Table · dataset · 2014
Coastal Data System - Waves (Cairns)
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Description
Measured and derived wave parameters from data collected by a wave monitoring buoy anchored at Cairns. For more information please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves. Field names; Hs - Significant wave height, an average of the highest third of the waves in a record (26.6 minute recording period).
Hmax - The maximum wave height in the record. Tz - The zero up-crossing wave period. Tp - The peak energy wave period.
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Peak Direction - Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from. SST - Sea surface temperature as measured by a sensor embedded in the bottom of the buoy hull.
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- Wave data - 2026 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/6028081e… ↗
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- Wave data - 2025 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/db054244… ↗
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- Wave data- 2023 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/04f9862d… ↗
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- Wave data - 2022 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/0892a085… ↗
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- Wave data - 2021 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/b7ef65f9… ↗
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- Wave data - 2020 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/7c7b721a… ↗
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- Wave data - 2019 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/419b778a… ↗
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- Wave data - 2018 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/faff952f… ↗
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- Wave Data - 2017 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/251cbc0f… ↗
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- Wave data - 2016 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/cdd8f59a… ↗
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- Wave data - 2015 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0025/92383/cairns-201501010000-201512312350… ↗
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- Wave data - 2014 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0014/84110/cair-201401010000-201412312350.c… ↗
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- Wave data - 2013 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0023/83354/cair_201301010000-201312312350_c… ↗
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- Wave data - 2012 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0024/83355/cair-201201010000-201212312350-m… ↗
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- Wave data - 1975-2011 data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0026/92384/cair-04051975-31122011.csv ↗
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- Cairns WR Metadata 2018 data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c/resource/6af39165… ↗
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- Queensland Open Data Portal dataset page data.qld.gov.au/dataset/coastal-data-system-waves-cairns ↗
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- Sciences
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- Acoustics and acoustical devices · Social Science
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| Queensland Open Data Portal | a34ae7af-1561-443c-ad58-c19766d8354c | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].ckan_group:data_qld_gov_au:sciences | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | |
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| description | source · data qld gov au | connector:data_qld_gov_au@1.0.0 | /notes |
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