The AIMS Google Earth Catalogue contains lists of KML/KMZ files, created by AIMS staff, that can be loaded into Google Earth and some other 3D programs. Maps may be used as is, or customized in Google Earth for your specific purposes.Files in the cataloque have been created for a variety of purposes such as providing high resolution imagery of islands and reefs and mapping study sites. Staff are encouraged to add their own files to the catalogue. The application contains instructions to how to add and document files to share internally. If you are familiar with RSS Feeds, Syndication or News Feeds, you might be interested in adding the RSS URL to your feed reader in your web browser or email client. The AIMS Google Earth Catalogue is an initiative of the AIMS Data Centre to provide a facility for sharing KML/KMZ files between AIMS staff.

The data provided here are from a number of sea water temperature monitoring programs conducted in tropical and subtropical coral reefs environments around Australia. Data are available from approximately 80 GBR sites, 16 Coral Sea sites, 7 sites in North West Western Australia (WA), 8 Queensland regional ports, 13 sites in the Solitary Islands, 4 sites in PNG and 10 sites in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Data are obtained from in-situ data loggers deployed on the reef. Temperature instruments sample water temperatures every 5-10 minutes (typically) and are exchanged and downloaded approximately every 12 months. Temperature loggers on the reef-flat are generally placed just below Lowest Astronomical Tide level. Reef-slope (or where specified as Upper reef-slope) generally refers to depths 5 - 9 m while Deep reef-slope refers to depths of ~20 m. Reefs are under threat from climate change. Elevated sea temperature is a major stress to reefs, capable of causing widespread coral bleaching and mortality. Small excursions of temperature outside normal summer levels can cause stress and bleaching in corals, especially sensitive species. Temperature data from this program are used to correlate with bleaching events and derive local bleaching thresholds. Data are also used in a wide variety of other marine research programs, including fisheries, balast water, turtles, sea birds, seagrass, coral disease, oceanography, process studies, validation of proxy climate records etc. Download via the AODN Portal is currently unavailable, access through programming links below or the AIMS Time Series Explorer - https://apps.aims.gov.au/ts-explorer/