IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - Ocean Colour Sub-Facility - Lucinda Jetty Coastal Observ

The Lucinda Jetty Coastal Observatory (LJCO) is located in the coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area in Queensland, Australia. It acquires continuous above and in-water optical measurements to support satellite ocean colour validation and algorithm development. Data collection is processed in delayed-mode with automatic quality control and made available through the AODN portal.

Use Cases

• Validate satellite-derived ocean colour products based on continuous above-water radiometry measurements.
• Develop algorithms for retrieving aerosol optical properties based on atmospheric observations from the CIMEL SeaPRISM radiometer.
• Analyze in-water optical properties such as chlorophyll fluorescence and CDOM based on measurements from WETLabs instruments.
• Study coastal biogeochemical processes based on combined atmospheric, in-water, and meteorological data streams.

Strengths

• The site is integrated into NASA's AERONET-OC global network, one of few globally combining atmospheric and in-water optical measurements.
• Instruments listed include multi-spectral and hyper-spectral radiometers, providing detailed optical data.
• Data collection includes meteorological and sea state measurements such as wind speed, wave height, and water temperature.

Limitations

• Data collection was interrupted in 2011 with tropical cyclone Yasi, which may create a gap in the time series.
• 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

Continuous measurements from mounted instruments at the Lucinda Jetty Coastal Observatory, processed in delayed-mode with automatic quality control.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 01:38:27.321503; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lucinda Jetty (18.52 S, 146.39 E) in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia.