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

2003 to 2017 warming rates for sea surface temperature across 58 Australian Marine Parks, derived from MODIS (Aqua) satellite imagery. The dataset includes annual and monthly warming rates in degrees Celsius per year and per month. This research was supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts on marine ecosystems based on sea surface temperature trends.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of ocean warming across Australian Marine Parks.
• Validating regional climate models using satellite-derived temperature data.
• Assessing long-term temperature change rates for conservation planning.

Strengths

• Covers a 15-year time range from 2003 to 2017.
• Includes data for 58 distinct Australian Marine Parks.
• Provides both annual ('slope_y') and monthly ('slope_m') 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 the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Park.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2003 to 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:04:40.114615; freshness should be verified.

Geography

58 Australian Marine Parks