Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for Adelaide Coastal Waters, 2003

An Australian National Spectral Database library containing spectral signatures of aquatic substrates. The data was collected for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study and documented in a 2007 technical report by Blackburn and Dekker. Access is managed through the Australian Ocean Data Network and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

Use Cases

• Train models for classifying coastal substrate types based on spectral signatures.
• Benchmark remote sensing algorithms for water quality or habitat mapping.
• Conduct time-series analysis of coastal change by comparing with newer spectral data.
• Validate satellite-derived products for marine and coastal features.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative Australian National Spectral Database.
• Associated with a published technical report providing methodological context.
• Focuses on a specific geographic region (Adelaide coastal waters) and time period (2003).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).

Collection Method

Remote sensing study for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study, documented in a 2007 technical report.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 22:24:15.205133; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Adelaide coastal waters, Australia.