AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - SST - L3C - SNPP - 1 day - night time - Australia

This is a single sensor, multiple swath SSTskin product for a single night-time period, derived using observations from the VIIRS instrument on the Suomi-NPP satellite. It is provided as a 0.02deg x 0.02deg cylindrical equidistant projected map over the region 70°E to 170°W, 20°N to 70°S. Only night time passes are included in the product. The quality level for each pixel was remapped using the original ACSPO VIIRS L3U quality levels and Sensor Specific Error Statistics (SSES), as described in Griffin et al. (2017) Appendix at http://imos.org.au/facilities/srs/sstproducts/sstdata0/sstdata-references/, before compositing single swaths from the sensor. Each grid cell contains the 1 night average of all the highest available quality SSTs that overlap with that cell, weighted by the area of overlap. Refer to the IMOS SST products web page at http://imos.org.au/sstproducts.html  for further information.

Tags: Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Australia, Countries | Fiji, Countries | Indonesia, Countries | Malaysia, Countries | New Caledonia, Countries | New Zealand, Countries | Papua New Guinea, Countries | Philippines, Countries | Timor-Leste, Countries | Vanuatu, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Offshore Islands (Australia) | Macquarie Island, Regional Seas | Arafura Sea, Regional Seas | Banda Sea, Regional Seas | Celebes Sea, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Java Sea, Regional Seas | Philippine Sea, Regional Seas | Solomon Sea, Regional Seas | South China Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, Remote Sensing | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ships of Opportunity - Air-Sea Flux (ASF) Sub-Facility - Meteorological and SST Observations

The Ships of Opportunity - Research Vessels Real-Time Air-Sea Flux (ASF) Sub-Facility, collects underway meteorological and oceanographic observations during scientific and Antarctic resupply voyages in the oceans adjacent to Australia. Data product is quality controlled observations. Research Vessel Real Time Air-Sea Fluxes, equips the Marine National Facility (MNF) (Research Vessels Southern Surveyor and Investigator), the Australian Antarctic Division (Research and Supply Vessels Aurora Australis and Nuyina), and Research Vessel Tangaroa with "climate quality" meteorological measurement systems, capable of providing high quality air-sea flux measurements and delivered to researchers on a near real-time basis. 

Obtaining the full set of air-sea fluxes essential for climate studies requires observations of: wind, air and sea temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation, long- and short-wave radiation. The existing ship meteorological sensor sets are completed with IMOS instruments and a comprehensive annual calibration program implemented. Data streams are fed into existing ship data management systems, and broadcast via satellite back to Australia routinely. The observations are quality controlled at the Bureau of Meteorology. A daily file of 1-minute averages of the observations are generated shortly after 0000UTC and provided to IMOS.

Tags: Atmosphere | Atmospheric Pressure | Surface Pressure, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Surface Air Temperature, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Humidity, Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds, Atmosphere | Precipitation | Precipitation Amount, Atmosphere | Precipitation | Precipitation Rate, Atmosphere | Radiation Budget | Heat Flux, Atmosphere | Radiation Budget | Longwave Radiation, Atmosphere | Radiation Budget | Shortwave Radiation, Continents | Antarctica, Countries | Australia, Countries | Fiji, Countries | New Caledonia, Countries | New Zealand, Countries | Papua New Guinea, Countries | Timor-Leste, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, IMOS Platform | VLHJ | Southern Surveyor, IMOS Platform | VLMJ | Investigator, IMOS Platform | VNAA | Aurora Australis, IMOS Platform | ZMFR | Tangaroa, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Offshore Islands (Australia) | Macquarie Island, Regional Seas | Arafura Sea, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - NOAA20 - 01 day - Chlorophyll-a concentration (OCI model)

The NOAA20 satellite platform carries a VIIRS sensor 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. These data use the OCI method (Hu et al 2012, doi: 10.1029/2011jc007395) recommended by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group and implemented in the SeaDAS processing software l2gen. The OCI algorithm is described at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd/chlor_a/ (and links therein).

Tags: Countries | Australia, Countries | Fiji, Countries | Indonesia, Countries | Malaysia, Countries | New Caledonia, Countries | New Zealand, Countries | Papua New Guinea, Countries | Philippines, Countries | Timor-Leste, Countries | Vanuatu, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Ocean Color, Regional Seas | Arafura Sea, Regional Seas | Banda Sea, Regional Seas | Celebes Sea, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Java Sea, Regional Seas | Philippine Sea, Regional Seas | Solomon Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Argo Profiles - core data

Argo Australia aims to undertake real time monitoring of the broad ocean state around Australia by maintaining an array of profiling (Argo) floats that measure temperature, salinity and pressure down to 2000m every 10 days in real time. The data presented here, represent all Australian Argo profiles collected since 2000, and covers the oceans in the southern hemisphere worldwide. 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. 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. 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 5 years and several floats are approaching their 9th birthday and are still returning good data.

This data collection only provides access to the core data collected by Argo floats, i.e. temperature, salinity and pressure. To access biogeochemical (BGC) data recorded by selected floats, please access via this data collection - IMOS - Argo Profiles - biogeochemical data, https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/2223b7f2-4bac-4ff1-9b1e-aae9ac58deef.

Tags: Countries | Australia, Countries | Fiji, Countries | Indonesia, Countries | New Caledonia, Countries | New Zealand, Countries | Papua New Guinea, Countries | Philippines, Countries | Solomon Islands, Countries | Vanuatu, Global / Oceans | Atlantic Ocean, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, IMOS Node | Bluewater and Climate, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, 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 | Arabian Sea, Regional Seas | Bismarck Sea, Regional Seas | Celebes Sea, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | East China Sea, Regional Seas | Philippine Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Age and size structure of key scalefish species

A single database has been implemented to store catch sampling and targeted research data collected since the late 1990s.  In addition, data for key species e.g. striped and bastard trumpeter, has been uploaded from historic data bases to provide a complete dataset for the key species. Commercial catch sampling plus opportunistic collections of key scalefish species provide size and age structure information for catches.  Where feasible additional biological information e.g. sex and reproductive status is collected.

Tags: 37 377006, 37 378001, 37 378002, Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries, Banded morwong, Bastard trumpeter, Cheilodactylus spectabilis, Latridopsis forsteri, Latris lineata, Oceans | Marine Biology | Fish, Striped trumpeter
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network - Wave time-series

The National Mooring Network Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Mooring Network (ANMN)), is a series of national reference stations and regional moorings designed to monitor particular oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. This collection contains wavetime-series observations from moorings deployed by the facility at the Darwin and Yongala National Reference Stations and the following regional moorings: Beagle Gulf (DARBGF), Heron Island South (GBRHIS) and One Tree East (GBROTE). The primary parameters are temperature, pressure and depth of the instrument, and many wave related parameters. The observations were made using either an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) or an AWAC ADCP (Acoustic Wave And Current Profiler).

Tags: Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Darwin, NT, Countries | Australia, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Significant Wave Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Period, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Spectra, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Speed/direction, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Nutrient sampling in the coastal waters of south eastern Tasmania

Biologically relevant macronutrients, nitrate + nitrite, silicate, phosphate and ammonia, were measured at all sites throughout the study. Nitrate + nitrite values (NOx) at the surface showed clear seasonal trends, peaking over winter and drawing down to near zero in summer and autumn.  Phosphate concentrations also reached a peak in winter, which was associated with Southern Ocean influence.  Median ammonium concentrations at all sites were generally &lt;0.5 μM, with no clear peaks in any season or month. Overall, the lowest values were measured in August and other months showed reasonable spread around the median. Median silicate concentrations were consistently highest at sites 1 and 9, followed by site 5. Water from the River Derwent flows through site 1, then tracks east towards site 9 then site 5. Seasonally, silicate was generally highest in winter when the River Derwent outflow is also greatest.

Tags: AMMONIUM, DEPTH, NITRATE_NITRITE, NITRITE, PHOSPHATE, SILICATE, Sampling depth, Storm Bay, Temperate Reef
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Ocean Radar - Bonney Coast HF ocean radar site (South Australia, Australia) - Delayed mode sea water velocity

The Bonney Coast (BONC) HF ocean radar system covers an area of the Bonney Coast, South Australia, which has a recurring annual upwelling feature near to the coast that significantly changes the ecosystem from one of warm water originating in Western Australia, to one dominated by cold upwelling water from off the continental shelf.  The dynamics of this area and the relationship between ocean circulation, chemistry and sediments control the larval species and the higher marine species and ecosystems in which they forage.  

The data from this site provide linking observations between the Southern Ocean and NSW through processes that occur on weekly to El Nino time scales.  

The BONC HF ocean radar system consists of two SeaSonde crossed loop direction finding stations located at Nora Creina (37.329 S 139.850 E) and Blackfellows Cave (37.940 S 140.457 E).  These radars operate 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.  Within the HF radar coverage area surface currents are measured.

This site was decommissioned in March 2017.

Tags: Countries | Australia, Doppler Frequency, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, IMOS Site | BONC | Bonney Coast HF ocean radar site, Marine Features (Australia) | Bonney Coast, SA, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, 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
IMOS - Ocean Radar - Northwest Shelf HF ocean radar site (Western Australia, Australia) - Real-time sea water velocity

The Northwest Shelf (NWA) HF ocean radar system covers an area which includes the Ningaloo Peninsula and the Ningaloo Reef to the west.  The Ningaloo Reef is one of the longest and most pristine reefs in the world. The reef is rich in marine biodiversity, with shark whales, turtles and fish aggregations, and high primary and secondary productions which are controlled by the physical oceanographic processes.  

The NWA HF ocean radar is a WERA phased array system with 12-element receive arrays located at the Jurabi Turtle Centre (21.8068 S, 114.1015 E) and Point Billie (22.5432 S, 113.690 E).  These radars operate at a frequency of 5.2625 MHz, with a bandwidth of 25 KHz and a maximum range of 200 Km.  Within the HF radar coverage area surface currents are measured.  Data are also collected from which wind directions and significant wave height can be calculated.

Tags: Countries | Australia, Doppler Frequency, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, IMOS Site | NWA | Northwest Shelf HF ocean radar site, Marine Features (Australia) | Australian North West Shelf, WA, Marine Features (Australia) | Leeuwin Current, Marine Features (Australia) | Ningaloo Marine Park, WA, 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, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia, WERA HF Radar | Phased Array
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Environmental DNA data from the RV Investigator South-East Australian Marine Ecosystem Survey (SEA-MES) voyages IN2023_V05 and IN2024_V03 (NESP MaC 4.23)

This project generated a set of high-quality eDNA-based biodiversity datasets from samples collected at broadly distributed offshore sites across Southeast Australia. The data consists of processed data from eDNA metabarcoding assays (i.e. tables with sampling information, sequence read counts and taxonomy derived from the sequences). Raw sequence data (over 180 million sequences) is available from NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) under BioProject PRJNA1263580: Environmental DNA measuring offshore marine biodiversity in southeast Australia (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1263580/).

The eDNA biodiversity information focussed on fish but includes sequence data from the full tree of life (from bacteria to vertebrates). Part of the purpose of data collection was to assess key technical aspects of eDNA data collection to refine sampling methods and provide guidance for best practices in future offshore eDNA research

Tags: Biomonitoring, Environmental DNA, Marine Biodiversity Survey, National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub, RV Investigator, Southeast Australia Marine Ecosystem Survey
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Fish annotations of stereo-BRUV and drop camera imagery from the South-west Corner Marine Park (NESP MaC 1.4)

Fish annotations of stereo Baited Remote Underwater Video and panoramic drop camera imagery, were completed as part of a report funded by the NESP Marine &amp; Coastal Hub. This report focussed on an IUCN II zone in the South-west Corner Marine Park off the 'Capes region' near Margaret River. These data were analysed in EventMeasure using standard operating procedures for the annotation of remote stereo imagery.

Tags: National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - MODIS - 01 day - Chlorophyll-a concentration (Carder model)

The Aqua satellite platform carries a MODIS sensor 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. These data use the Carder method implemented in the SeaDAS processing software l2gen and described in Carder K. L., Chen F. R., Lee Z. P., Hawes S. K. and Cannizzaro J. P. (2003), MODIS Ocean Science Team Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, ATBD 19, Case 2 Chlorophyll a, Version 7, URL: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod19.pdf (accessed 17 March 2022).

Production of contemporary MODIS data ceased at 2024/12/26. Users requiring similar Ocean Colour Radiometry data beyond 2024 should consider the VIIRS instruments on the SNPP and NOAA20+ series of satellites, also provided by IMOS.

Tags: Countries | Australia, Countries | Fiji, Countries | Indonesia, Countries | Malaysia, Countries | New Caledonia, Countries | New Zealand, Countries | Papua New Guinea, Countries | Philippines, Countries | Timor-Leste, Countries | Vanuatu, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Ocean Color, Regional Seas | Arafura Sea, Regional Seas | Banda Sea, Regional Seas | Celebes Sea, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Java Sea, Regional Seas | Philippine Sea, Regional Seas | Solomon Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Iron recycling and export from Antarctic krill faecal pellets

The aim of this project was to estimate the iron recycling and export potential of Antarctic krill faecal pellets. To determine this, we firstly determined the sinking rate of the faecal pellets, characteristics which may influence the sinking rate (e.g., density, length and diameter), and then determined the portion of the total iron in the faecal pellets that is leached over a 12 h period under a continuous flow of seawater. 
The data sets that can be accessed here are:
1. Faecal pellet characteristics, including the raw and analysed data
2. The dry weight and length of faecal pellets used for total Fe estimation 
3. Raw and final iron leachate data

Tags: Antarctic krill, euphausia superba, faecal pellets, iron, iron export, iron recycling
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Redmap (New South Wales) - Sightings of Invertebrate Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.

Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.

The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken.  Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.

This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy.  It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old).  If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please email enquiries@redmap.org.au.

Tags: Hand Sampling, body_length, body_weight, climate change, range shift, species distribution, fishing, latitude, longitude
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network