Orpheus Island Salinity Measurements From 2009 To 2017

From November 19, 2009, to August 13, 2017, salinity data was collected at Orpheus Island. The data was gathered by the Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network, part of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System's Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project. It is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term salinity trends based on the eight-year time series.
• Model coastal water quality based on sensor network measurements.
• Study the impact of environmental events on reef ecosystems based on salinity data.
• Calibrate remote sensing oceanographic models based on in-situ sensor data.

Strengths

• Data spans over seven years, from November 2009 to August 2017.
• Collected by a dedicated facility (Wireless Sensor Networks Facility) under the national IMOS program.

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 by the Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network.

Time Range

2009-11-19 to 2017-08-13

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:06:31.799749; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia