Superseded eReefs Great Barrier Reef Hydrodynamic Model Version 1.85

A 4 km resolution regional-scale hydrodynamic model of the Great Barrier Reef, forced with BlueLink OceanMAPS and ACCESS-R atmospheric data. This version, published for reference in 2016, was later discovered to contain salinity errors due to incorrect rainfall forcing. The dataset is superseded and archived.

Use Cases

• Analyze hydrodynamic model results for the Great Barrier Reef region using the 4 km resolution grid.
• Reference historical model configuration and outputs, including tide constituents and river boundary data, for methodological comparison.
• Study the impact of documented rainfall forcing errors on salinity results within the 2015 timeframe.

Strengths

• Model outputs at a 4 km spatial resolution for the Great Barrier Reef region.
• Forcing incorporates 22 tidal constituents and data from 22 river boundaries.
• Published for reference in a SIEF report from January 2016.

Limitations

• Contains known salinity errors due to incorrect rainfall forcing, particularly for 2015 results.
• Dataset is superseded and archived, indicating it is not the current operational version.
• Specific data volume, row count, and column structure are not provided.

Provenance

Source

CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue

Collection Method

Results from version 1.85 of the 4 km resolution regional-scale hydrodynamic model (GBR4), forced with BlueLink OceanMAPS and ACCESS-R data.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Great Barrier Reef region, Australia