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title: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) open data
resource: https://publicdata.au/cth/commonwealth-scientific-and-industrial-research-organisation-csiro/
jurisdiction: Australian Government
catalogue_read: 2026-09-28
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# Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) open data

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) lists 22 datasets on data.gov.au. 2 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.

## On the portals

- [Australian Climate Observations Reference Network - Surface Air Temperature Dataset](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/acorn-sat) (API, HTML, JSON, META +4; other-at; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Available Water Capacity for Australian Areas of Intensive Agriculture of Layer 1 (A-Horizon – Top-Soil)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/available-water-capacity-for-australian-areas-of-intensive-agriculture-of-layer-1-a-horizon-top-soil) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Data source for polygonal data used by the ASRIS project in generation of modelled surfaces](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/data-source-for-polygonal-data-used-by-the-asris-project-in-generation-of-modelled-surfaces) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Distance to Ridges](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/distance-to-ridges) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ecocean-whale-shark-photo-identification-library) (HTML; Other; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Factor Most Limiting Yield (acidity/sodicity/salinity)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-factor-most-limiting-yield-aciditysodicitysalinity) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Gross Benefit of the Limiting Factor ($/ha/yr)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-gross-benefit-of-the-limiting-factor-hayr) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Gross Benefit Salinity ($/ha/yr)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-gross-benefit-salinity-hayr) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Gross Benefit Sodicity ($/ha/yr)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-gross-benefit-sodicity-hayr) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Impact Cost of Salinity 2000 – 2020 ($/ha/yr)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-impact-cost-of-salinity-2000-2020-hayr) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Limiting Factor or Relative Yield (min of ry_salt2000, ry_acid, ry_sodicity and ry_min)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-limiting-factor-or-relative-yield-min-of-ry_salt2000-) (CSV; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Relative Yield From Acidity (%)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-relative-yield-from-acidity) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Relative Yield From Salinity in 2000 (%)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-relative-yield-from-salinity-in-2000) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Relative Yield From Salinity in 2020 (%)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-relative-yield-from-salinity-in-2020) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Economics of Australian Soil Conditions 1996/97 – Relative Yield From Sodicity (%)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/economics-of-australian-soil-conditions-199697-relative-yield-from-sodicity) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Erosion Gully Density](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/erosion-gully-density) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Erosion Path Length](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/erosion-path-length) (PLAIN; none stated; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Historical aerial photographs of Australia's coastline](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/historical-aerial-photographs-of-australias-coastline) (HTML; Other; updated 2023-08-11)
- [Seabed Biodiversity on the Continental Shelf of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 2003 - 2006 (CRC Reef, CSIRO)](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/seabed-biodiversity-on-the-continental-shelf-of-the-great-barrier-reef-world-heritage-area-2003) (PDF, WMS; Other; updated 2023-08-11)
- [data.gov.au Dataset Ontology](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/data-gov-au-dataset-ontology) (TTL; CC-BY-2.5-AU; updated 2023-08-09)
- [Feral pig habitat in northern Australia - dry season scenario](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/feral-pig-habitat-northaus-dry-season) (API, GEOTIFF, SLD, WMS; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-08-09)
- [Feral pig habitat in northern Australia - wet season scenario](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/feral-pig-habitat-northaus-wet-season) (GEOTIFF, SLD; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2022-04-20)

Full list: https://publicdata.au/cth/commonwealth-scientific-and-industrial-research-organisation-csiro/catalogue.json