Metadata details
Environmental_data_Southern_Ocean
An earlier version of this dataset was referenced by a different DOI 10.4225/15/5949ba54ca33c
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- Citation
- Fabri-Ruiz, S., Danis, B., David, B., Saucede, T. (2017) Environmental data of the Southern Ocean, 1955-2012, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/5a30800470009, Accessed: 2026-05-25
- Title
- Environmental data of the Southern Ocean, 1955-2012
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- 10.4225/15/5a30800470009
- Created Date
- 2017-05-18
- Revision Date
- 2017-12-13
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2017-12-13
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Environmental descriptors that are available for the study area (-180 degrees W/+180 degrees E; -45 degrees/-78 degrees S) and for the following periods: 1955-1964, 1965-1974, 1975-1984, 1985-1994, 1995-2012. They were compiled from different sources and transformed to the same grid resolution of 0.1 degree pixel. We also provide future projections for environmental descriptors established based on the Bio-Orable database (Tyberghein et al. 2012). They come from IPCC scenarii (B1, AIB, A2) for years 2100 and 2200 (IPCC, 4th report).
Purpose
This dataset can be used for biogeographic and macroecology studies at the Southern Ocean scale and constitutes a useful tool for species distribution modelling. These environmental parameters are relevant for echinoid ecology.
Quality
Cell resolution was set up at 0.1 degree with R 3.3.0 software. These data needed to be corrected for precise depth accuracy. It was performed using ArcGIS and following the protocol proposed by Guillaumot et al. 2016.
A seafloor temperature layer was generated based on available modelled temperatures for multiple depth layers of the water column. Due to missing data, some values were interpolated using the nearest neighbour method with Arctoolbox.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1955-01-01 - Stop date: 2012-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE
Additional Keywords
- Environmental descriptors
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- None
Instruments
- None
Researchers
- fabri-ruiz, salome (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- danis, bruno (INVESTIGATOR)
- david, bruno (INVESTIGATOR)
- saucede, thomas (INVESTIGATOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Environmental_data_Southern_Ocean when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- OCEANS
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD/AU
- AMD
- CEOS
Metadata Revision History
2017-05-18 - record created by Salome Fabri-Ruiz. 2017-12-13 - record updated by Dave Connell and a new DOI created after updated data were provided by Salome.
