Sea Surface Temperature Warming Rates in 58 Australian Marine Parks, 1992-2016

Decadal warming rates for sea surface temperature across 58 Australian Marine Parks, derived from the Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of the Australian Regional Seas (SSTAARS). The dataset covers a 25-year period from March 1992 to December 2016, with trends 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 regional variations in ocean warming trends across Australian Marine Parks.
• Validating or calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature models using the SSTAARS source.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 25-year time range (1992-2016).
• Provides data for 58 distinct Australian Marine Parks.
• Derived from a named authoritative source, the SSTAARS atlas.
• Includes a defined metric (trend_d) for linear SST trend in °C/decade.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-05-04.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, derived from the Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of the Australian Regional Seas (SSTAARS).

Collection Method

Likely derived from satellite and/or in-situ observations processed through the SSTAARS methodology.

Time Range

March 1992 to December 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:13:22.439975; freshness should be verified

Geography

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