SoE2015: Sea Surface Temperature Trends for Northern Australia

Northern Australia sea surface temperatures have warmed by almost 1°C on average over the past century. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation and was last updated in May 2026. It is available in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling climate change impacts based on the described century-long warming trend.
• Analyzing regional ocean warming patterns based on the focus on northern Australia.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature measurements using long-term in-situ data.

Strengths

• Describes a specific, quantified warming trend of almost 1°C over 100 years.
• Sourced from a government environmental department (Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation).
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

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 update timestamp is in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

[email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Time Range

Covers a period of approximately 100 years.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 14:19:16.793719

Geography

Northern Australia