GA350: AUV Seafloor Imagery and Environmental Data from Gippsland Basin

AUV-Gavia survey data collected from the Gippsland Basin between 27 March and 3 April 2015. The dataset includes still images, Go-Pro videos, and environmental sensor readings from nine sites, intended to establish a baseline for assessing seismic survey impacts on scallops. Data is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network as part of the Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring project.

Use Cases

• Assessing seafloor habitat changes based on before-and-after still imagery and video.
• Analyzing environmental conditions during the survey based on optical backscatter and ADCP data.
• Creating bathymetric maps of the survey area based on interferometric bathymetry data.
• Correlating visual observations with sensor readings to study scallop behavior and distribution.

Strengths

• Contains multiple complementary data types including geotiffs, videos, and several environmental sensor datasets.
• Data was collected at nine specific sites, providing targeted spatial coverage.
• Includes associated shapefiles and location maps for geospatial context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Collected via the AUV-Gavia, operated by the Australian Maritime College, equipped with a camera, Go-Pros, and environmental sensors.

Time Range

27 March to 3 April 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 07:29:31.990594; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin