Derwent Estuary Temperature and Salinity Profiles from Station 1 (Aug 2012 - Jan 2013)

Derwent Estuary in Australia contains samples of temperature and salinity measured via CTD profile at Station 1. Data was collected by the Australian Ocean Data Network between August 2012 and January 2013. The dataset is available in formats including NetCDF, HTML, and PNG.

Use Cases

• Modeling estuarine circulation patterns based on vertical temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing seasonal changes in water column stratification based on the six-month time series.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface salinity measurements with in-situ CTD data.
• Assessing the impact of freshwater inflows on estuarine salinity gradients.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific six-month period from August 2012 to January 2013.
• Measurements are from a fixed monitoring station (Station 1) in the Derwent Estuary.
• Data is available in the structured NetCDF format, suitable for scientific analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Samples measured from a CTD profile.

Time Range

August 2012 - January 2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 00:39:35.032280; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Derwent Estuary, Station 1