Sea Surface Temperature Warming Rates in 58 Australian Marine Parks, 2003-2017

58 Australian Marine Parks have their sea surface temperature warming rates measured over 15 years. The dataset provides annual and monthly warming rates derived from MODIS satellite imagery. This research is supported by the National Environmental Science Program Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts on marine ecosystems based on SST warming rates.
• Comparing warming trends across different Australian Marine Parks.
• Validating satellite-derived ocean temperature data for a 15-year period.

Strengths

• Covers 58 distinct Australian Marine Parks.
• Provides a 15-year time series from 2003 to 2017.
• Includes both annual and monthly warming rate metrics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Excludes data for the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Park.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from monthly MODIS (Aqua) sea surface temperature images.

Time Range

2003 to 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:58:40.478792; freshness should be verified.

Geography

58 Australian Marine Parks