AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Satellite Remote Sensing - Satellite Contributed Ocean Colour - SeaWIFS Chlorophyll Concentration in the Southern Ocean: Monthly, Johnson et al 2013

The Aqua and Orbview satellites carry a MODIS and SeaWIFS sensors (respectively) that observes sunlight reflected from within the ocean surface layer at multiple wavelengths. These multi-spectral measurements are used to infer the concentration of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), most typically due to phytoplankton, present in the water. 
There are multiple retrieval algorithms for estimating Chl-a and aggregating the data over time. This data set is a reprocessed copy of 9km monthly and 8-day versions produced globally by NASA, adjusted for the Southern Ocean south of latitude 30S. The full methodology is described in Johnson, R., Strutton, P.G., Wright, S.W., McMinn, A., Meiners, K.M., 2013. Three improved satellite chlorophyll algorithms for the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20270. It is expected that the data set will be periodically updated with contemporary data as it becomes available.
There are four sub-streams within this data set. A monthly and an 8-day series for MODIS/Aqua and similarly for SeaWIFS. Note that SeaWIFS ceased operation in late 2010 so there will be no further SeaWIFS data. 
The data represented by this record is monthly data for SeaWIFS.

Tags: Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Argentina, Countries | Australia, Countries | Brazil, Countries | Chile, Countries | New Zealand, Countries | South Africa, Countries | Uruguay, Global / Oceans | Atlantic Ocean, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, IMOS Sub-Facility | SRS-SeaWIFS| SeaWIFS OC3 Chlorophyll-a Ocean Colour, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Ocean Color, Offshore Islands (Australia) | Macquarie Island, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Geomorphology map of the Tasman Fracture Australian Marine Park

The Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Reserve complements the Port Davey Marine Reserve (encompassing Port Davey, Bathurst Channel and Bathurst Harbour), which was proclaimed by the Tasmanian Government in 2005. It spans the continental shelf, continental slope and deeper water ecosystems south of Tasmania, and is scored by steep canyons. It also encloses other geological features, including steep escarpments and troughs, saddles, basins, and part of a plateau that is over 400 km long and rises up to 3 km above the sea floor.
The reserve includes a number of undersea peaks rising to less than 1500 m below the sea surface that provide habitat to deepwater hard corals. These corals provide a structure and habitat for a rich diversity of marine invertebrate animals that live attached corals.
This record describes a geomorphology map for the Tasman Fracture CMR that was prepared using bathymetry and backscatter data sourced from CSIRO and Geoscience Australia.

Tags: Benthic habitat
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Organic matter decomposition in intertidal sediments, Hinchinbrook Channel, North Queensland

Four sites (in 2 mud flats and 2 mangrove forests) were sampled in August 1997 (winter) and February 1998 (summer).Data was collected for analyses of sediments, porewater, and solid-phase elements (TOC, total C, total N, etc). Sediment temperature, redox potential and pH were measured.Metal reduction (Fe and Mn) was estimated by using the core incubation method.Sulphate reduction was measured and a two-step distillation procedure was used to determine the fractions of reduced radiolabel in the acid volitile sulphide (AVS=free sulphides, FeS) and chromium-reducible sulphur (CRS=S, FeS2).Denitrification rates were calculated.Fluxes of dissolved oxygen, total CO2, DOC, Fe and Mn were measured.
 To examine rates and pathways of organic matter decomposition in sediments during winter and summer.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) - Quality Assessment and Control Report - PAR instruments

This report describes the quality control procedures applied to PAR data collected from the Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS) moorings between 2009 and 2019. 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 141°E and 47°S provides high temporal resolution observations in sub-Antarctic waters. It is focused on the sub-Antarctic 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, including photosynthetically available radiation (PAR).

Tags: Southern Ocean Time Series Observatory Sub-Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - New South Wales (NSW) Port Hacking 50m Water Sampling Site

The NSW Port Hacking 50m water sampling site (IMOS site code: PH050) is one of four water sampling sites at Port Hacking.  The site is at Latitude:-34.089, Longitude:151.189.
One of the IMOS National Reference Stations (NRS) is located in Port Hacking (PH100) and water sampling is conducted each month as part of the NRS regime. To supplement the NRS water sampling in New South Wales, identical water sampling is conducted at three other sites in Port Hacking.
The full list of water sampling sites in Port Hacking is:
PH025
PH050
PH100
PH125

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Fluorometers, IMOS Site | PH050 | Port Hacking 50m water sampling site, 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
NESP TWQ Project 3.1.5 - Ecotoxicology of pesticides on the Great Barrier Reef for guideline development and risk assessments, 2017-2019 (AIMS)

Over 50 land-sourced pesticides have been detected in waters of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and its catchments. Previous studies on the risks posed by pesticides have focused on five priority PSII herbicides. However, other pesticides are increasingly being used, for which there are few fate, persistence and toxicity data. In order to improve water quality guidelines and assessments of the potential risks posed by these “alternate” pesticides to GBR and its catchments we will quantify their toxicity to freshwater and marine species.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
ACCESS1-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 1pctCO2

1pctCo2 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.
6.1 1pctCo2 (6.1 1 percent per year CO2) - Version 1: Idealized 1% per year increase in atmospheric CO2 to quadrupling.
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
Predicting the response of reef communities to climate change: lessons from Pleistocene coralline algal communities

There is now little debate that anthropogenic climatic warming is occurring.  Strong evidence exists from both terrestrial and marine realms of shifts in species distributions and abundances in response to this warming.  Understanding patterns of population movement in response to different climatic periods provides valuable information for understanding how species are distributed and on population responses to future climatic changes.  There are, however, few long-term ecological datasets that enable realistic predictions of how species are likely to respond to future change. Using a comparative paleoecological and ecological approach we have investigated the regional effects of climatic warming on the community composition and biogeographic range of crustose coralline algae along a 12 degree latitudinal gradient of Western Australia's coral reefs.  Our study compares Late Pleistocene (118-135,000 years ago) coralline algal community composition adjacent modern (living) communities. Sea-surface temperatures during the Pleistocene were 2°-3°C warmer than today and similar to temperatures predicted for Western Australia by 2100.  Although our results are still being analysed it is anticipated that there will be a latitudinal gradient in coralline algal diversity in both the Pleistocene and modern communities.  In addition it is anticipated that coralline algal species with warm/tropical centres of biogeographic distribution will be found further south along the latitudinal gradient in the Pleistocene compared to their modern counterparts.  This is the first study to quantitatively investigate the magnitude and direction of latitudinal range shifts in reef assemblages caused by Pleistocene climate change.  Such studies can provide valuable information on the likely responses of modern communities to future anthropogenic climate change.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Radar - Nora Creina HF ocean radar station (Bonney Coast, South Australia, Australia)

The Nora Creina (NOCR) HF ocean radar site (37.329 S 139.850 E) is one of two HF ocean radars covering the Bonney Coast, South Australia.  The other HF ocean radar station is at Blackfellows Cave.  The HF ocean radar coverage is from the coast to beyond the edge of the continental shelf. 
The NOCR HF ocean radar is a SeaSonde crossed-loop direction finding array.  This radar operates at a frequency of 5.211 MHz, with a bandwidth of 50 KHz, a maximum range of 200 Km and a range resolution of 3 Km.  The antenna bearing is 255 deg true east of north (approximately west by south-west).
Within the HF radar coverage area surface current radials are measured.
This station was decommissioned in March 2017.

Tags: Doppler Frequency, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Bonney Coast, SA, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Eddies, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Physical Oceanography, Radiance Or Imagery | Radio Wave | Radio Wave, SeaSonde (CODAR) HF Radar | Amplitude Direction Finding, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Seringapatam Reef baseline Surveys 2012 - 2013 (ConocoPhillips)

Characterization of shallow water (A series of marked transects were established at multiple depths and locations around Seringapatam Reef. Six locations on the outer reef slope and adjacent reef flat, together with four within the reef lagoon. Where possible, these sites included and extended sampling locations previously surveyed by AIMS Heyward et al. (2010).
 A diver-based assessment of shallow reef habitats and an assessment of coral spawning condition, with funding from Conoco Phillips.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Temperature - Salinity distributions / CTD data at sampling stations on a transect between Long Beach and Huskisson, Jervis Bay

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. 
Approximately once per month between 1988-1991, temperature-salinity surveys were conducted on various transects within Jervis Bay and out across the continental shelf. This record describes CTD data from a E-W transect, running from Long Beach in the east, to Huskisson in the west. Measurements were made using a Neil Brown 'Smart' CTD. On the day of sampling 7 stations were chosen on the transect, with the CTD recorder measuring salinity, temperature and sigma-T through the water column.
Two resources are provided: 1) An excel document providing details of sampling locations and the raw CTD data collected, and 2) A map showing the location of each sampling station.
This is one of nine child records that relate to the parent, 13391430-2ae8-11dd-a735-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of all metadata records relating to this project is available to download through this record. Also available is a pdf of a published working paper documenting this experiment and the results.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Wind-driven Circulation, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, date, depth, distance, latitude, longitude, sea_water_density, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, station_name, time
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Video sampling of coral reef benthos at Davies Reef and John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef

Five video belt transects were recorded on the reef flats of Davies and John Brewer Reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef during September 1988, and resampled concurrently by video and line intercept transects at Davies Reef in September 1990.Five video belt transects (200 m long x 1 m wide, designated T1, T2, T3, T4, T5) of reef flat benthos were recorded at both study sites. An additional 4 transects were made Davies Reef to investigate variability in percent cover estimates among transects nominally in the same place.Abundance data on individual coral species or genera from the first 50 m of each video transect were extracted using regular linear point sampling. Percent cover estimates were determined by assigning items underlying sampling points on paused images to an appropriate benthos category.As well as coral species, coral growth forms (Branching, Digitate, Encrusting, Foliaceous, Massive, Plating), non-scleractinian lifeforms, and non-biotic physiognomic attributes (Bare rock, Rubble, Dead coral, Sand) were recorded.
 To develop a protocol for extracting percent cover data from video tapes of coral reef benthos by random point sampling methods and evaluate that protocol.To use video techniques to survey two study areas (Davies and John Brewer Reefs) and assess temporal change within one (Davies).

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
eReefs ROMS-FC/EnOI ocean reanalysis

A 10 year reanalysis of the Coral Sea/Great Barrier Reef temperature, salinity, sea level and currents. The reanalysis is based on ROMS-FC, a 4km, 30 sigma-level primitive equation model using bathymetry from Beaman (2010) and Whiteway (2009).

Tags: 040503 - Physical Oceanography, Coastal modelling, Great Barrier Reef, Modelling, Ocean, Reanalyses
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
WAMSI Pilbara tri-colour scanner data - 25th September 2008

On the 25th of September 2008 a tricolour scanner (Airborne Research Australia/AWI Airborne Tri-spectral Scanner System) collected data from an area near Karratha (Regnard Bay).  The bands collected were red, green, near infra-red (NIR) (wavelengths ~450nm to ~825nm)
Flight lines are shown the thumbnail above.  Further information is available via the contacts below.

Tags: multispectral
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Derwent Estuary Recreational Water Quality monitoring program - Kangaroo Bay

Kangaroo 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
PCR genetic screening for presence of sea urchin DNA in rock lobster faecal samples

Data is PCR amplification results of southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) faecal material tested for sea urchin DNA (using unique primers for Centrostephanus rodgersii and Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in an attempt to determine in situ rates of consumption of sea urchins by lobsters. An efficient and non-lethal method was used to source and screen lobster faecal samples for the presence of DNA from ecologically important sea urchins. Lobster faecal samples were collected from trap caught specimens sourced in winter &amp; summer seasons over 2 years (2009-2011) within two no-take research reserves; declared specifically for the purpose of rebuilding large predatory-capable lobsters to assess the potential for predator-driven remediation of kelp beds on rocky reefs extensively overgrazed by sea urchins (North Eastern Tasmania) and reefs showing initial signs of overgrazing (South Eastern Tasmania). Data for molecular assays showed high variability in the proportion of lobsters testing positive to sea urchins, with significant variability detected across different years and seasons but this was found to vary depending on different lobster size-classes. Sea urchin DNA was also amplifiable from sediments and urchin faeces collected from the reef surface where urchins occurred in high abundance. Furthermore, positive sea urchin DNA assays were obtainable from lobster faeces after lobsteres were fed sediment and urchin faecal material.
Rates of predation obtained with genetics tests can also be compared to independent rates of urchin losses given known lobster abundances within research reserves (and at control sites). Data of changes in urchin abundances and lobster abundances are therefore also lodged as part of this record.

Tags: Centrostephanus rodgersii, DNA Detection, Ecklonia radiata, Genetics, Haliotis rubra, Heliocidaris erythrogramma, Jasus edwardsii, Kelp Beds, Temperate Reef, Urchin Barrens
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Hydrographic and nutrient measurements in the vicinity of the Daintree River plume associated with Cyclone Sadie and other high rainfall events in 1994 (north Queensland)

Water was sampled at three stations located between Port Douglas and Undine Reef and at a single station on the leeward side of Agincourt Reef twice before Cyclone Sadie (January 11 and 18, 1994) and twice after Cyclone Sadie (February 1 and 3, 1994). Water samples were collected with a water bottle from the sea surface and near the bottom at each of these four stations. Salinity was immediately determined using a YSI conductivity meter. Duplicate 10 ml subsamples were collected from each bottle, filtered with disposable syringe filters and stored frozen for later analyses of nitrate and phosphate using a multichannel segmented flow autoanalyzer. Observations of the Daintree River plume were made following a further period of heavy rainfall, which occurred from the 18-20 February, 1994. A series of hydrographic measurements were conducted at eleven stations between Cape Tribulation and Port Douglas on February 21 and 22. At 4 stations close to the mouth of the Daintree River, water samples were collected from two to four different depths using Niskin bottles. Duplicate 10 ml subsamples were obtained, processed as described above, and analysed for dissolved inorganic and organic nitrogen. A 100 ml subsample was also obtained from each bottle, filtered onto a Whatman GF/F glass fibre filter, stored frozen and analysed for chlorophyll by fluorometry.
 This research was undertaken to gain a greater understanding of the dispersion of flood plumes in the local/regional context.
 As a result of Cyclone Sadie, between 250 and 400mm of rain fell in areas to the north of Cairns over the period January 29-31, 1994. Another period of heavy rainfall occurred from the 18-20 February, 1994. While this rainfall was less widespread and less intense than that associated with Cyclone Sadie, the Daintree area received about 170 mm of rain on February 18, 1994.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Future Reef MAP - November 2013 (Southbound)

Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a three-year project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with an equal co-investment by CSIRO. The project is the first large-scale CO2 observing system established on the Great Barrier Reef using the Rio Tinto ship, RTM Wakmatha. The research is targeted at providing information on the CO2 uptake and the controls on ocean acidification change in the region. It is providing foundation data needed to assess the vulnerability of the GBR reefs to ocean acidification. This dataset contains quality controlled underway measurements of the fugacity of CO2, atmospheric pressure, and sea surface temperature and salinity. The data management and distribution of these data were supported by the CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster and the Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Dutton Bay CTD Data 7 December 1998

Ten samples were collected at Dutton Bay using a conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) device on 7th December 1998, for analysis of water temperature and salinity data.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, depth, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network