Brief description
The NRS Darwin mooring (IMOS platform code: NRSDAR), is one of 9 IMOS - ANMN National Reference Station (NRS) designed to monitor oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. The NRSDAR buoy is deployed at Latitude: -12.3382, Longitude: 130.6952.\n The IMOS national reference stations will extend the number of long term time series observations in Australian coastal waters in terms of variables recorded both in their temporal distribution and geographical extent. It will also provide for biological, physical and chemical sampling and for 'ground truth' of remotely sensed observations.\nLineage
Statement: National Reference Stations: \n \nAt the Darwin national reference station, a mooring has been deployed with sensors for conductivity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), fluorescence and measurement of turbidity at two depths - near surface and near sea bed. At the seafloor, an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) has been deployed. Reference stations telemeter a reduced data set via Iridium satellite or nextG for real time monitoring. \n \nPhysical sampling is undertaken at each of the reference stations on a monthly or quarterly basis. The physical samples are analysed for nutrients, plankton species, both visibly and genetically, and pCO2. Biological sampling will greatly improve Australia's capability to meet its obligations for ecosystem based management and allow many researchers the opportunity to investigate possible long term changes in ecology that are likely to be linked to climate variability and wide scale validation of remotely sensed (satellite) observations of plant biomass. \nScope Level Description: IMOS Sub-Facility platform level record \nNotes
CreditAustralian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
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.
Modified: 30 06 2022
text: northlimit=-12.3382; southlimit=-12.3382; westlimit=130.6952; eastLimit=130.6952
Biogeochemical water sampling data
uri :
https://portal.aodn.org.au/
Data access via AODN Portal
uri :
https://portal.aodn.org.au/search
URI : https://portal.aodn.org.au/search?uuid=0887cb5b-b443-4e08-a169-038208109466
NetCDF format data available via the IMOS OPeNDAP server
uri :
http://thredds.aodn.org.au/thredds/catalog/IMOS/ANMN/NRS/NRSDAR/catalog.html
Queensland and Northern Australia sub-facility of the ANMN: National Reference Station - moorings deployment details
uri :
http://www.aims.gov.au/imosmoorings/
Marine Weather Observations for Darwin
uri :
https://weather.aims.gov.au/#/station/1092
IMOS: National Reference Stations
uri :
http://imos.org.au/anmnnrs.html
Darwin National Reference Station Mooring (NRSDAR) AIMS Real Time Data: Darwin National Reference Station Mooring (NRSDAR) AIMS Real Time Data
uri :
http://weather.aims.gov.au/#/station/1092
Data access via Programming API
uri :
https://open-aims.github.io/data-platform/
Data access using R
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