Shark Bay Satellite-Derived Bathymetry from Sentinel-2, 2017-2020

Satellite-derived bathymetry data for Shark Bay in Western Australia, processed from multispectral Sentinel-2 imagery. The dataset was produced by the University of Western Australia, using acquisitions from January 2017 to December 2020. It provides a geospatial baseline for environmental monitoring and management.

Use Cases

• Monitor long-term changes in shallow water habitats based on the time-series satellite data.
• Model coastal erosion or sediment transport patterns based on the derived bathymetry.
• Support marine spatial planning and management based on the environmental baseline information.
• Calibrate hydrodynamic models using the satellite-derived depth estimates.

Strengths

• Data derived from a multi-year time series (2017-2020) of satellite observations.
• Covers the entire Shark Bay region in Western Australia.
• Processed following a published scientific workflow (Lebrec et al., 2021).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

University of Western Australia, published with permission of Geoscience Australia.

Collection Method

Derived from Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite sensor data using the workflow of Lebrec et al. (2021).

Time Range

January 2017 to December 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:35:39.980534; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shark Bay, Western Australia