Coastal Temperature Network Data 1892 to 2018 contains monthly average seawater temperature readings from various sources around the UK coast. The data collection program was discontinued in 2018. The dataset is provided by the Marine Environmental Data & Information Network.
Use Cases
- Analyze long-term sea temperature trends based on monthly average readings from 1892 to 2018.
- Model coastal climate change impacts based on over a century of temperature data.
- Correlate UK coastal temperature variations with broader oceanic and atmospheric patterns.
- Assess historical baselines for marine ecosystem health based on temperature records.
Strengths
- Covers a 126-year period from 1892 to 2018, providing a long historical baseline.
- Includes data from multiple sources around the UK coast, suggesting spatial coverage.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data collection was discontinued in 2018, limiting recency.
Provenance
- Source
- Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
- Collection Method
- Monthly average readings compiled from a variety of sources.
- Time Range
- 1892 to 2018
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-11 08:10:59.288268; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- UK coast