Region: Queensland
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National Mooring Network
The National Mooring Network is a collection of mooring arrays strategically positioned in Australian coastal waters. The National Mooring Network measures physical and biological parameters, and includes regional arrays of shelf moorings, acidification moorings, acoustic observatories and a network of National Reference Stations that include additional vessel-based sampling. Locations Currently eight National Reference Stations are…
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles or AUVs are unmanned vehicles that operate independently and under their own power. While very large-scale surface processes can be easily addressed by both remote sensing and ship-borne systems, characterisation of seafloor processes is often unachievable by these traditional methods. AUVs are effective for rapid and cost-effective high-resolution, accurately geo-referenced and targeted…
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Event Based Sampling
The IMOS Event Based Sampling sub-Facility uses Ocean Gliders to monitor marine events in Australian coastal waters, with up to eight deployments per year. Targeted events that IMOS could monitor include marine heatwaves, river outflows due to floods, marine cold spells, harmful algal blooms and extreme weather events such as tropical storms and cyclones. Data…
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Ocean Gliders
Ocean gliders are autonomous underwater vehicles that propel themselves with changes in buoyancy, ascending and descending through the water column. The gliders are relatively cheap, reusable and can be remotely controlled, making them a relatively cost-effective method for collecting repeat subsurface ocean observations. Locations The use of these contemporary gliders provides a unique opportunity to…
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Deep Water Arrays
Deep Water Arrays observe deep ocean currents and properties needed to understand the role of ocean on climate and its variability. The arrays monitor ocean circulation and its variability around Australia, providing valuable estimates of the ocean to the regional and global circulation, heat and freshwater content and exchange. Deployments Deep Water Arrays have been…
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Deep Water Moorings
Deep water moorings provide high-quality, high-resolution in-situ information regarding the physical environment in which they are deployed. Unlike when instruments are deployed from research vessels, deep water moorings continuously collect data over long periods of time, providing long-term information about temporal patterns in oceanographic and biological conditions. Locations The IMOS Deep Water Moorings Facility is…