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 Australian National Spectral Database and was cited in a technical report for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study Steering Committee in 2007. The dataset is managed by Geoscience Australia and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Develop spectral unmixing algorithms based on the aquatic substrate spectral signatures.
• Calibrate or validate satellite-based water quality models based on the in-situ spectral data.
• Monitor coastal environmental changes based on the spectral properties of marine substrates.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative Australian National Spectral Database.
• Dataset has a specific geographic and temporal focus (Adelaide Coastal Waters, 2003).
• Last updated 2026-03-25 18:55:30.642740.

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

Collection Method

Field spectroscopy, likely collected for remote sensing study.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:55:30.642740; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Adelaide Coastal Waters, Australia