Sea Surface Temperature Warming Rates for 58 Australian Marine Parks (1992-2016)

58 Australian Marine Parks have their mean decadal sea surface temperature warming rates measured over a 25-year period from 1992 to 2016. The data is derived from the Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of the Australian Regional Seas (SSTAARS) and supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub. The primary field 'trend_d' represents the linear SST trend in degrees Celsius per decade.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts on marine biodiversity based on 25 years of temperature trends.
• Assessing the effectiveness of marine park boundaries for climate resilience based on spatial warming patterns.
• Correlating sea surface temperature changes with coral bleaching or species distribution shifts within Australian waters.

Strengths

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

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data, supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

1992 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:56:47.363320; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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