Fetch-based exposure indices for temperate Australia

These data describe quantitative exposure indices generated using cartographic fetch methods on a 0.01 degree grid across temperate Australia (South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania).


Two indices are reported: openness and bathymetry-altered fetch. Openness is a measure of the distance of a site to the nearest coastline in all directions and describes potential exposure to locally generated seas and undefined swell. Bathymetry-altered fetch attempts to account for the attenuation of wave energy as waves move into shallow waters and encounter friction with the seafloor.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2013-01-01T00:00:00
Date (Publication)
2011-03-15T00:00:00

Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Hill, Nicole, Dr (Post Doctoral Researcher)
IMAS - Hobart
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
ORCID ID >

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Barrett, Neville, Dr (Research Fellow)
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
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Collaborator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Pepper, Austen (Visiting scientist)

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Hulls, Justin (Senoir Technical Officer)
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
Purpose
These indices were derived in there recognition that quantitative exposure indices for broad spatial scales in shallow waters (<30m) across temperate Australia were lacking. Quantitative measures were generated to facilitate work being conducted within the CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub.
Credit
Any users of CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material in the format: "Data was sourced from the CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP), administered by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC)." Also credit other authors and organisations involved in collection of this particular datastream (as listed in ‘cited responsible party’ in the metadata record).
Status
Completed

Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Hill, Nicole, Dr (Post Doctoral Researcher)
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
ORCID ID >

Spatial representation type
Grid

Spatial resolution

Spatial resolution
0.01
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Environment

Extent

N
S
E
W


Vertical element

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
2000
Identifier
EPSG::5715
Name
MSL depth
Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular

Resource format

Title
shapefiles
Date
Edition
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Marine Community Profile of ISO19115 v1.4 Geographic Extent Vocabulary
  • AUSTRALIA EXCLUDING EXTERNAL TERRITORIES
  • SOUTH AUSTRALIA
  • VICTORIA
  • TASMANIA
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
Keywords (Discipline)
  • Temperate Reef
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS).
Use limitation
Acknowledgement of CERF and cited responsible parties required as set out in credits

Resource constraints

Linkage
http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/2.5/au/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/

License Text

Other constraints
The citation in a list of references is: citation author name/s (year metadata published), metadata title. Citation author organisation/s. File identifier and Data accessed at (add http link).
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile

OnLine resource
SHAPE-ZIP

DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Bathymetry-altered Fetch Index) in Shapefile format [direct download]

OnLine resource
SHAPE-ZIP

DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (Openness Index) in Shapefile format [direct download]

OnLine resource
imas:CERF_NHill_FEIndex_Bathymetry

MAP - Fetch-based bathymetry index for temperate Australia

OnLine resource
imas:CERF_NHill_FEIndex_Openness

MAP - Fetch-based openness index for temperate Australia

OnLine resource
SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - ReadMe relating to data creation and shapefiles [direct download]

OnLine resource
ASSOCIATED PUBLICATION - Quantifying wave exposure in shallow temperate reef systems: Applicability of fetch models for predicting algal biodiversity (DOI: 10.3354/meps08815)

OnLine resource
View and download this data through the interactive IMAS Data Portal.

Resource lineage

Statement
Fetch-based exposure indices were generated using the Generic Relative Wave Exposure Model (GREMO) implemented within the ArcMap program in ArcGIS 9.3. A The GEODATA Coast 100K 2004 Australian Coastline (Geoscience Australia) and the Australian Bathymetry and Topography Grid (Whiteway 2009) that was supplemented with nearshore data collected by the SEA.MAP Tasmania project were used as input layers. A 0.01 degree grid was generated from the coast to the 30m depth contour and exposure indices were calculated for each grid point. Further details on the creation of this resource can be found in the following references: 1) Pepper, A., 2009. Extension, generalisation, and verification of a GIS-based relative wave exposure model. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. University of Wollongong, Wollongong, p. 197. 2) Hill, N.A., Pepper, A.R., Puotinen, M.L., Hughes, M.G., Edgar, G.J., Barrett, N.S., Stuart-Smith, R.D., Leaper, R., 2010. Quantifying wave exposure in shallow temperate reef systems: Applicability of fetch models for predicting algal biodiversity. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 417, 83-95.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/4326

Metadata

Metadata identifier
bc9916f6-e452-4039-9f17-fecea5376cbb

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - IMAS Data Manager

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/bc9916f6-e452-4039-9f17-fecea5376cbb

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2020-08-14T11:52:24
Date info (Revision)
2020-08-14T11:52:24

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
Conservation and Biodiversity Environmental Impact Assessment Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY OCEAN WAVES ROCKY COASTS WAVE FETCH

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