Sea Water Temperature Logger Data at Hay Point, Great Barrier Reef

From May 1998 to November 2006, temperature loggers deployed around Hay Point collected this sea water temperature data. The Australian Ocean Data Network is listed as the organization responsible for the dataset.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term sea temperature trends based on the 8+ year monitoring period
• Model coral reef health correlations based on temperature logger data
• Validate regional climate models based on in-situ temperature measurements

Strengths

• Data collection spans over eight years, from May 1998 to November 2006.
• Focuses on a specific, ecologically significant location: Hay Point in 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.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is listed as 2026-06-23.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Collected by one or more temperature loggers deployed around Hay Point.

Time Range

From 05 May 1998 to 20 Nov 2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 03:40:15.175791

Geography

Hay Point, Great Barrier Reef