Eastern Tasmania Marine Heatwave Atlas
We have used a quantitative definition of marine heatwaves to detect all events which have occurred in 12 regions across the continental shelf off eastern Tasmania over 1993-2015. For each event in each region this atlas includes information on (i) event properties including intensity, duration and depth, (ii) maps of regional ocean circulation and ocean temperature during the event, and (iii) maps of regional atmospheric conditions during the event (air temperature and surface wind). Also provided are summary statistics including the typical conditions which give rise to marine heatwaves in each region and annual time series demonstrating interannual variability and long term trends in marine heatwave properties. Provided is a comprehensive document presenting the atlas and a set of CSV files containing the underlying data.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-12-29
- Citation identifier
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doi:10.4226/77/587e97d9b2bf9
- Title
- Information and documentation - Digital object identifier system
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-01-18T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
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ISO 26324:2012
- Citation identifier
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http://doi.org/10.4226/77/587e97d9b2bf9
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
- Purpose
- To provide an atlas of all marine heatwave events that have occurred on the continental shelf off eastern Tasmania over 1993-2015.
- Credit
- Eric Oliver, Neil Holbrook, Scott Ling, Craig Mundy and Alistair Hobday (2016), Identifying historical marine heatwaves off eastern Tasmania, University of Tasmania Research Enhancement Grant Scheme 2016, grant no. O0023890.
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
- Temporal resolution
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P0Y0M1DT0H0M0S
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1993-01-01 2015-12-31
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 500
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource format
- Title
- CSV
- Date
- Edition
- n/a
- Keywords (Theme)
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- extreme events
- marine heatwaves
- Keywords (Place)
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- TASMANIA
- NASA/GCMD Keywords, Version 8.5
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- EARTH SCIENCE | CLIMATE INDICATORS | ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS
- EARTH SCIENCE | CLIMATE INDICATORS | ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS | SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE INDICES
- EARTH SCIENCE | CLIMATE INDICATORS | ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS | EXTREME WEATHER
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN CIRCULATION
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN CIRCULATION | OCEAN CURRENTS
- EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | OCEAN TEMPERATURE | SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
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- Physical Oceanography
- Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes)
- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
- Ecosystem Function
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Marine heatwave frequency
- Marine heatwave duration
- Marine heatwave maximum intensity
- Marine heatwave cumulative intensity
- Marine heatwave onset rate
- Marine heatwave decline rate
- Marine heatwave depth
- Total marine heatwave days
- Climaatology
- Marine heatwave threshold
- Marine heatwave mean intensity
- AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Oliver, E.C.J., Lago, V., Holbrook, N.J., Ling, S.D., Mundy, C.N. & Hobday, A.J. (2016). Eastern Tasmania Marine Heatwave Atlas. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. doi:10.4226/77/587e97d9b2bf9
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Name
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Marine heatwave frequency
- Name
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Frequency
- Name
- count
- Name
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Marine heatwave duration
- Name
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Duration
- Name
- days
- Name
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Marine heatwave maximum intensity
- Name
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Maximum intensity
- Name
- degrees Celcius
- Name
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Marine heatwave cumulative intensity
- Name
-
Cumulative intensity
- Name
- degrees Celcius x days
- Name
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Marine heatwave onset rate
- Name
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Onset rate
- Name
- degrees Celcius per day
- Name
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Marine heatwave decline rate
- Name
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Decline rate
- Name
- degrees Celcius per day
- Name
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Marine heatwave depth
- Name
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Depth
- Name
- metres
- Name
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Total marine heatwave days
- Name
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Total MHW days
- Name
- days
Identifier
- Name
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temp
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPAA
- Name
- Degrees Celsius
- Name
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Climaatology
- Name
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climatology
- Name
- degrees Celcius
- Name
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Marine heatwave threshold
- Name
-
threshold
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPAA
- Name
- Degrees Celsius
- Name
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Marine heatwave mean intensity
- Name
-
Mean intensity
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPAA
- Name
- Degrees Celsius
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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CSV files (.csv)
- File decompression technique
- Multiple files - zipped (.zip)
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CSV files (.csv)
- OnLine resource
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DATA ACCESS - Eastern Tasmania Marine Heat Wave Atlas [direct download, zipped CSV files]
- OnLine resource
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DOCUMENTATION - Eastern Tasmania Marine Heat Wave Atlas: comprehensive PDF guide to data [direct download, 125MB]
- OnLine resource
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imas:REGS_EOliver_ETAS_marine_heatwaves_atlas_MAP
MAP - MHW Atlas model extent
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Detected marine heatwaves are based on (i) sea surface temperature output from a regional ocean model and (ii) the marine heatwave detection algorithm of Hobday et al. (Prog. Ocean., 2016). Please see "Eastern Tasmania Marine Heatwave Atlas" document, provided as part of the dataset, for details.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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20188863-0af6-4032-98f8-def671cdaa58
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/20188863-0af6-4032-98f8-def671cdaa58
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-08-14T11:46:25
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-08-14T11:46:25
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018