'Australian National Moorings Network' (ANMN) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the ANMN sub-facility 'National Reference Systems' (NRS).

'Australian National Moorings Network' (ANMN) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the ANMN sub-facility 'National Reference Systems' (NRS).

'Australian National Moorings Network' (ANMN) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the ANMN sub-facility 'National Reference Systems' (NRS).

The survey was a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) aboard RV Solander, as part of the CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub's Surrogates Program. The purpose of the survey was to collect high-quality, accurately co-located data test a range of physical parameters for relationships to the biodiversity and seabed patterns across the offshore Carnarvon shelf, adjacent to Ningaloo. Estimates of relative importance of latitude, distance offshore, water depth, physical setting, exposure and local habitat complexity were explored in relation to biodiversity patterns in the region. Two moorings were deployed at a transect on the inner shelf adjacent to Point Cloates from 09/08/2008 – 12/09/2008. The moorings were deployed at 54 m water depth and 32 m water depth for a period of 33 days. These data was compared to the AIMS long term oceanographic mooring located north of Tantabiddi. The mooring at site one (22O 49.0294’S 113 O 36.9100’E) consisted of instruments for RD Instruments Workhorse Sentinel 600 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and a van Essen conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) probe. The mooring at site two (22 O 43.2789’S 113 O 38.8500’E) consisted of instruments Nortek Vector Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) and Seabird SBE37 CTD. These instruments collected 3 dimensional current vector and water depth readings; conductivity, temperature and pressure, salinity and depth. Results were compared to available meteorological data. Other parties were involved in the collection of the data, and additional permission may be required for its use and/or distribution.

EcoRRAP oceanographic logger data. Data collected to provide explanatory information for ecological datasets, and for model parameterisation. At the main reef per cluster (e.g. Masig Island, Lizard Island, Moore Reef, Pelorus Island, Davies Reef, Keppel Islands, Heron Island) an array of loggers were deployed at one of the front deep sites. These loggers measured salinity, temperature, depth, light and currents (current profiles and surface waves) and were deployed for 12 months at a time. A wave buoy was also deployed adjacent to the instrument array. Temperature sensors and current meters were further deployed at many other monitoring sites. Deployment details are described in the logger deployment database.

Data from two missions of the Liquid Robotics SV3 Wave Glider, the first mission in the central GBR from the 19th to the 26th of September 2017 and the second around Browse Island in Western Australia from the 30th of November to the 5th of December 2017. Both missions had the same sensors on the Wave Glider including: Seabird CTD + DO sensor (temp + salinity + DO) Teledyne Workhorse Monitor 600kHz ADCP (currents, waves) Turner C3 Fluorometer (algae, hydro-carbons) AirMar 200WX weather Station without humidity (weather) Datawell MOSE-G1000 GPS motion sensor (waves) The GBR deployment was from the R.V. Cape Ferguson and completed transects in the central GBR matrix including observatons beside the DISITI Wave Rider Buoy off Cape Cleveland and the Yongala NRS. The objective of the mission was to test teh glider in shelf applications near reefs and to test the ability of the platform to collect data equivalent to the Wave-Ride and Yongala moorings. The WA deployment was from the R.V. Solander and did surveys around Browse Island then undertook a transect to Echuca Shoals where it did a number of transects across the shoals before returning to Browse Island. The main objective was to test the utility of the platform in conditions on the North-West shelf including a period with tides over 5m in range. Wave data from the Prelude platform was also obtained for comparison.