Upwelling Frequency Data of the South-eastern Coast of Australia

Created 23/01/2026

Updated 23/01/2026

This GIS data layer shows the frequency of coastal upwelling along the south-eastern coast of Australia. The higher data values indicate areas of persistent and semi-persistent upwelling; while, the medium data values indicate areas of seasonal upwelling. The data was generated using 14 years of monthly MODIS SST data. Please refer to this publication: "Huang, Z., & Wang, X.H. (2019). Mapping the spatial and temporal variability of the upwelling systems of the Australian south-eastern coast using 14-year of MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 227, 90-109" (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.002) for details of the MODIS data and the upwelling mapping method.

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Title Upwelling Frequency Data of the South-eastern Coast of Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/11105e41-bfde-425d-a106-b141f22a952c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 19/06/2020
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        132.5,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -28.0
      ],
      [
        132.5,
        -28.0
      ],
      [
        132.5,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Upwelling Frequency Data of the South-eastern Coast of Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/upwelling-frequency-data-of-the-south-eastern-coast-of-australia5