BIO-MATE: Aggregated Subsurface Ocean Biological and Physical Data

Australian Ocean Data Network hosts the BIOMATE data compilation, a reformatted aggregation of historical biological and physical ocean data from ship-based voyages. The dataset, version 1.0, was last updated on 2026-06-08 and is intended to support reproducible research. It combines data from underway sensors, profiling sensors, and pigment analysis into an interoperable product.

Use Cases

• Documenting long-term ocean change based on aggregated historical biological data.
• Validating satellite algorithms for ocean biology based on in-situ sensor and pigment data.
• Assessing the performance of autonomous platforms and biogeochemical models based on subsurface bio-physical relationships.

Strengths

• Data is aggregated from multiple openly sourced published datasets, increasing scope.
• Specifically combines subsurface biological and physical data, addressing a stated gap in existing products.
• Stored in an interoperable and reproducible format for easier access and use.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is from the future (2026-06-08).

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Reformatted from openly sourced published datasets from oceanographic voyages using R software.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-08 21:24:29.262945