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Sediment Concentration Measurement in Port Jackson

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region for the city of Sydney. Water turbidity is influenced by the urban and industrial wastes that drain from the watershed and the flushing of the estuary by clear oceanic water. In order to contrast the imaging of objects underwater by light or sound, it is necessary to understand the role played by the scatterers in the water that cause turbidity. Using five reference sites, the grain size, the number of grains per litre and the turbidity have been compared before and after rain. Three Sydney area estuaries have been observed to have similar turbidity increases with increasing distance from the sea.

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Title Sediment Concentration Measurement in Port Jackson
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f276aa62-e5fa-4d39-9f5c-018e5baf1410
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
ian.jones@sydney.edu.au
Reference Period 13/11/2001 - 19/12/2001
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    [
      [
        151.07,
        -33.87
      ],
      [
        151.29,
        -33.87
      ],
      [
        151.29,
        -33.83
      ],
      [
        151.07,
        -33.83
      ],
      [
        151.07,
        -33.87
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Sediment Concentration Measurement in Port Jackson". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/sediment-concentration-measurement-in-port-jackson