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Rib Reef Automatic Weather Station (Great Barrier Reef)

Created 24/06/2017

Updated 11/08/2023

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This data contains historical weather data from Rib Reef, covering the periods 29-2-1980 to 25-6-1983, and 3-7-1983 to 30-12-1985. Both sets of data were recorded at the same location, the Rib Reef beacon.

The earlier sequence was derived from data recorded on tape at the station, collected and then uploaded back at AIMS. The second sequence used telemetery to send binary data daily to a computer controlled base station. Data was verified by comparing three sets of the same data, received over three days. The base station passed data to the central computing facility at AIMS for processing. Lightning destroyed this system in 1985.

Data recorded: Wind direction (0-360°); Wind speed (km/hr); Air temperature (°C); Barometric pressure (mb); Solar radiation PAR (µE/sec/m²).

Other variables: Time of day (e.g. 21:53:54); Day of year (e.g.118); Year (e.g. 86).

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Title Rib Reef Automatic Weather Station (Great Barrier Reef)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c6614b26-6119-4838-b8cd-e400044480c9
Contact Point
Australian Institute of Marine Science
adc@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 24/06/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    146.87904,
    -18.477736
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Data.gov.au