AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
The physical oceanography of Bowling Green Bay, north Queensland

An array of oceanographic instruments was deployed in Bowling Green Bay and at the Yongala Wreck between October 1984 and June 1985. The array consisted of 7 current meters, 5 tide gauges and a wave gauge.Requirements for setting up the array and the choice of locations for deployment of instruments were determined by numerical modelling of historical data on sea levels and currents recorded at the Yongala Wreck, 24km east of Cape Bowling Green.Current meter stations BG01, BG02, BG03 and BG04 were established along a line joining Cape Cleveland and Cape Bowling Green, and a weather station was placed on Cape Bowling Green to investigate the relationship between winds and boundary currents. A tide gauge was also deployed at station BG02 and the mooring at station BG03 also had a wave gauge attached. Stations BG01 and BG04, at either end of the bay, were placed to measure the longshore flow through the end boundaries. Stations BG02 and BG03 were placed to obtain measurements that could be classed as more in the far field.The current meter station BG05 was placed to investigate the complex coastal jet. The current meter stations BG06 and BG07 were also placed to investigate the complex coastal jet as well as the strong tidal currents in the southeast corner of the bay.Tide gauge station BG08 was placed to measure the cross-bay phase and amplitude change. Tide gauge stations BG09 and BG10, were placed at either end of the bay to determine the amplitudes and phases of constituents along the open boundary.
 This study was initiated to:1. gain an understanding of the circulation of water in Bowling Green Bay2. complement concurrent studies by AIMS scientists researching the ecology, nutrient regime and trophodynamics of the coastal boundary of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Argo float : a platform of the IMOS Argo Floats Facility

Argo floats have revolutionised our understanding of the broad scale structure of the oceans to 2000 m depth. In the past 10 years more high resolution hydrographic profiles have been provided by Argo floats then from the rest of the observing system put together.
Each Argo float is identified by a unique identification number called a WMO ID. WMO (World Meteorological Organisation) ID Numbers are assigned to measurement stations and observing platforms to enable researchers to keep track of, and uniquely identify their floats.
Argo floats alter their buoyancy by using a battery pack and motor to drive oil from inside the float to an external bladder. This changes the floats volume and thus its density relative to the surrounding seawater allowing it to move up and down through the water column. 
A typical Argo float mission is to profile from 2000 m depth to the sea surface every 10 days. On deployment, the float sinks to a depth of 1000 m and drifts with the ocean currents for 9 days. Then the float sinks deeper to its profile depth (usually 2000 m) before starting to ascend through the water column measuring temperature, salinity and pressure as it rises. Once at the surface it transmits location and profile data via satellite to land-based Argo data centres. After transmission the float sinks again and repeats the cycle. 
The average life of the latest model APEX Argo floats are around 3.7 years or approximately 135 cycles. These statistics are for floats with the standard alkaline battery configuration from an analysis by Kobayashi et al (2009).In the Australian Argo program, the floats are deployed with a combination of lithium and alkaline battery packs which extends float lifetime. The Facility floats usually last 7 years and several floats are approaching their 9th birthday and are still returning good data.

Tags: Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Global / Oceans | World Ocean, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Dissolved Gases, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, Profiling Float | Autonomous Profiling Float, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Slocum glider deployed by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) in the Perth Canyon in February 2014 (Glider090_PC14)

This dataset represents Slocum glider data collected by Glider090 deployed in the Perth Canyon, during a combined ocean glider deployment in conjunction with the IMOS ocean glider facility, in February - March 2014. The joint deployment aimed to provide field data for validating numerical models in the region including: BLUElink, Sparse Hydrodynamic Ocean Code (SHOC) and Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS).  
Slocum glider data from the oceans around Australia have been collected by DSTO on an ongoing basis. The data are obtained from an onboard suite of instruments which currently is a Seabird-SBE41 CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) only. 
The variables in this dataset are water temperature, conductivity and salinity.

Tags: CTD (Conductivity - Temperature - Depth Profilers), Countries | Australia, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, eastward_sea_water_velocity, northward_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Influence of fish cage aquaculture on mangroves of Malaysia

The impact of floating net cages culturing the seabass, Lates calcarifer, on planktonic processes and water chemistry in two heavily used mangrove estuaries in Malaysia was examined.Concentrations of dissolved inorganic and particulate nutrients were measured in cage vs. adjacent (approx. 100 m) non-cage waters. Most variability in water-column chemistry related to water depth and tides. Primary production rates were compared with rates of pelagic mineralization - suspended loads and inputs of organic matter. Plankton abundance, production or respiration, percentages of C, N and P, phytoplankton and mangrove inputs were measured.
 To study the impact of fish cage aquaculture on mangrove waterways.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5)

This data collection contains replicated output of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) experiments. The latest version of CMIP however, is CMIP6.
CMIP5 provides a multi-model context with the main aim being to improve our understanding of past, present and future climate change. Additional goals of CMIP5 include: 1) assessing the mechanisms responsible for model differences in poorly understood climate feedbacks 2) examining climate predictability and exploring the ability of models to predict climate on decadal time scales, and, more generally, 4) determining why similarly forced models produce a range of responses.
The data collection originates from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP :https://www.wcrp-climate.org/wgcm-cmip) Working Group of Coupled Modelling (WGCM) with numerous climate modeling groups from around the world participating.  The experiments of CMIP5 include the core DECK experiments (including amip, 1pctCO2, piControl, and abrupt4xCO2) as well as historical runs and other endorsed MIPs.
The international collection of climate model runs for CMIP are hosted through the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) of which NCI is a Tier 1 node and able to provide a replica repository of the priority datasets. The replica data is located locally on the NCI filesystems under /g/data/oi10.
For more information refer to the NCI CMIP website: https://opus.nci.org.au/display/CMIP/CMIP+Home

Tags: Atmospheric Sciences, National Computational Infrastructure NCI, Oceanography, Other Chemical Sciences Environmental Chemistry, Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IGEM - Murphy Australia Oil Pty Ltd - Abrolhos Islands water samples

A total of 13 water samples were collected in the coastal waters surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands. 
These samples were then sent to a chemical lab for further testing, specifically for their nutrient, chlorophyll and hydrocarbon parameters.
Specific locations and target depths were reached using a 2L Niskin bottle. 
The purpose of these samples were to obtain an accurate and representative baseline data set of the Abrolhos Islands.

Tags: "EARTH SCIENCE" | "OCEANS" | "WATER QUALITY" | "HYDROCARBON" | "NUTRIENT" | "CHLOROPHYLL", Water samples collected to test for hydrocarbons
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Salinity Response of the Seagrass Amphibolis antarctica (Labill.) Sonder et Aschers.: an Experimental Validation of Field Results

Viviparous seedlings of Amphibolis antarctica were collected in May 1983 from Monkey Mia, Western Australia (26° 15' S, 113° 36'E) and grown in artificial seawater cultures ranging in salinity from 35 to 65%.  Leaf number and colour were recorded and seedling mortality was assessed at 7-10 day intervals.

Tags: 63 618004, Amphibolis antarctica, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2019-20 Honours project - Extending and understanding the South West Western Australian rainfall record using the Dome Summit South ice core, East Antarctica [THESIS]

The prolonged rainfall reduction in South West Western Australia (SWWA) in recent decades has previously been reported to be unprecedented in the past 750 years. This rainfall reduction has reduced the water supply for both residents and agriculture in SWWA. However, the cause of this rainfall reduction is unclear. The relatively short length of the SWWA instrumental rainfall record limits long term studies of SWWA rainfall. In this study, SWWA rainfall is reconstructed based on a statistically significant negative correlation between SWWA rainfall and snowfall at Dome Summit South (DSS), East Antarctica. The 2000-year DSS snow accumulation record is used to reconstruct SWWA rainfall from 22 BCE to 2015 CE. With Cumulative Summation (CUSUM) analysis applied to the rainfall reconstruction, it is found that SWWA rainfall started to reduce around 1971 CE. This prolonged rainfall reduction is unprecedented during the past 750 years, but there have been two prior droughts of similar duration and intensity during the past 2000 years. Applying statistical techniques to compare the rainfall reconstruction with climate model simulations, it is found that greenhouse gases are likely to be the dominant driver of the SWWA rainfall drying trend after 1971 CE.
This record describes the Honours Thesis [available for download in 'Online Resources' section of thsi record]. For the data generated by this project, see https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d7d5ea56-f972-435d-b44b-44fea598150c

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Acute sedimentation causes size-specific mortality and asexual budding in the mushroom coral, Fungia fungites

This record is  derived from DEC Marine Policy Branch Endnote library and spatially referenced SIER Database.

Tags: Biosphere | Zoology | Corals, Marine Features (Australia) | Dampier Archipelago, WA, Mortality, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid

The MODIS Land Cover Type product (Short Name: MCD12Q1) provides data characterizing five global land cover classification systems. In addition, it provides a land-cover type assessment, and quality-control information.

Tags: 0406 - Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience, Earth Sciences, coastal modelling, marine, model hydrodynamic, scallops
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Australind Townsite 1841 (Australind Town Plan)

AU WA S235-cons3868 020 
Australind 5/1. Plan of the intended Town of Australind as finally arranged by M. Walter Clifton Esq., FRS. [Tally No. 005627].
Further Information available from State Records Office.
Series S235 - ORIGINAL PLANS - TOWNSITES 

Tags: early, historical, site, town
Organization: State Records Office of Western Australia
Floreat-f1 - 3D Textured Mesh OBJ - Aug 2021

The first capture of the area surrounding the Floreat Surf Life Saving Club, these sand dunes were captured by UAV imagery on 17th Aug 2021 for the Cambridge Coastcare beach dune modelling and monitoring project. It was created as part of an initiative to innovatively monitor coastal dune erosion and visualize these changes over time for future management and mitigation. This project data includes Orthomosaic, DSM, DTM, Elevation Contours, 3D Mesh, 3D Point Cloud and LiDAR constructed from over 500 images captured from UAV (drone) and processed in Pix4D. All datasets can be freely accessed through DataWA.
Link to Animated video fly-through of this 3D data model
Link to the Sketchfab visualisation of the 3D textured mesh
The dataset is a 3D Textured Mesh (zipped OBJ format) of the South Floreat SLSC (2021 Flight-1 project area).

Tags: 3d, beach, beachface, blowout, change, coast, coastal, coastline, contours, drift, drone, dune, erosion, foreshore, habitat, management, marine, mesh, movements, photogrammetry, protection, restoration, sand, shoreline, uav, vegetation, wa
Organization: Cambridge Coastcare
Obituaries indexed by State Library of WA

This dataset contains over 10,000 indexed records of obituaries found in Western Australian newspapers, newsletters and journals from the mid-1800s to early 2010s.  The records were created by Library staff from the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) between 1997 and 2014.  
Information captured includes:
•   the deceased’s name
•   year of birth and death
•   a title and summary of the obituary
•   the publication title and date it was printed in 
•   the page number the obituary appears on

Tags: obituaries, obituary
Organization: State Library of Western Australia
1966 Geology map of Christmas Island

This dataset has been digitised from the 1:27400 1966 Geology map of Christmas Island.
Geoscience Australia used ArcInfo to digitise a scanned version of the map. Once digitised
the map was attributed according to the Geoscience Australia data dictionary guidelines. All
information relating to geological boundaries and lineations/faults were extracted from the
map and incorporated in the table.
Disclaimer

Tags: Christmas, IOT, enviromnment, geological, geology
Organization: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
Christmas Island Canopy Height Model (CHM)  – 2011

A 2m by 2m canopy height model (CHM) grid developed from the 2011 aerial LiDAR survey of Christmas Island. As with the 2011 DEM, the CHM was provided to Geoscience Australia in 1km by 1km ESRI grid tiles, which were then joined together using ESRI ArcMap.
Each grid cell (2m x 2m) contains the maximum vegetation height in metres.  Canopy height was generated by subtracting the ground height from the first laser return classified as vegetation.  As a guide, the data is vertically accurate to 15cm and horizontally accurate to 30cm.  For a detailed description of the survey accuracy see the AAM Survey Report.  The CHM grid file was provided in GDA94 MGA zone 48 and has been left in this projection.
The CHM data can be used to find the average vegetation canopy height for defined areas. LiDAR vegetation heights, along with vegetation density values have been used in other organisations to create vegetation maps, estimate carbon content, characterise species habitats and assist in decision making.
Disclaimer

Tags: 2011 LiDAR Survey, Christmas, IOT, canopy, environment, height, height data, tree, vegetation
Organization: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
Tri Drive Network 2 Bridges

RAV Network information periodically changes with additions or removal of data and users should confirm that information is current and accurate. The RAV Network Road Tables and RAV Mapping Tool can be found on the Main Roads Western Australia website, refer Hyperlink below.https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/heavy-vehicles/Main Roads Open Data: Restricted Access Networkshttps://portal-mainroads.opendata.arcgis.com/pages/hvs-networksUpdate Frequency: WeeklySpatial Coverage: Western AustraliaLegalYou are accessing this data pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. You accept that the data provided pursuant to the Licence is subject to changes. Main Roads WA website is the official and current source of RAV Network data.Pursuant to section 3 of the Licence you are provided with the following notice to be included when you Share the Licenced Material and when you Share your Adapted Material: The Commissioner of Main Roads is the creator and owner of the data and Licenced Material, which is accessed pursuant to a Creative Commons (Attribution) Licence, which has a disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability. Main Roads WA website is the official and current source of RAV Network data.Licensinghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Tags: HVS, RAV, Tri Drive 1-5, Tri Drive Networks
Organization: Main Roads Western Australia
Floreat Beach 1 - 3D Textured Mesh - Oct 2018

No description available.

Tags: 3d, beach, beachface, blowout, change, coast, coastal, coastline, contours, drift, drone, dune, foreshore, habitat, management, marine, mesh, movements, photogrammetry, protection, restoration, sand, shoreline, uav, vegetation, wa
Organization: Cambridge Coastcare
WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.1.2 - Key ecological processes in Kimberley benthic communities: recruitment and herbivory, Western Australia

Identify the timing of coral and fish replenishment (recruitment of young) in the Kimberley. Determine the significance and impact of algal and seagrass eating species (herbivores) on the Kimberley marine ecosystem. Understand how these ecological processes work in different Kimberley habitats such as coral reefs, mangrove and inter-tidal areas. 
Key overall objectives of the project include identifying the nature of these processes from a representative habitat perspective, identifying the important taxa involved in these processes, providing baseline quantitative information, establishing safe monitoring sites and the development of cost-effective techniques suitable to the challenging Kimberley environment. 
Field data has been collated and combined into excel spread sheets and locational ESRI GIS shapefiles.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
Early Townsite of Busselton 1835

AU WA S235-cons3868 057 Busselton 27. Plan of the Townsite of Busselton by H. M. Ommanney, Assistant Surveyor.
Further Information available from State Records Office.
Series S235 - ORIGINAL PLANS - TOWNSITES 

Tags: early, historical, site, town
Organization: State Records Office of Western Australia
WAMSI Node 3.2.2b - Diversity, abundance and distribution of intertidal invertebrate species in the Ningaloo Marine Park.

A quantitative pilot study of the composition of the benthic community of macro-invertebrates on intertidal rocky platforms was undertaken to: 
a) provide detailed information on variation in biodiversity along the length of the Ningaloo Marine Park; and 
b) determine the appropriate design of a monitoring protocol powerful enough to determine predefined levels of change.  
These general overall aims were in the context of the Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Management Plan of 2004, which set out a vision of maintaining the ecological values in the Park, and protecting it from adverse human impacts.
Sampling was conducted at 35 sites from July 2007 and September 2010 between the northernmost site of Mildura Wreck and southernmost site of 3 Mile Out 2.
Data for the project includes:
1. All species data for each 1m2 quadrat (1744 quadrats x 291 species): [WAMSI3.2.2bQuadratDataMay2012]


Lengths of small giant clams (Tridacna maxima) mapped at 20 sites (3119 rows x 11 columns including identifying information for each length):
[WAMSI3.2.2bGiantClams.csv]


Physical features of the platforms in three files (32 rows x 13, 11, 10 columns):
[WAMSI3.2.2bPlatformAttributes.csv] 
[WAMSI3.2.2bPlatformQuantative.csv] 
[WAMSI3.2.2bFetchAndContour.csv]


GPS readings as UTM values for locations of transects used to map positions of Tridacna maxima (giant clams) (404 rows x 6 columns, including sample identification information):
[WAMSI3.2.2bTridacnaUTM.csv]


Location of research sites - Google Earth .kmz files: 
Centers of 36 sites where quadrat samples were taken 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and reported on in all the Research Chapters, and where physical data for Research Chapter 8 were collected.
[WAMSI3.2.2b Sites.kmz]


Corners of 8 sites at northern boundary of Jurabi Sanctuary Zone where data for Research Chapter 9
[WAMSI3.2.2bJurabi8Sites.kmz]
Shoreward, southern corners of Transect 1 and some others for areas where Tridacna maxima were measured as reported in Research Chapter 4.
[WAMSI3.2.2bGiantClams.kmz]

Text and images about the 32 sites sampled in 2007 and 2009
[WAMSI3.2.2bSitePages.rtf]

Data files come with metadata / descriptions of the column titles and codes.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
1:10 000 000 Large igneous provinces of Western Australia

The '1:10 000 000 large igneous provinces of Western Australia' is a companion layer to the '1:10 000 000 tectonic units of Western Australia'. Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are represented on this map as overlapping polygons that show the original interpreted extent of each province based on the preserved extents of the constituent magmatic units.

Tags: Igneous, Western Australia, province, structural geology, tectonic
Organization: Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
WAMSI Node 4.2.1a - Bioregional level assessments based on fishery dependent and/or fishery independent data - Peel-Harvey Estuary

The Peel-Harvey Estuary was divided into five regions; the Entrance Channel, Eastern Peel Inlet, Western Peel Inlet, Northern Harvey Estuary and Southern Harvey Estuary.  Within each region four sites were sampled seasonally over two years (total of 8 sampling occasions). At each site, sampling of fish was conducted using seine nets with length and weight of all collected fish measured. In addition, water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen were measured at each site.   The aim of the study is to develop cost-effective strategies for monitoring the fish community.
Data is still being collected / processed and will be released at the end of WAMSI program.

Organization: Western Australian Marine Science Institution
State Library of Western Australia Digitised Maps 1840-1985

This dataset contains bibliographic records and persistent URLs for the digitised maps held within the State Library of Western Australia’s map collection, including cadastral and town-site maps across the state of Western Australia. The maps range from the early 1840s to the mid-1980s and include land use, zoning, lot numbers, boundary measurements, terms of sale, and locality plans; as well as distances from utilities, landmarks and businesses.
Highlights include the Lindsay J. Peet Collection of Cadastral Maps; town-site maps from the WA Department of Lands and Surveys; the Australia Soviet Military City Plans, Perth; and the Polus Antarticus states, which show the South Pole and Australia prior to the discoveries of Tasman in 1642 and 1643-44. This set also includes the Historic map series 1880-1890 which has been captured as its own dataset.

Tags: cadastral, digital maps, historical maps, maps, maps imagery, townsites, western australia
Organization: State Library of Western Australia