Australian coastal ocean waters are monitored by the National Mooring Network Facility. The collection includes surface and sub-surface observations transmitted in near real-time, measuring water temperature, salinity, pressure, and dissolved oxygen. Initial data are from the Maria Island National Reference Station, which has provided the longest high-quality ocean time series in the Southern Hemisphere.
Use Cases
- Monitoring oceanographic phenomena based on the description of national reference stations.
- Analyzing long-term water quality trends based on the Maria Island time series dating to 1944.
- Studying near real-time changes in coastal conditions based on transmitted observations of temperature and salinity.
- Comparing historical and modern instrumentation data based on the mention of WQM and SBE16V2+ sensors.
Strengths
- Includes the longest high-quality ocean time series in the Southern Hemisphere from Maria Island.
- Automated quality control routines are applied to the near real-time data.
- Measures multiple properties: water temperature, salinity, pressure, and dissolved oxygen.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Observations from moored instruments at national reference stations and regional moorings.
- Time Range
- Biogeochemical samples collected since 1944; high-frequency moored instrument data since 2008.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-17 01:08:54.652349; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australian coastal ocean waters, including stations like Maria Island, North Stradbroke Island, Darwin, and Yongala.