Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for Adelaide Coastal Waters, 2003

An aquatic substrate spectral library hosted in the National Spectral Database. The data was collected for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study in 2003 and cited in a final technical report published in 2007. The dataset is managed by Geoscience Australia Data.

Use Cases

• Calibrating remote sensing algorithms based on spectral signatures of aquatic substrates.
• Studying coastal water quality changes based on spectral reflectance data.
• Modeling natural and anthropogenic impacts on marine environments based on spectral library references.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database managed by Geoscience Australia.
• Dataset is cited in a formal technical report (ACWS Technical Report No.6) from 2007.
• Focuses on a specific geographic region (Adelaide Coastal Waters) and time period (2003).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Blackburn, D. T, and Dekker, A. G. / CSIRO Land and Water / David Blackburn Environmental Pty Ltd.

Collection Method

Remote sensing study for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:34:00.694340; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Adelaide Coastal Waters, Australia.