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

Australian Marine Parks, excluding Heard Island and McDonald Islands, are covered by this dataset of mean decadal sea surface temperature warming rates. It contains linear SST trends for March 1992 to December 2016, derived from the Sea Surface Temperature Atlas of the Australian Regional Seas (SSTAARS). The research was supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional warming patterns based on decadal sea surface temperature trends
• Model climate change impacts on marine biodiversity within Australian Marine Parks
• Compare warming rates across different marine park zones based on the 'trend_d' field
• Validate satellite-derived sea surface temperature products for the Australian region

Strengths

• Covers 58 Australian Marine Parks over a 25-year period (1992-2016)
• Provides a specific metric ('trend_d') for linear SST warming rates per decade
• Derived from a named authoritative source (SSTAARS)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

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 2026-05-14 04:28:56.684593; freshness should be verified

Geography

58 Australian Marine Parks