Himawari-8 Sea Surface Temperature for Australian Coastal Phenomena, 2015-2017

Australian coastal waters and the East Australian Current region are covered by this satellite-derived sea surface temperature dataset. The data originates from the Himawari-8 satellite, offering high-frequency 10-minute observations at approximately 2-kilometer resolution. It was presented by Geoscience Australia at the 2019 Australian Marine Science Association conference.

Use Cases

• Monitoring upwelling events along the Bonney Coast based on area, temperature, and duration metrics.
• Analyzing seasonal and intra-seasonal variations of the East Australian Current based on its mapped extent.
• Investigating diurnal sea surface temperature variations linked to the Madden-Julian Oscillation phases.
• Correlating diurnal sea surface temperature with surface wind speed and short-wave latent heat flux.

Strengths

• High temporal resolution of 10-minute observations.
• High spatial resolution of approximately 2 kilometers.
• Covers a multi-year time range, including analysis from July 2015 to September 2017.

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/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing from the Himawari-8 geostationary satellite.

Time Range

Analysis spans from July 2015 to September 2017, with focus on summers 2015-16 and 2016-17.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:51:01.669508; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Focus on Australian coastal regions, including the Bonney Coast, East Australian Current, northwest shelf, and eastern Tasmania.