Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for Adelaide Coastal Waters 2003

A spectral library for aquatic substrates collected from Adelaide coastal waters in 2003. The data is hosted in the National Spectral Database and was created as part of a remote sensing study for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study Steering Committee. The final technical report was published in July 2007 by David Blackburn Environmental Pty Ltd and CSIRO Land and Water.

Use Cases

• Train models for classifying coastal substrate types based on spectral signatures.
• Benchmark remote sensing algorithms for mapping marine and coastal features.
• Study natural and anthropogenic changes in coastal environments using spectral data.
• Calibrate satellite or airborne sensor data for aquatic applications.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database (NSD).
• Focus on a specific geographic region (Adelaide coastal waters) and year (2003).
• Associated with a published technical report from CSIRO Land and Water.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au, sourced from the National Spectral Database.

Collection Method

Likely gathered via remote sensing study of marine and coastal features.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-18 19:12:01.277221; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Adelaide coastal waters, Australia.