) tool allows stakeholders to assess the social, economic and environmental trade-offs associated with development, remediation and use options for coastal lakes and estuaries. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) developed CLAM in 2004 when contracted by the NSW State Government to provide sustainability assessments of 8 coastal lakes. Several projects have since been established directly with local government and NRM groups.
To date, 27 CLAMs have been developed in New South Wales, where they generally fit within estuary management or catchment management plans. To develop these CLAMs and build local capacity to maintain them, ANU-Enterprise Pty Ltd - the commercial company of ANU developed an Accreditation Scheme whereby local consultants are trained in the CLAM approach.

Tags: Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Aquaculture, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Agriculture | Agricultural Plant Science | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Agriculture | Forest Science | Forest Fire Science, Agriculture | Forest Science | Reforestation, Berowra, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Coastal Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Estuarine Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Lakes, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Rivers/stream Habitat, Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Saline Lakes, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Agricultural Lands, Biosphere | Terrestrial Ecosystems | Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Estuarine Wetlands, Biosphere | Wetlands | Riparian Wetlands, Human Dimensions | Economic Resources | Agricultural Economics, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Eutrophication, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Reclamation/revegetation/restoration, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Sewage, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Urbanization, Human Dimensions | Environmental Impacts | Water Management, Human Dimensions | Land Use/land Cover | Land Management, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Lakes, Hydrosphere | Surface Water | Rivers/streams, Hydrosphere | Water Quality | Nutrients, Land Surface | Erosion/sedimentation | Suspended Solids, Land Surface | Landscape | Landscape Management, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Estuaries, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Lagoons, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Mangroves, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sea Level Rise, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Initial swim bladder development and control in Striped Trumpeter larvae

This data represents research conducted as part of a PhD project on Striped Trumpeter (Latris lineata). Performed morphological histology of swim bladder development in Striped Trumpeter at various ages.  Also recorded water temperature, photo period, intensity of light and buoyancy control (in relation to water salinity).

Tags: 37 378001, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Aquaculture, Buoyancy, Hydrosphere | Water Quality | Light Transmission, Hydrosphere | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Latris lineata, Photoperiod, Swim bladder
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Growth increments in otoliths of two species of damselfish from the southern Great Barrier Reef

Two species of damselfish, Pomacentrus mollucensis and Pomacentrus wardi, from the One Tree Reef lagoon on the southern Great Barrier Reef, were examined to assess determination of age-specific parameters using otiliths.Fish (154) were caught and injected with tetracycline in two periods, 7-9 October 1989 and 9-13 April 1990 at four sites. On 15-18 April 1991 these sites were revisited and specimens of Pomacentrus molluccensis (73) and of Pomacentrus wardi (65) were collected and recaptures recorded. Fish were measured (SL = standard length to the nearest 0.1 mm) and the right sagittae retrieved for otolith examination to determine any increment in the otolith structure that had formed since treatment with tetracycline (an opaque band). Growth was measured by the absolute distance between the tetracycline band and the otolith edge along the L3-axis.Von Bertalanffy growth curves and age structures were derived using FISHPARM.
 To examine two specied of Pomacentrus mollucensis for age-specific parameters such as growth patterns and age structures and any differences between species.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Water sample data from Cleveland Bay - 1993

This is data collected during dredging by the Townsville Port Authority in Cleveland Bay in 1993.  Data are divided into a number of main groups: Wind, tide gauge, wave rider, S4, sediment traps, water samples and nephelometers.
Unique site numbers were assigned within Cleveland Bay at which data were collected.  Some of these sites were named, and others were unnamed.

Tags: Oceans | Water Quality | Suspended Solids, concentration_of_suspended_sediment_in_sea_water
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - National Reference Station (NRS) Esperance Mooring

The NRS Esperance Mooring (IMOS platform code: NRSESP) is one of a series of national reference stations designed to monitor particular oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. The mooring is located at Latitude:-33.9, Longitude:121.8. The mooring was retrieved in December 2013, and not redeployed. 
Physical sampling will be undertaken at each of the reference stations on a monthly basis (The last sample at this site was collected in July 2013). The physical samples will be analysed for nutrients, plankton species, both visibly and genetically, and pCO2. Biological sampling will greatly improve Australia's capability to meet its obligations for ecosystem based management and allow many researchers the opportunity to investigate possible long term changes in ecology that are likely to be linked to climate variability and wide scale validation of remotely sensed (satellite) observations of plant biomass.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Platform | NRSESP | Esperance National Reference Station Mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Distribution and abundance of pelagic juvenile fish around Grub Reef, central Great Barrier Reef

Two light traps were anchored at each of nine sites around Grub Reef from the 26th February to the 3rd March 1990. Deployment was timed to coincide with the period between the new and first quarter phases of the moon. Sites 1 to 3 were located on the front of the reef, while sites 4 and 5 were located in the channel through the reef. Sites 6 and 7 were located in the central lagoon and sites 8 and 9 were located at the back of the lagoon. At each site, traps were anchored on a common swing mooring, with one trap buoyed to fish 1 metre below the surface and the other buoyed to fish within a few metres of the bottom, when the bottom topography was suitable.Each night, light traps were lit for three intervals (2100-2200, 0000-0100 and 0300-0400 AEST) to counter the unknown effects of tide and time of night on catch rates. Traps were cleared in the morning and catches preserved for later analysis. Fish were separated from the invertebrates, measured and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic resolution.
 The purpose of this research was to determine the three dimensional abundance of pre-settlement reef fishes during the period just prior to settlement.
 Fish from the following families were captured during sampling:Clupeidae, Pomacentridae, Pomacentrinae, Monacanthidae, Apogonidae, Mullidae, Blennidae, Holocentridae, Nomeidae, Scombridae, Carangidae, Syngnathidae, Canthigasterinae, Serranidae, Scorpaenidae, Teraponidae, Grammistidae, Chaetodontidae, Bregmacerotidae, Synodontidae, Balistidae.The data set contains some captures from 1989 that were from pilot sampling.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - Surface Waves Sub-Facility - scatterometer wind

This database contains global data of wind speed and wind direction obtained from scatterometer missions which have flown since 1992. The data has been calibrated against NDBC buoy data and validated with independent buoy measurements and at cross-over points with other scatterometer and altimeter missions. The performance of the scatterometers at high wind speeds was examined against buoy and platform measurements. Where necessary, corrections were applied to ensure scatterometer data agreed with the insitu wind speed for high wind speeds.

Tags: Global / Oceans | World, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Gliders - Slocum glider deep deployment off the south coast of Western Australia in the Bremer canyon (February -March 2013)

The dataset contains temperature, salinity and biological parameters like for example dissolved oxygen and turbidity data measured by a Slocum glider in the Bremer Canyon  (Western Australia).
The Ocean Gliders Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)), manages Slocum gliders to be deployed on the continental shelf.
The variables available in this dataset are:
Temperature, salinity, conductivity, density, pressure, chromophoric dissolved oxygen matter, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and backscatter coefficient at 660nm.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Countries | Australia, Fluorometers, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, concentration_of_coloured_dissolved_organic_matter, fluorescence_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, volumetric_backscatter_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Theme 3A: Restoration of intertidal and subtidal habitats.

Deterioration of coastal marine and estuarine habitats is inevitable in areas where human development is active. This is particularly the case in New South Wales (and throughout Australia) where a very large proportion of the population live on the edges of the coast-line. To sustain biodiversity and to maintain ecological processes and functions (for its own sake or for anthropocentric, human reasons), it will be necessary, for a very long time, to recreate, rebuild or repair habitats (Programme 3: Restoration of Disturbed Coastal Habitats). The science of restoration of coastal habitats is virtually unknown, and there is no sensible theory or understanding of how to create habitat that develops ecological function and maintains natural biodiversity. 
The biodiversity of animals and plants on rocky shores and in subtidal kelp-beds is vast, complex and variable in space and time. It is very different on many artificial hard surfaces (pilings, sea-walls, etc.) from that on natural rocky shores. As a result, it is necessary to find ways to change the construction of these essential infrastructural developments to enhance their capacity to provide suitable habitat for the natural fauna and flora of our coast-line.
The Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities (EICC) has generated many scientific papers and theses from research projects on the restoration of intertidal and subtidal habitats. The link to the URL provided in this record provides a link to this research.

Tags: Coastal Habitats, Ecology, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Habitat, intertidal, restoration, subtidal
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Mean grainsize of surface samples collected from the sanded reef flat physiographic zone of Wistari Reef

Wistari Reef is a lagoonal platform reef, situated on the Tropic of Capricorn, within the Capricorn and Bunker region of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Surface samples were taken from the sanded reef-flat to determine the mean grainsize and the sorting coefficient and also the proportion of aragonite to calcite within the samples. In this area the average mean grainsize is ~0.46phi, with an average sorting coefficient of 0.91phi.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size, dominant_coarse_biota, dominant_fine_biota, grainsize, sorting_coefficient
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Cornelian Bay

Cornelian Bay monitoring site is collected as part of the Derwent Bay Watch program. Derwent Bay Watch is a collaborative program between councils and state government that tests water quality at 19 bays, coves and other sites around the estuary during summer months. 
Water samples are collected each Tuesday from the start of December to the end of March and analysed for the faecal indicator bacteria Enterococci (Enteralert method) at the Public health Lab. Because the samples must be cultured, it takes several days to publish the results.

Tags: Derwent Estuary, Hydrolab Vertical Profiler, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Oceans | Water Quality | Contaminants, Oceans | Water Quality | Ph, Oceans | Water Quality | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Water Temperature, Water Quality Monitoring, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The physical environment of Scott Reef, Western Australia (2003): South Scott Reef, West Hook Transect (I)

Five instruments were deployed on the South Scott Reef, West Hook Transect (I). Instruments were deployed along a transect down the reef slope.Code: WH5; Depth: 0.5m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6561;Code: WH4; Depth: 1.5m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6552; Code: WH3; Depth: 4.5m; Instrument: Odyssey; Serial #: 6554;Code: WH2; Depth: 9.5m; Instrument: SBE39; Serial #: 0675; File Name: WH2tCode: L2; Depth: 16.4m; Instrument: TG WLR5; Serial #: 869; File Name: L2
 This deployment was a component of the "Physical Environment" sub-project of the project "Biological and Physical Environment at Scott Reef 2003"

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network