ETAS: Eastern Tasmania Ocean Model Hourly Timeseries 1993-2014

Hourly oceanographic timeseries from the high-resolution Eastern Tasmania (ETAS) model. The data provides three-dimensional estimates of temperature, salinity, sea level, and currents at selected locations over a 22-year period from 1993 to 2014. The model output is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyzing coastal current patterns based on hourly eastward (u) and northward (v) velocity data.
• Studying long-term temperature and salinity trends in eastern Tasmanian waters.
• Validating other ocean models or satellite data against the high-resolution (~2 km) model output.
• Investigating sea level variability at specific coastal locations.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year period from 1993 to 2014, enabling long-term trend analysis.
• Provides high-resolution model output with a horizontal resolution of approximately 2 kilometers.
• Includes multiple key oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, sea level, and currents.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is dated 2026-06-16.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Output from the high-resolution ETAS ocean model.

Time Range

1993-2014

Geography

Eastern Tasmania