Table · dataset · 2013
Coastal Data System - Waves (Townsville)
Listed in Queensland Open Data Portal
Description
Measured and derived wave parameters from data collected by a wave monitoring buoy anchored at Townsville. For more information please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves. Field names; 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.
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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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Get the data
- Wave data - 2025 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/88eed1d6… ↗
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- Wave data - 2024 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/24f7dd85… ↗
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- Wave data - 2023 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/a4e0fd49… ↗
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- Wave data - 2022 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/5d644ea1… ↗
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- Wave data - 2021 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/8c83714a… ↗
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- Wave data - 2020 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/89813417… ↗
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- Wave data - 2019 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/ba8c6188… ↗
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- Wave data - 2018 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/403b252a… ↗
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- Wave Data - 2017 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/08e76370… ↗
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- Wave data - 2016 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/367da2bb… ↗
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- Wave data - 2015 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0023/92381/townsville-201501010000-20151231… ↗
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- Wave data - 2014 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0017/84113/town-201401010000-201412312350.c… ↗
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- Wave data - 2013 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0029/83837/town_201301010000-201312312350_c… ↗
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- Wave data - 2012 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0030/83838/town-201201010000-201212312350-c… ↗
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- Wave data - 1975-2011 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0024/92382/town-20111975-31122011.csv ↗
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- Townsville WR Metadata 2018 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/d53aeb4e… ↗
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- Townsville WR Metadata 2017 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/1fd51904… ↗
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- Wave data - 2023 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2/resource/a4e0fd49… ↗
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Where it is published
- Queensland Open Data Portal dataset page data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-waves-townsville ↗
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Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.qld.gov.au/api/3/action/package_show?id=b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e… ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Environment · Sciences
- From keywords
- Acoustics and acoustical devices · Earth & Environmental Science · Social Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| Queensland Open Data Portal | b00164a7-094e-4cf9-b0d4-176a7f24e9d2 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| access_level | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:510301 | mapping · data qld gov au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Waves'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ckan_group:data_qld_gov_au:environment | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ckan_group:data_qld_gov_au:sciences | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | /license_id |
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| updated_date | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 |