Rib Reef Weather Station Data from 1980 to 1985

Weather sensor data collected from the Rib Reef site by the Australian Institute of Marine Science. The dataset covers a period from 29 February 1980 to 03 December 1985. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical weather trends based on sensor data from a reef environment.
• Model local marine climate conditions based on multi-year time-series data.
• Validate satellite or model-derived weather data against in-situ sensor readings from the description.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific five-year period from 1980 to 1985.
• Collected by a known scientific organization, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-06-16.

Provenance

Source

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Weather Station.

Collection Method

Collected by weather sensors deployed on the Rib Reef site.

Time Range

29 Feb 1980 to 03 Dec 1985

Geography

Rib Reef, likely part of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.