Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for South West Australia, 2008

Geoscience Australia hosts the Aquatic Substrate Library for South West Australia 2008 in the National Spectral Database. The data was collected for a remote sensing study of previously unmapped marine habitats on the south coast of Western Australia. The source report was published in 2009.

Use Cases

• Classifying marine benthic substrates based on spectral signatures described in the source report.
• Developing remote sensing algorithms for habitat mapping in coastal waters.
• Validating satellite-derived water quality or habitat maps using in-situ spectral data.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database managed by Geoscience Australia.
• Associated with a published scientific report with a DOI (10.3390/rs12142247).

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

Remote sensing data collection for marine habitat mapping, as described in the cited report.

Time Range

2008

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 12:40:43.596839; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South coast of Western Australia