New South Wales Moorings
New South Wales Moorings
New South Wales Moorings collects a wide range of oceanic data along the coast of South-Eastern Australia. An array of moorings strategically located along the continental shelf captures the key processes of the East Australian Current system and associated eddy field.
Listed below are the direct links to the different sub-sets of data from New South Wales Moorings. Alternatively, these can be viewed in the AODN, filtering by Organisation (Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) – National Mooring Network Facility – New South Wales Moorings Sub-Facility).
IMOS
Data
Deployments
Moorings are located at three separate sites; Coffs Harbour, Sydney and Narooma. Coffs Harbour moorings capture the upstream dynamics of the East Australia Current, Sydney moorings monitor the dynamics downstream of the separation point, often dominated by eddies, and Narooma moorings observe the East Australia Current extension.
New South Wales Moorings are also responsible for maintaining the Port Hacking National Reference Station.
Data
Together this mooring array network of New South Wales Moorings provide high-resolution information of the East Australian Current system, it’s spatial and temporal variability and the flow on effects of the marine environment.
Why it’s important
With moorings located along the New South Wales coast IMOS provides valuable information of an important, highly populated region of the New South Wales coast, providing measures of water quality, algal blooms and waste disposal and contamination.
Useful information
Operating institution
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
Co-investors
University of New South Wales ∙ New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage ∙ University of Technology Sydney
Acknowledging IMOS
Users of IMOS data are required to clearly acknowledge the source material by including the following statement:
Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.