Time-series data from beacon 5 and Yarraville Shoal: 1983-1986

Sea Surface Height Sea Surface Salinity Sea Surface Temperature Surface Currents Ocean surface stress

This record describes data from the first long-term, systematic oceanographic measurements in Spencer Gulf, South Australia. The seasonal variations of temperature and salinity, from both large-scale CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) surveys and time-series observations at a fixed station, reveal the manner in which the gulf responds to seasonal influences. This record describes the time-series information that was obtained from a suite of instruments attached to a permanent beacon in the gulf. Initially the instruments were installed on beacon 5 (-32.7283, 137.818) in 6m of water and operated for ~6 months, from April to late October 1983. They were then immediately re-located to Yarraville Shoal (9m) where they continued their maintenance until mid-1986.

Data and resources

Summary_Spencer_Gulf1.xls

Summary of deployment dates, sampling intervals and parameters recorded

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Beacon5_TimeSeries_CurrentMeterdata.zip

Raw current meter data

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Beacon5_TimeSeries_Meteorologicaldata.zip

Raw meteorological data

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Beacon5_TimeSeries_ThermistorChaindata.zip

Raw thermistor chain data

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Beacon5_TimeSeries_TideGaugedata.zip

Raw tide gauge data

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YarravilleShoal_CurrentMetersdata.zip

Raw Yarraville Shoal current meter data

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aodn:spencer_gulf_oceanographic_data

Spencer Gulf Oceanographic Data

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Additional information

Temporal extent	1983-04-08 – 1986-08-27
Date (publication)	2008-06-23
Status	completed
Update frequency	notPlanned
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
API	package_show