Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for Adelaide Coastal Waters, 2003

The Aquatic Substrate Library - Adelaide Coastal Waters 2003 is a spectral dataset hosted in the National Spectral Database. It was created by David Blackburn Environmental Pty Ltd and CSIRO Land and Water for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study, with a final technical report published in July 2007. The data likely contains spectral signatures of underwater materials to support remote sensing studies of marine and coastal features.

Use Cases

• Calibrating remote sensing models for water quality based on spectral signatures.
• Mapping benthic habitats and substrate types in coastal waters.
• Analyzing changes in coastal environments related to natural and anthropogenic processes.
• Developing spectral libraries for automated classification of aquatic features from satellite imagery.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database managed by Geoscience Australia.
• Associated with a specific, documented technical report (ACWS Technical Report No.6) from July 2007.
• Focuses on a defined geographic area (Adelaide Coastal Waters) and time period (2003).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to its specific 2003 collection in Adelaide.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data, National Spectral Database

Collection Method

Likely collected via remote sensing study for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 22:23:46.329366; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Adelaide Coastal Waters, Australia