Sea Surface Temperature Trends in the Coral Sea and Northern Australia

SoE2020: Sea surface temperature data from data_gov_au tracks warming trends in the Coral Sea and around northern Australia. The dataset indicates temperatures are about +1°C warmer on average than 100 years ago, with 2009 through 2018 being the warmest 10-year period on record. It is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term sea surface temperature change based on the described +1°C warming trend.
• Analyzing decadal warming patterns based on the identified warmest period (2009-2018).
• Studying regional climate impacts in the Coral Sea and northern Australia based on the described geographic scope.

Strengths

• Describes a specific warming trend of about +1°C compared to a century ago.
• Identifies a distinct warmest decade on record (2009 through 2018).
• Has a clear institutional source (Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation).

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

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Time Range

Covers at least 100 years up to 2018, based on the description.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 03:42:24.373287; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coral Sea and northern Australia.