Sprightly Voyage SP 01/84: Coastal CTD Data for the Australian Coastal Experiment

January 1984 Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) data collected during the Sprightly cruise SP 01/84 for the Australian Coastal Experiment (ACE) Project. The processed dataset is archived by the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre and covers 14 stations in NSW coastal waters between 20 meters and 15 kilometers offshore. Additional details are contained in the voyage's cruise report.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal water column properties based on Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profiles
• Analyzing spatial hydrological gradients based on data from 14 stations spanning from 20m to 15km offshore
• Studying seasonal oceanographic conditions in January 1984 for the Australian Coastal Experiment (ACE) Project

Strengths

• Data is processed and archived by the authoritative CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre
• Covers a defined spatial transect with 14 stations at specific distances from shore
• Temporal coverage is precisely defined as January 1984 for the ACE Project

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single cruise in 1984

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au, originally from CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre

Collection Method

Collected via ship-based CTD casts during the Sprightly cruise SP 01/84

Time Range

January 1984

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 13:07:02.474340; freshness should be verified

Geography

NSW coastal waters off Cape Howe, Stanwell Park, Jervis Bay (Beecroft Head), Cronulla, and Newcastle