New South Wales
The East Australian Current (EAC) flows poleward along the NSW coast, where it influences the climate and marine economies for half of Australia’s population.
The EAC and its associated eddies dominate the oceanography and ecology of this region and is a central focus for NSW IMOS, but other coastal processes, including extreme wave and wet weather events associated with East Coast Lows, and river outflow events are also emerging as priority areas.
Dan Atwater, JCU
IMOS’ sustained ocean observing infrastructure in New South Wales
Ships of Opportunity
National Mooring Network
Ocean Radar
Animal Tracking
Ocean Gliders
Argo Floats
Marine Microbiome Initiative
Satellite Remote Sensing
Coastal Wave Buoys
Biomolecular Observing
The NSW marine science community has used IMOS observations to produce
464
Journal Articles
87
Reports
143
Projects
54
Data Products
115
Postgraduate Projects
NSW institutional users of IMOS observations
30
Government Departments & Research Agencies
15
Research Collaboration & Non-government
27
Industry & Services
10
Universities
State partnerships
The Sydney Institute of Marine Science is a principal participant to IMOS. The data collected by IMOS has been used by all major universities in New South Wales including, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Macquarie University and University of Technology Sydney.
In turn, this has led to significant relationships across many sectors, in particular NSW State Government agencies, including the departments of Primary Industries & Regional Development and Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.