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Coastal Data System - Historical wave data

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

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Historically measured/calculated wave parameters. Measured and derived wave data from data collected by oceanographic wave measuring buoys anchored at locations on the Queensland coastline. For more information please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves.
Field names are; Hs - Significant wave height, an average of the highest third of the waves in a record (26.6 minute recording period). Hmax - The maximum wave height in the record. Tz - The zero upcrossing wave period. Tp - The peak energy wave period. Dir_Tp TRUE - Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from. SST - Approximation of sea surface temperature.

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Title Coastal Data System - Historical wave data
Language English
Licence cc-by-4
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/97c218c4-f8e3-474d-b838-2d8469cebd0e
Remote Last Updated 03/03/2023
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
coastal.sciences@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 09/10/2014
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[ [96.0,-45.0],[96.0,-9.0], [168.0,-9.0], [168.0,-45.0], [96.0,-45.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System - Historical wave data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-historical-wave-data

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