Extreme Weather Events and Marine Predators Data for Tasmania

Processed weather variables and extreme weather indices compiled from Bureau of Meteorology, BARRA2 reanalysis, and CAWCR wave hindcast data. This dataset provides a foundation for analyzing environmental drivers of reproductive variability for three Tasmanian marine predator species: Australian fur seals, short-tailed shearwaters, and shy albatross. The resource enables replication of workflows from an associated publication linking environmental extremes to breeding outcomes.

Use Cases

• Analyze heatwave impacts on breeding success based on derived wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) and apparent temperature (AT) indices.
• Model rainfall extremes' influence on reproductive output based on percentile-based rainfall indices.
• Correlate wave energy and wind conditions with predator breeding seasons based on synoptic observations and hindcast data.
• Replicate statistical analyses linking environmental extremes to breeding outcomes based on the provided weather datasets and code.

Strengths

• Weather data compiled from authoritative sources: Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), BARRA2 atmospheric reanalysis, and CAWCR wave hindcast model.
• Extreme weather indices calculated following BOM definitions using ≥30-year climatological baselines.
• Indices produced in both binary (occurrence) and continuous (magnitude) forms to characterize heatwaves, rainfall extremes, and other events.

Limitations

• The biological data (reproductive output) for the three predator species are not included.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, with weather data from Bureau of Meteorology, BARRA2, and CAWCR.

Collection Method

Daily summaries and synoptic observations were used to derive meteorological variables.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 00:54:32.607552; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tasmania