Australian Earth Observation Operational Requirements to 2015

Operational requirements for Earth observation data in Australia up to 2015, focusing on lands, coasts, and oceans. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on April 16, 2026. It likely contains specifications for satellite-based monitoring systems used by government agencies and research institutions.

Use Cases

• Planning satellite monitoring programs based on operational requirements for lands, coasts, and oceans.
• Assessing environmental change for international reporting agreements based on Earth observation data.
• Monitoring natural disasters in a large, sparsely populated country based on satellite-derived surface properties.
• Managing coastal resources based on Earth observation data requirements for long coastline monitoring.

Strengths

• Focuses on operational requirements for lands, coasts, and oceans, providing a specific policy context.
• Targets a temporal coverage up to 2015, offering a historical benchmark.
• Last updated on April 16, 2026, indicating recent metadata maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Up to 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 10:04:30.436904; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia