Sea Water Temperature Logger Data at Agincourt Reef, 1996-2011

From 30 March 1996 to 21 July 2011, temperature loggers collected sea water data at Agincourt Reef Number 3 on the Great Barrier Reef. The dataset was aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term temperature trends and anomalies based on the 15-year monitoring period mentioned in the description.
• Modeling thermal stress on coral reefs based on the site-specific logger data.
• Calibrating or validating satellite-derived sea surface temperature products based on in-situ logger measurements.
• Studying seasonal and interannual variability in reef environments based on the continuous time-series data.

Strengths

• Provides a 15-year continuous time series from 1996 to 2011.
• Site-specific data from a named location (Agincourt Reef Number 3) on the Great Barrier Reef.
• Data originates from a recognized network (Australian Ocean Data Network).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Collected by one or more deployed temperature loggers.

Time Range

30 March 1996 to 21 July 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 13:26:08.566341; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Agincourt Reef Number 3, Great Barrier Reef