The Australian Ocean Data Network provides a dataset of mean hydrographic fields from 26 glider missions conducted between 2008 and 2015. It contains over 33,600 CTD casts from the surface to near the seabed, spanning the continental shelf adjacent to the East Australian Current from 29.5°S to 33.5°S. The data includes gridded mean fields for temperature, salinity, density, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll-a fluorescence.
Use Cases
- Analyzing temperature and salinity variability on the continental shelf based on the gridded mean fields.
- Studying phytoplankton biomass distribution based on chlorophyll-a fluorescence data.
- Investigating the properties of shelf waters adjacent to the East Australian Current based on the described spatial coverage.
- Modeling density-driven ocean circulation based on the provided temperature, salinity, and density fields.
Strengths
- Contains over 33,600 CTD casts, providing a substantial observational base.
- Covers a 7-year time period from 2008 to 2015.
- Includes multiple physical and biogeochemical variables: temperature, salinity, density, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll-a fluorescence.
- Data is spatially gridded onto a defined latitude-longitude-isobath grid for analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific glider deployment missions.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Data collected from 26 repeat underwater glider deployments.
- Time Range
- 2008 to 2015
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-16 03:38:57.482025; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Continental shelf of southeastern Australia, from 29.5°S to 33.5°S, along the inshore edge of the East Australian Current.