Map: Annual Mean Wave Height (in the Australian Region)

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

Map showing the annual mean wave height period using satellite derived wave height data generated from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Wave Model (WAM). This map has been produced by CSIRO for the National Oceans Office, as part of an ongoing commitment to natural resource planning and management through the 'National Marine Bioregionalisation' project. Variations in onscreen colour representation or printed reproduction may affect perception of the contained data.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Map: Annual Mean Wave Height (in the Australian Region)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3b3ba5b3-6e5a-411d-b19f-ab82ae7f1323
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Donna.Hayes@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/03/1997 - 01/02/1999
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        90.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -3.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -3.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -63.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Map: Annual Mean Wave Height (in the Australian Region)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/map-annual-mean-wave-height-in-the-australian-region1