This report by Dr J D Vlok and Dr J J Marohasy is an overview of historical temperature measurement around the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), including:
- sea surface temperature (SST) data recorded by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), and
- surface air temperature (SAT) data recorded by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
Special attention is given to SST measurements taken around Lizard Island, of the coast of North-Eastern Queensland. Long SAT records from weather stations near the GBR are also considered, including Willis Island and Gayndah. The Argo float system is also considered briefly at the end of this report.
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This research was published by the Institute of Public Affairs. To learn more about its climate change work and see what’s inside its latest book, Climate Change: The Facts 2020, see here. To join the IPA and receive a complimentary copy of Climate Change: The Facts 2020, click here or the image below.
To view Dr Marohasy’s series of documentary videos on the Great Barrier Reef, go here.
