Aquatic Substrate Library for Lihou Reef from 2008

A.G. Dekker et al. (2009) produced this spectral library for habitat mapping in tropical Commonwealth marine protected areas. The data is part of the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library hosted by Geoscience Australia. It was collected as part of a remote sensing project for the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

Use Cases

• Develop habitat classification models based on spectral signatures.
• Map changes in marine substrate composition over time.
• Calibrate and validate satellite-derived water quality or benthic cover products.
• Study the spectral properties of different aquatic substrates for remote sensing algorithm development.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library.
• Produced by a cited CSIRO research team for a government department report.
• Focuses on a specific geographic location (Lihou Reef) and year (2008).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-05-14.

Provenance

Source

CSIRO, National research Flagships, Wealth from Oceans

Collection Method

Remote sensing for habitat mapping, likely involving field and/or airborne spectral measurements.

Time Range

2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:07:51.748557

Geography

Lihou Reef, tropical Commonwealth marine protected areas, Australia