From 24 May 2015 to 16 July 2017, wind data was collected in the Beagle Gulf by the Australian National Moorings Network (ANMN). The ANMN is a facility of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project, and this specific dataset was collected by its National Reference Systems (NRS) sub-facility. The data is managed and distributed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Modeling local wind-driven ocean currents based on the time-series wind observations.
- Analyzing seasonal wind variability in the Beagle Gulf region based on the multi-year coverage.
- Validating regional climate or weather models using in-situ wind data from the mooring network.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific multi-year period from May 2015 to July 2017.
- Collected by the established Australian National Moorings Network (ANMN) facility.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian National Moorings Network (ANMN), National Reference Systems (NRS) sub-facility.
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via moored oceanographic instruments.
- Time Range
- 24 May 2015 to 16 July 2017
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 08:40:38.865793; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Beagle Gulf, Australia