Dr Ana Berger¹, Mr Guillaume Galibert¹, Mr Sebastien Mancini¹, Dr Jeff Hansen², Dr Michael  Kinsela³

¹Integrated Marine Observing System – Australian Ocean Data Network – University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ²University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, ³University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Wave dynamics are critical to ocean industries, coastal development and leisure activities. Institutions all over Australia collect wave data and only a subset is currently available on the Integrated Marine Observing System’s Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) Portal as real-time and delayed mode. Increasing the amount of wave data from a wide range of organisations available via AODN will only be possible with a set of agreed data and metadata standards and a streamlined ingestion and publication process.

The AODN is leading an Australian Research Data Commons project which will establish a national data asset of Australian in-situ wave observations and facilitate improved data delivery to national and international stakeholders. The project partners include research institutions, Government departments and agencies, and private industries, which are all members of the Forum for Operational Oceanography Surface Wave Working Group.

To date, we have reviewed existing workflows and developed a new set of data and metadata standards. This will allow scalability and simplicity for future partners to contribute wave spectra information and raw displacement of the surface elevation, in addition to the existing timeseries of integral wave parameters. Ingestion pipelines have also been implemented for delayed mode and real-time datasets produced by current AODN partners and additional partners including the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment, University of Western Australia, Deakin University, University of Melbourne, and the Pilbara Ports Authority.

These datasets are currently being published in the AODN Portal. In addition, a Standard Operating Procedure document for Quality Control routines and information is being prepared to provide advice on future best practices.

Biography:

Ana is a Physical Oceanographer with experience in modelling, programming, data management and analysis. She is a project officer in the data services team at the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) and has been mainly involved in the project to develop a national infrastructure for in-situ wave observations. Apart from that, Ana also helps on managing other data from the Integrated Marine Observing System facilities and AODN.