Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for Adelaide Coastal Waters, 2003

A spectral library for aquatic substrates from the Adelaide Coastal Waters, collected in 2003. The data is hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) and was cited in a 2007 technical report for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study. The dataset is managed by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Calibrating remote sensing algorithms based on the spectral signatures of aquatic substrates.
• Studying coastal water composition and substrate types for environmental monitoring.
• Training machine learning models for classifying marine features from spectral data.

Strengths

• Data is part of the National Spectral Database (NSD), a curated national resource.
• Associated with a specific technical report (ACWS Technical Report No.6) providing research context.

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

Geoscience Australia Data, National Spectral Database (NSD).

Collection Method

Likely collected via remote sensing study as part of the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-09 04:43:36.201872; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Adelaide Coastal Waters, Australia.