The Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network collected this data set as part of the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project. It contains light measurements from One Tree Island spanning from 16 March 2010 to 28 September 2020. The data is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Modeling coral reef health based on light availability data.
- Analyzing seasonal and long-term light patterns for ecological studies.
- Calibrating satellite-derived ocean color data with in-situ sensor measurements.
- Studying the impact of environmental changes on reef light environments.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 10-year period from 2010 to 2020.
- Collected by a dedicated facility (Wireless Sensor Networks Facility) under the IMOS project.
- Focuses on a named, ecologically significant location (One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef).
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/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network, Australian Ocean Data Network.
- Collection Method
- Collected by wireless sensor networks.
- Time Range
- 16 March 2010 to 28 September 2020.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-17 01:39:32.545077; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef.