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Coastal Data System - Waves (Skardon River Outer)

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

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Measured and derived wave parameters from data collected by a wave monitoring buoy anchored at Skardon River Outer. 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. Peak Direction - Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from. SST - Sea Surface Temperature as measured by a sensor embedded in the hull of the buoy.

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Title Coastal Data System - Waves (Skardon River Outer)
Language English
Licence cc-by-nd-4
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/9894789a-6a58-4f7e-a4a1-108345add315
Remote Last Updated 16/04/2025
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
opendata@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 04/11/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Coastal Data System - Waves (Skardon River Outer)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-waves-skardon-river-outer