Heron Island Rainfall Data from December 2008

Rainfall data collected on December 2, 2008, by the Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network. The data is part of the Wireless Sensor Networks Facility within the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project, managed by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze short-term rainfall events based on sensor data from Heron Island.
• Calibrate marine weather models based on point-in-time observations from the Great Barrier Reef.
• Study the relationship between rainfall and reef health based on data from an integrated ocean observing system.

Strengths

• Data originates from the established Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project.
• Managed by the national-scale Australian Integrated Marine Observing System.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network, part of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System.

Collection Method

Collected by a wireless sensor network.

Time Range

December 2, 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 02:23:14.818693; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.