Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library from Bolivar 2001

The Aquatic Substrate Library - Bolivar 2001 is a spectral dataset hosted in Australia's National Spectral Database. It was created by researchers from David Blackburn Environmental Pty Ltd and CSIRO Land and Water for a remote sensing study of marine and coastal features. The data was referenced in a 2007 technical report for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study.

Use Cases

• Classifying marine and coastal substrates based on spectral signatures.
• Monitoring changes in coastal environments using remote sensing data.
• Developing algorithms for interpreting satellite imagery of aquatic features.
• Studying natural and anthropogenic impacts on coastal waters.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database managed by Geoscience Australia.
• Associated with a published technical report from a specific study (ACWS Technical Report No.6, July 2007).

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 bias inherent to the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study area.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data, National Spectral Database.

Collection Method

Likely collected via remote sensing instruments for a coastal waters study.

Time Range

Data collection referenced from 2001; report published in 2007.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:00:02.392088; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely focuses on the Bolivar region and Adelaide coastal waters, Australia.