Category: AODN
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Making kelp observations more accessible for marine assessment
Kelp forests are important marine ecosystems along Australia’s temperate and subtropical coastlines. A new assessment-ready dataset is making observations of kelp species from marine imagery easier to access, analyse and use across research and marine management. As part of the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub Project 5.9, IMOS has developed a…
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New assessment-ready dugong dataset supports marine conservation and management
Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are an iconic marine species, and long-term monitoring plays an important role in understanding population trends and supporting marine conservation and management. As part of the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub Project 5.9, IMOS AODN data engineers have developed a new assessment-ready dugong dataset, bringing together observations collected…
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Bringing decades of seabird observations together in one assessment-ready dataset
Seabirds are among the most wide-ranging animals on the planet, travelling vast distances across oceans and connecting marine ecosystems across regions and hemispheres. Understanding where seabirds occur, how their distributions change over time, and how they respond to environmental pressures is critical for marine conservation and ecosystem management. As part of the National Environmental Science…
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Making marine environmental data more assessment-ready
Australia’s marine research system generates vast volumes of high-quality data, held across national institutions and programs. However, these datasets are not always readily usable for applications such as State of the Environment reporting, environmental approvals or economic accounting. This creates inefficiencies and limits timely, informed decision-making. A project developed as part of the IMOS Data…
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IMOS AODN launches Australia’s first WIS 2.0 node for real-time wave data exchange
The IMOS Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) has successfully deployed Australia’s first World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Information System version 2.0 (WIS 2.0) node, marking a major step in connecting Australia’s marine observing systems to the WMO’s global data exchange framework. WIS 2.0 is the next-generation system for sharing real-time environmental data across ocean, climate, and…
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Building a national seagrass mega-dataset
IMOS is producing a comprehensive national seagrass mega-dataset, which will soon be available through the new Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) Portal. Developed as part of the IMOS Data Uplift program and supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP MaC Project 5.9), the dataset aggregates more than 65 individual collections into a unified, cloud-optimised…