AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: South East Queensland, NOVEMBER 2011

The objectives of the work in SE Queensland (Nov. 2011) was to revisit dive sites inside and outside of a green zone offshore of Moreton Island.  There were a few issues associated with working on a small vessel and on the final day of operations the AUV was lost in part due to the vessel not having sufficient fuel to stay on station when the vehicle did not surface on the completion of its dive.  An extensive search was conducted over the following three days using Coast Guard vessels and aerial search but the AUV was not located.  Two weeks later the vehicle washed ashore some 100km to the North of the site where it was last seen.  It had sustained relatively little damage but this incident highlights the vulnerability of the Facility to the loss of its one asset.  An ARC LIEF proposal has been submitted to support the development of multiple, smaller AUVs to help maintain the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Facility observing program

Tags: AUV | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Cameras | Still Cameras - underwater, Countries | Australia, Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Data Loggers, Digital Imaging (acquisition and/or analysis), Field Surveys | Underwater Surveys, Fluorometers, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, Turbulence Sensors
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Investigator Strait CTD Survey December 1985

A total of 14 conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) stations were collected in Investigator Strait from 18-19  December 1985, from the ship the Ngerin (cruise NG018), for analysis of water temperature, salinity and sediment data. The data were digitised from the reference below.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, depth, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_temperature, sediment_size
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Herbert River Lucinda Jetty Turbidity Data Transect Thursday 12th February 2004

The objective of the research reported in this thesis was to develop a technique to monitor the dynamics of sediments and nutrients entering the coastal ocean with river plumes associated with high intensity low frequency events (e.g. floods), using ocean colour remote sensing. The data collected included suspended sediment concentration (TSS) and turbidity profiles.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, concentration_of_total_suspended_sediments, depth, secchi disc depth, secchi_depth_of_sea_water, total suspended sediments, turbidity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
SAIMOS - Biological and Flow Cytometry data collected from CTD stations in South Australia, in November 2010

Flow cytometry data was collected in November 2010, in waters off South Australia. 
The general purpose of the study is to be able to establish background knowledge on the ecosystem on the continental shelf of South Australia and the impact of upwelling/saline outflow events on microbial communities to ultimately develop a biogeochemical model of the region. Sampling was carried out during cruises conducted on board the RV Ngerin as part of the Southern Australian Integrated Marine System (SAIMOS). During each cruise, the physical, chemical and biological properties of the chlorophyll fluorescence maximum (FM) layer were investigated. Flow cytometry data has been collected for picophytoplankton, bacteria and viruses.
Six main stations have been sampled over the course of the study, five are located on the 100 m isobath, i.e. RS (35.508S, 136.278E), B2 (35.418S, 136.148E), B3 (35.258S, 136.048E), B4 (35.168S, 135.418E) and B5 (35.008S, 135.198E), and one from an offshore station (B1; 36.188S, 136.178E) located southwest of Kangaroo Island. Note that combining the distances between stations (14–25 nautical miles), the average component of the current velocity at middepth along the shelf (0.01 m s21) and the average speed of the vessel (i.e. 9 knots) indicate that different water masses were sampled at each station. Additional samples have on occasion been collected from the National Reference Station (NRS) at Kangaroo Island (35.832S, 136.447E) and the SA Spencer Gulf Mouth Mooring (SAM8SG, 35.25S, 136.690E), where the saline outflow occurs.

Tags: Biosphere | Microbiota | Bacteria, Biosphere | Vegetation | Phytoplankton, IMOS Node | SA-IMOS | Southern Australian Integrated Marine Observing System, Niskin Bottles, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nitrogen, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Phosphate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Silicate, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds, Picophytoplankton, Virus, amount_of_bacteria_in_sea_water, amount_of_phytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_picophytoplankton_in_sea_water, amount_of_virus_in_sea_water, concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water, depth, depth_of_chlorophyll_maximum, latitude, longitude, mass_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_particulate_organic_matter_in_sea_water, mass_concentration_of_suspended_matter_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_ammonium_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_nitrogen_in_nitrate_and_nitrite_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_phosphorus_in_phosphate_in_sea_water, mole_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water, sea_surface_temperature, wind_from_direction, wind_speed
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Age of Oceanic Lithosphere Error Grid

This dataset shows the age uncertainty of the age grid for the Australian region.  The age uncertainty grid is created by calculating the distance between magnetic anomaly identifications and the corresponding seafloor spreading isochron and also by reconstructing the magnetic anomaly identifications to their conjugate ridge flanks for constraining the uncertainty in isochron locations and geometries.

Tags: Oceans | Marine Geophysics | Seafloor Spreading, error
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
The Measurement of Seagrass Photosynthesis Using PAM Fluorometry - Seasonal variation in the photosynthetic rates

The study aims to determine the seasonal photosynthetic variation in Posidonia sinuosa, Posidonia australis and Halophila ovalis.  Sampling was conducted in in-situ seagrasses over eight months, from spring 2004 to autumn 2004 at Woodman Point, Western Australia.

Tags: 63 605002, 63 617002, 63 617003, Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Photosynthesis, Halophila ovalis, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Posidonia australis, Posidonia sinuosa, Seagrass, chlorophyll fluorescence
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Draft - WAMSI 2 - Dredging Node - 5 - Defining thresholds and indicators of primary-producer response to dredging-related pressures

This project will improve our understanding of how seagrasses are affected by dredging activities, and will apply that understanding to better prediction of impacts and management of dredging. A combination of laboratory and field experiments and field surveys will determine the levels of dredging-related pressures (or 'thresholds') that produce the earliest observable effects, sub-lethal effects and lethal effects on two species of seagrasses considered most ecologically important in the NW. The research will also determine the capacity of those seagrasses to recover from dredgingwrelated stress. The research will focus on two of the most significant stresses produced by dredging: 
- the reduction in light availability to plants; and
- the smothering of seagrass and algae as suspended sediments settle.
Objectives:
Project 5.1 - Reviews of existing information and identification of key species:
Review 1: Review the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of dredging-related 'pressure' on primary producers (seagrasses)
Review 2: Identify which primary producers (e.g. ephemerals/annuals/perennials) or different functional groups, that collectively cover the bio-geographic range of key primary producers in WA, are most appropriate for the focus of subsequent research into thresholds and indicators of response to dredging related pressures;
Project 5.2 - Natural processes in Seagrass ecosystems
Field Study 1: to characterize the genetic variability within populations of seagrasses to understand whether typical patches of meadow are genetically uniform or have multiple clones
Field Study 2: to determine whether recovery following disturbance is by sexual or asexual means and the relative importance of each
*Project 5.3 - 
(1) determining the pressure:response relationships that relate the effects of dredging-generated sediments on tropical primary producers, 
(2) examine the pathways, rates and timeframes of recovery from impacts and; 
(3) identify and examine the effects of key environmental variables on the pressure:response relationships and recovery.

Tags: Biosphere | Aquatic Habitat | Benthic Habitat, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Sediment Transport, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Plants, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Turbidity, Oceans | Water Quality | Light Transmission, TBC
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Coastalwatch: Coastal Condition Monitoring System - St Kilda

Since its launch in 1998, Coastalwatch has become Australia's most popular water sports website, and is consistently ranked in the top eight sporting websites. The site displays live vision from over 90 coastal locations around Australia and overseas. It also provides daily surf reports, swell forecasting, weather information and news; as well as video, photographic and editorial content. 
Coastalwatch has also developed a Coastal Conditions Monitoring System, which utilises the camera network to make a significant contribution to safer coastal use and more efficient and cost effective coastal management.  To this end, Coastalwatch has partnered with Surf Life Saving Australia and Surfing Australia; and supports Volunteer Rescue organisations, community groups, and charities such as SurfAid International and the Surfrider Foundation Australia.  
Coastalwatch is committed to bringing the coast to all Australians and overseas visitors, and becoming the premier reference site for all coastal user groups. With this in mind, Coastalwatch is dedicated to assisting with sound coastal zone research and management through the use of all its resources.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Beaches, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Erosion, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Intertidal Zone, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Longshore Currents, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shoreline Displacement, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Shorelines, Oceans | Coastal Processes | Tidal Height, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Frequency, Oceans | Ocean Waves | Wave Height
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: East Australian Shelf and Slope Current Experiment (ACE)

Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports.
This dataset relates to current meter records from the East Australia Shelf and Slope Current Experiment (ACE).
Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data
Pacific Ocean data
Indian Ocean data
Southern Ocean data 
Electronic data reports
History of the Group
How to use this disk


Tags: Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, PACIFIC OCEAN, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Physical Properties of Sediment Sub-Samples from Cores collected in the Tasman Sea and Polynesia During the 'SEAMAP' Program, 1985-1987.

SEAMAP is a Royal Australian Navy Research Laboratory research program designed to investigate the effects of the properties of the ocean and sea floor on acoustic propagation, noise and scattering in the waters around Australia. Experimental investigations are carried out along ocean shipping routes. The Ocean Sciences Institute (OSI) is contracted by the Maritime Systems Division of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation to collect and interpret geological and geophysical data pertinent to the SEAMAP program.
There are two main constituents in the sediments collected, microfossil remains and mineral matter. By far the most important of the microfossil remains are the calcareous ones (the foraminifera and the nanoplankton).

Tags: 51 200000, Foraminiferida, Oceans | Bathymetry | Seafloor Topography, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sedimentation, Oceans | Ocean Acoustics | Acoustic Attenuation/transmission
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
CReefs Australia - Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

The CReefs Australia project is a collection of a variety of taxa from three locations: Ningaloo Reefs in Western Australia, and Heron and Lizard Islands off the coast of Queensland (separate metadata records are kept for each location) between 2008 and 2010. Sampling was conducted by scuba, snorkel and beach collection.In 2008, Lizard Island collections were carried out during 2-22 April.In 2009, Lizard Island collections were carried out 6-27 February.Variables in the dataset are: longitude and latitude, date, identifications (to genus species where possible), depth, coral reef zone, and other habitat indicators.Species collected come from the following taxonomic groups:Algae and seagrasses (phyla Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta, Rhodophyta, Magnoliophyta and Cyanobacteria)Arthropoda - Amphipods (Order: Amphipoda), Isopods (Order: Isopoda), Tanaids (Order: Tanaidacea), (Order: Decapoda)CrustaceaBryozoans (Order Cheilostomata)Cnideria (Class: Anthozoa, Hydrozoa)Echinoderms (Phylum: Echinodermata)Mollusca (Class: Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Neograstropoda, Polyplacophora)Polychates (Phylum: Annelida)SipunculaCollection was mainly by hand; some samples were obtained by traps, grabs, sediment pumps, hook and line, speargun.
 To conduct a taxonomic survey of Ningaloo Reef as part of the CReefs Australia project to better refine understanding of the marine biodiversity on the coral reefs of the east and west coasts of Australia.
 A subset of the data has been provided to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS, http://iobis.org/OBISWEB/DisplayMetaData.jsp?content=maps_and_metadata/1468.html).Identifications were made as follows:Algae and seagrasses, phyla Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta, Rhodophyta, Magnoliophyta (Fred Gurgel, Rainbo Rita Mae Dixon, John Huisman)Arthropoda, Order Isopoda (Neil Bruce)Arthropoda, Order Tanaidacea (Magdalena Blazewicz-Paskowycz)Bryozoa, Order Cheilostomata (Phil Bock)Echinodermata (Ashley Miskelly)Polychaeta, Phylum Annelida (Chris Glasby, Charlotte Watson )

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Herbert River Lucinda Jetty Turbidity Data Transect Monday 16th February 2004

The objective of the research reported in this thesis was to develop a technique to monitor the dynamics of sediments and nutrients entering the coastal ocean with river plumes associated with high intensity low frequency events (e.g. floods), using ocean colour remote sensing. The data collected included suspended sediment concentration (TSS) and turbidity profiles.

Tags: Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, concentration_of_total_suspended_sediments, depth, secchi disc depth, secchi_depth_of_sea_water, total suspended sediments, turbidity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Law of the Sea: Geoscience Australia

The Law of the Sea project provides advice, reports and maps related to maritime boundary negotiations and continental shelf definition around Australia and its external territories.  
The website links to article 76 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and Australian Hydrographic Service.

Tags: Baseline, Bay closing line, Maritime boundary, Nautical mile limit, Oceans | Marine Geophysics | Continental Shelves, River closing line, Straight baseline, Territorial Sea Baseline (TSB)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
NESP TWQ Project 5.8 - What’s really damaging the Reef? Tracing the origin and fate of the environmentally detrimental sediment and associated bioavailable nutrients, 2019-2020 (JCU)

Recent research has shown that only a portion of the fine sediment fraction delivered from rivers draining into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon (GBRL) reaches coral reefs and seagrass meadows. The specific sources of this sediment, which affects the health of corals and seagrasses, are as yet unresolved. This project, for the first time, characterised and traced the origin(s), fate and nutrient bioavailability of this environmentally detrimental sediment using samples collected in flood plumes and during resuspension events. This enabled direct spatial targeting of the sources of this material to achieve maximum benefits to GBR health from catchment management actions.

Tags: National Environmental Science Programme Tropical Water Quality (NESP TWQ) hub, marine
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
RAN CTD Profile Data - HMAS LEEUWIN ProjectID: HI472LEE_H From: 2010-02-23 To: 2010-02-27

This dataset contains quality controlled vertical profiles of pressure, temperature and salinity measured by a Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) probe. The dataset contains 4 CTD profiles (casts) obtained during RAN Hydrographic Survey cruise HI472LEE_H from HMAS LEEUWIN. 
The CTD was manufactured by Falmouth Scientific and is the "2-inch Micro CTD" model. This CTD type is referred to operationally as the HS_CTD. This CTD is fitted within an inductive type conductivity cell, a platinum thermometer and silicon pressure sensor.
The CTD temperature sensor is calibrated on the ITS-90 temperature scale against a master CTD using a controlled temperature bath. The pressure sensor is calibrated using a Druck Pressure Calibrator. The conductivity sensor is calibrated in a temperature controlled bath against seawater samples of known conductivity.
The HS_CTD is lowered and raised by a hand winch sampling at a rate of 1.83 Hz. Data files were recorded in the downcast and upcast direction but most data is from downcasts due to higher quality. 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 and converted to netCDF format files. 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
Underwater towed video from the Wessel Marine Park (IN2019_T02)

This record describes the towed video component from the from the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator research voyage IN2019_T02, titled "Deep seascapes of the Great Barrier Reef: Uncovering submarine canyons and landslides." The voyage took place between October 4 and October 14, 2019 departing from Brisbane (QLD) and arriving in Darwin (NT).
Four 1500 m video transects were undertaken across a range of geomorphic features and depth gradients focussed on a deep hole feature within and adjacent to the Wessel Marine Park, on October 11, 2019.
The benthic environment in the study area was highly turbid with strong currents, and associated imagery can therefore only be used for habitat classification, coarse morphospecies identification, or defining broad biological communities.
Onboard habitat annotations are included as an excel file, with camera positioning included.
For access to other End of Voyage (EOV) data from IN2019_T02, see https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=54158abf-7d02-4e66-8529-48ba6e286d63

Tags: Marine National Facility, Research Transit: IN2019_T02, Ship: Investigator (RV)
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
OSU Buoy Group: Eastern Boundary Current Experiment

Data from moorings that were in place for at least 6 months in deep water and include meteorological data, pressure records and temperature records gathered by the Oregon State University (OSU) Buoy Group over a span of more than 35 years. In addition, included are a number of electronic (i.e., browser-formatted) data reports.
This dataset relates to current meter records from the Eastern Boundary Current Experiment.
Other links available on this site will take you to the collection of data reports, an historical retrospective of the Buoy Group and instructions on how to download the data for the following:

Atlantic Ocean data
Pacific Ocean data
Indian Ocean data
Southern Ocean data 
Electronic data reports
History of the Group
How to use this disk


Tags: Buoy world ocean, Deep water mooring, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Sea Level Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Pressure | Water Pressure, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Oceans | Salinity/density | Salinity, PACIFIC OCEAN, beam_attenuation_coefficient, direction_of_sea_water_velocity, sea_water_electrical_conductivity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_speed, sea_water_temperature, sea_water_u_velocity, sea_water_v_velocity
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Datasets relating to samples collected from the 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 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 ~0.19phi, with an average sorting coefficient of 0.58phi. The reef flat features moderately well-sorted coarse to very coarse sand, and can be divided into two sub-groups: the windward reef flats (samples S62 and S61) and the leeward reef flats (samples S24, S25 and S02). XRD analysis on two samples indicate a higher proportion of aragonite (57-67%) than calcite.

Tags: Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Carbonate Sediments, Oceans | Marine Sediments | Sediment Grain Size
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network