Hourly water temperature records from 1991 to 2012 underpin this climatology for the Great Barrier Reef. The dataset provides daily summary statistics, including averages, extremes, and quantiles, derived from loggers with 10 or more years of data at 'Slope' and 'Flat' reef locations. Data originates from the Australian Institute of Marine Science temperature logger program and is published via the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Establishing a temperature baseline for the Great Barrier Reef based on over 28 years of data mentioned in the description.
- Calculating thermal anomalies and deviations from climatology as described in the dataset's purpose.
- Analyzing daily temperature variability using provided statistics like standard deviation and quantiles.
- Comparing temperature regimes between 'Slope' and 'Flat' reef geomorphologies referenced in the description.
Strengths
- Includes temperature records dating back to 1991, providing a long-term baseline.
- Derived from loggers with 10 or more years of data, suggesting data consistency.
- Provides multiple daily statistical measures, including quantiles from 0.003 to 0.997.
- Data quality is controlled, using only records with specific QC flags (1 and 2).
Limitations
- Data coverage ends in 2012, limiting analysis of recent temperature trends.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) temperature logger program
- Collection Method
- Hourly averages from 10-minute interval logger data, summarized to daily values per day-of-year.
- Time Range
- 1991 to 2012
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-10 20:22:56.862151; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Great Barrier Reef region, Australia