2008 IMOS Mid-term Review

The Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is presently conducting a mid-term review.
The review will consist of two parts:

• a re-focus on priorities for final two years of IMOS; and

• the other developing IMOS post July 2011.

If you wish to make a submission:

Below are the documents to refer to if you wish to make a submission to the review, plus the timetable. IMOS operators, coinvestors and stakeholders have been emailed advising the process for sending in a submission to the IMOS review.  If any interested parties would also like to make a submission the key areas we would appreciate your comments on are:

· General remarks on the progress of the IMOS implementation.
· Usefulness of the IMOS datastreams to your organisation.
· How you see IMOS could be enhanced in the future to be more relevant to  your organisation.
· Anticipated major benefits your organisation expects from the IMOS infrastructure.
· Any other general comments you may have.

 The deadline for submissions is Friday 21 November 2008.  Submissions should be sent to Jo Neilson, IMOS Executive Officer, via:

·        email to jo.neilson@imos.org.au;
·        facsimile to 03 6226 2107; or
·        mail to IMOS Office, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 110, Hobart, Tas, 7001.

If you have any questions, Jo can also be contacted on 03 6226 7139.

Terms of Reference

To read an article recently published in The Journal of Ocean Technology (Vol 3, No 3, 80-81) about IMOS click here.

National Overview of IMOS - download the IMOS Director's overview of the Node Science and Implementation Plans

Node	Plan	Review Report
Bluewater and Climate	Science & Implementation Plan	Review Report
GBR Ocean Observation System	Science & Implementation Plan	Review Report
New South Wales IMOS	Science & Implementation Plan	Review Report
Southern Australian IMOS	Science & Implementation Plan	Review Report
Western Australia IMOS	Science & Implementation Plan	Review Report

Bluewater Facilities

Argo Australia (ARGO)

Enhanced Measurements from Ships of Opportunity (SOOP)

Southern Ocean Automated Time Series Observations (SOTS)

 

Coastal Currents & Water Properties Facilities

Australian Coastal Ocean Radar Network (ACORN)

Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)

Australian National Mooring Network (ANMN)

 

Coastal Ecosystems Facilities

Australian Acoustic Tagging and Monitoring System (AATAMS)

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Facility (AUV)

Facility for Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems (FAIMMS)

 

Data Facilities

eMarine Information Infrastructure (eMII)

Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS)

For more information on the implementation so far, please see:

Annual Progress Report 2006/07

Annual Progress Report 2007/08

31 Oct 2008	Facility Leader submissions due (as per Facility template)
3 Nov 2008	Node Leaders submissions due (as per the Node template)
19 Nov 2008	Steering Committee meet via teleconference to consider Facility submissions
21 Nov 2008	Operator, co-investor and stakeholder submissions due
24 Nov 2008	IMOS Office to send papers to the Review Panel
11-12 Dec 2008	Review Panel meets in Canberra
19 Dec 2008	Review Panel sends its report to the IMOS Advisory Board
9 Jan 2009	IMOS Advisory Board endorses (or otherwise) Review Panel report
16 Jan 2009	IMOS Office and Review Panel Chair to finalise Review report; advise DIISR
23 Jan 2009	Advise all parties (as appropriate) of Review outcomes