eReefs GBR4 hydrodynamics v2.0

Sea Surface Height Sea Surface Salinity Sea Surface Temperature Ocean surface stress Hard coral cover and composition

Results from version 2.0 of the 4km-resolution regional-scale hydrodynamic model of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR4). This model was forced with BlueLink Ocean Modelling and Prediction System (OceanMAPS) model results on the ocean boundaries and Bureau of Meteorology ACCESS-R model for surface atmospheric data. The tide was introduced through 22 constituents derived from the global CSR tide model, and the river boundaries incorporate measured stream flow and temperature data from QLD DNRM's gauging stations for 22 rivers, and estimated flows and loads for 49 additional rivers. There were no known forcing problems.

This model configuration and associated results dataset may be referred to as "GBR4_H2p0" according to the eReefs simulation naming protocol.

The model ran in near-real-time mode, updating daily, until January 2024 when the 2023/24 monsoon season caused damage to sensors in the catchments, and we lost access to the critical river-flow forcing dataset.

Data and resources

eReefs Models

Web page with information about the eReefs Regional Models and the science behind them

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Environmental Modelling Suite (EMS)

Web page with links and downloads to documentation and manuals for components of the Environmental Modelling Suite (EMS).

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THREDDS Catalog for GBR4_H2p0 results files

THREDDS catalog of individual results files with access via OPeNDAP, WMS, WCS, NetcdfSubset

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THREDDS Catalog entry for GBR4_H2p0 results aggregation

THREDDS timeseries aggregation of the entire dataset with access via OPeNDAP, WMS, WCS, NetcdfSubset

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BlueLink OceanMAPS

Web page with information about the BlueLink OceanMAPS model.

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OGC Web Map Service for GBR4_H2p0 parameter layers

OGC Web Map Service (WMS) endpoint with CF-compliant NetCDF Extensions enabled

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eReefs Data Broker API entry for GBR4_H2p0

eReefs Data Broker REST API with access to metadata as JSON, JSON-LD, RDF, TTL depending on content-type header.

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NCI Data Catalogue

Metadata record for this dataset in the NCI Data Catalogue

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2010-09-01 – 2024-01-17
Status	completed
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Please cite as "CSIRO Coastal Environmental Modelling, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Bureau of Meteorology, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, James Cook University, Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science (2015): GBR4_H2p0, eReefs GBR4 hydrodynamics v2.0 (Collection). NCI Australia."
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
API	package_show