Victoria Moorings

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Victoria Moorings

Victoria Moorings is responsible for a mooring deployed in the Bonney Coast region off Cape Bridgewater (Victoria). This region of the Victorian coastline has strong seasonal upwelling and supports one of the most productive regions of temperate Australian coastal waters. Not only does this region support large populations of migratory whales, fur seals, sharks, and bluefin tuna, it is also an important region from fisheries.

Credit Icon Daniel Ierodiaconou, Deakin University

Data

Current Velocity Time-Series
WQM and CTD burst average data
Temperature and Salinity time-series
CTD Profiles
Hourly time-series product
Gridden time-series product
Waves

Why it’s important

Victoria Moorings fill a historical gap in the national backbone or coastal moorings, providing valuable information on the hydrodynamics of upwelling processes that underpin the productivity off the Bonney Coast.    

Key data streams

Useful information

Essential Ocean Variables / Essential Climate Variables

This sub-Facility contributes to 9 Essential Ocean Variables and 6 Essential Climate Variables.

EOVs: Ocean bottom pressure, Oxygen, Particulate matter, Phytoplankton biomass and diversity, Sea surface height, Sea surface salinity, Subsurface currents, Subsurface salinity, Subsurface temperature

ECVs: Oxygen, Plankton, Sea surface salinity, Subsurface currents, Subsurface salinity, Subsurface temperature

Contact

Daniel Ierodiaconou 
E: Daniel.Ierodiaconou(at)deakin.edu.au

Operating institution

Deakin University

Co-investors

South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)

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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.