Sea Water Temperature at Agincourt Reef 3 from 1996 to 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 data set was aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network and published on the data.gov.au platform. The specific data format and granularity are not detailed in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term sea temperature trends based on the 15-year monitoring period mentioned in the description
• Model coral bleaching risk based on temperature data collected at a specific reef site
• Validate satellite-derived sea surface temperature products based on in-situ logger data
• Study seasonal and inter-annual temperature variability in a coral reef ecosystem

Strengths

• Covers a 15-year time series from 1996 to 2011, providing a long-term perspective.
• Data is sourced from a specific, named location (Agincourt Reef Number 3) on the Great Barrier Reef.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is 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 Mar 1996 to 21 Jul 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:09:31.185051; freshness should be verified

Geography

Agincourt Reef Number 3, Great Barrier Reef