This glossary includes a variety of terms associated with tides and sea level and is based on material sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology (http://www.bom.gov.au) and Australian Hydrographic Office.

Definitions for temperature

Definitions of solar radiation terms

ReefTemp Next Generation Glossary

Definitions for rainfall

SRS name is the Spatial Reference System (EPSG code) used to locate the geographic entity.

Site status provides a description of whether an environmental monitoring site within the National Environmental Monitoring Sites Register is active, in-active, decommissioned etc.

Sampling regime is the frequency of site observations. The initial list of sampling regimes is based on a subset of NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Temporal Data Resolution keywords (http://gcmd.nasa.gov/learn/keyword_list.html).

Observed property is the  environmental phenomenon (property) being measured at a site, for example, streamflow, soil moisture, or air pressure. The vocabulary of  observed properties is based on a subset of NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science and Services keywords (http://gcmd.nasa.gov/learn/keyword_list.html).

Observation method is a high-level classification of the method used to make environmental observations. The initial list of methods is based on a subset of NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platforms keyword list (http://gcmd.nasa.gov/learn/keyword_list.html).