SEA-MES Voyage 1: Benthic Habitat Imagery from RV Investigator, June-July 2023

June 28 to July 30, 2023 imagery collected by the Marine National Facility's RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V05. The dataset includes video and stereo stills of benthic habitats, along with navigational data, gathered using a Deep Towed camera in the southeast marine ecosystem. Data is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in benthic habitats over time based on the 25-year change study mentioned in the description
• Train object detection models for marine species based on the video and stereo still imagery
• Correlate habitat imagery with oceanographic conditions based on the collected oceanographic data
• Map seafloor composition and structure based on the oblique forward view imagery

Strengths

• Data collected during a dedicated 33-day research voyage with a defined scientific mission
• Includes multiple data modalities: video, stereo stills, and navigational data
• Imagery captured using a specialized Deep Towed camera system

Limitations

• 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

Collection Method

Collected via the Marine National Facility's Deep Towed camera (DTC) on RV Investigator voyage IN2023_V05

Time Range

June 28, 2023 to July 30, 2023 (AEST)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06 27 19:37:21.756719; freshness should be verified

Geography

Southeast marine ecosystem, departing from and returning to Hobart