Derwent Estuary Station 2 Temperature and Salinity Profiles (Aug 2012 - Jan 2013)

August 2012 to January 2013 samples of temperature and salinity from CTD profiles measured at Station 2 in the Derwent Estuary. The data is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and is available in multiple formats including NetCDF.

Use Cases

• Modeling estuarine stratification and mixing based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing seasonal variations in water column properties based on the six-month time series.
• Calibrating remote sensing data for coastal water quality based on in-situ CTD measurements.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific six-month period from August 2012 to January 2013.
• Measurements are from a defined location, Station 2 in the Derwent Estuary.
• Data is available in a standard scientific format, NetCDF, suitable for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single station and time period.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Samples measured from CTD profiles.

Time Range

August 2012 - January 2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 18:07:02.054277; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Station 2, Derwent Estuary