Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for Adelaide Coastal Waters, 2003

Adelaide coastal waters data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library. The dataset is referenced in a 2007 technical report for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study Steering Committee. It is aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-04-18.

Use Cases

• Classifying marine and coastal substrate types based on spectral signatures.
• Analyzing changes in coastal environments based on remote sensing data.
• Training models for aquatic feature detection from spectral data.
• Supporting studies on natural and anthropogenic coastal processes.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database (NSD).
• Referenced in a formal technical report (ACWS Technical Report No.6, July 2007).
• Last updated on 2026-04-18, indicating recent metadata maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Adelaide coastal region.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, National Spectral Database (NSD).

Collection Method

Remote sensing study, likely involving spectral data collection.

Time Range

2003

Freshness

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

Geography

Adelaide Coastal Waters, Australia.