Bonney Coast Upwelling Daily Sea Surface Temperature Composites from Himawari-8, 2016-2017

Daily sea surface temperature composites derived from hourly Himawari-8 satellite images for the Bonney Coast region from November 2016 to March 2017. The data was generated by the Australian Ocean Data Network to map upwelling signatures using a topographical position index method. This study was presented at the 2017 Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the daily spatial and temporal development of the Bonney Coast Upwelling based on mapped sea surface temperature signatures.
• Investigating connectivity between the Bonney Coast Upwelling and other local upwelling features off Kangaroo Island and the Eyre Peninsula.
• Studying seasonal wind-driven oceanographic features and their ecological impact on fisheries and endangered species.
• Validating oceanographic models with high-temporal-resolution satellite data to overcome cloud contamination limitations.

Strengths

• Uses Himawari-8 geostationary satellite data, which provides high temporal resolution (hourly images) to mitigate cloud contamination.
• Covers a specific and ecologically significant five-month period from November 2016 to March 2017.
• Applies a specific methodological approach (topographical position index) to isolate upwelling signatures from daily images.

Limitations

• Data is limited to a single upwelling season; temporal coverage is not extensive.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is presented in PDF format, which may not be readily machine-readable for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from hourly Himawari-8 satellite imagery, processed into daily sea surface temperature composites.

Time Range

November 2016 to March 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 01:49:51.367716; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bonney Coast region, Australia, with potential connectivity to Kangaroo Island and the Eyre Peninsula.