Sea Surface Temperature Warming Rates in Australian Marine Parks, 1992-2016

Geoscience Australia Data provides mean decadal sea surface temperature warming rates for 58 Australian Marine Parks from 1992 to 2016. The dataset is derived from the Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of the Australian Regional Seas (SSTAARS), with warming rates measured in degrees Celsius per decade. This research was supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts on marine biodiversity based on decadal warming rates.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of ocean warming within protected marine park boundaries.
• Correlating sea surface temperature trends with coral bleaching or species distribution shifts.
• Validating regional climate models using observed 25-year temperature trend data.

Strengths

• Covers a 25-year time series (1992-2016) for longitudinal analysis.
• Provides data for 58 distinct Australian Marine Parks, offering spatial granularity.
• Derived from the established SSTAARS (Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of the Australian Regional Seas) source.

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 bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Australian waters.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from the Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of the Australian Regional Seas (SSTAARS).

Time Range

1992 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:31:56.981391; freshness should be verified.

Geography

58 Australian Marine Parks (excluding Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Park)