Brief description
This collection includes observations transmitted in near real-time from the National Reference Station moorings near Darwin, in the Northern Territory (NRSDAR), and near the Yongala Wreck, in the central Great Barrier Reef (NRSYON). The observations include meteorological parameters, radiation at the surface, waves, currents, and physical and biogeochemical properties of sea water. The National Reference Station network is designed to provide baseline information, at timescales relevant to human response, that is required to understand how large-scale, long-term change and variability in the global ocean are affecting the ecosystems of Australia's coastal seas. The stations are operated by the Australian National Moorings Network (ANMN), a facility of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).Notes
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.Lineage
NATIONAL REFERENCE STATIONS 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. Currently there are only 3 long term reference stations and these would be extended to 9 distributed around the continent. At each coastal reference station a mooring will be deployed with sensors for conductivity, temperature, depth, fluorescence, dissolved oxygen, photo-synthetically available radiation (PAR), fluorescence and measurement of turbidity at three depths - the surface, seabed and an intermediate depth. At the seafloor Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) will be deployed. All reference stations will telemeter a reduced data set via Iridium satellite for real-time monitoring. Physical sampling will be undertaken at each of the reference stations on a monthly basis. The physical samples will be 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.Created: 14 01 2014
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National Reference Stations page on IMOS website
uri :
http://imos.org.au/nrs.html
Queensland and Northern Australia sub-facility of the ANMN: National Reference Station - moorings deployment details
uri :
http://www.aims.gov.au/imosmoorings/
NetCDF files via THREDDS catalog
uri :
http://thredds.aodn.org.au/thredds/catalog/IMOS/ANMN/NRS/REAL_TIME/catalog.html
View and download data though the AODN Portal
uri :
https://portal.aodn.org.au/search
NRS Moorings (Darwin and Yongala) - Meteorology and oceanography (imos:anmn_nrs_dar_yon_timeseries_map)
uri :
http://geoserver-123.aodn.org.au/geoserver/wms
This OGC WFS service returns filtered geographic information. The returned data is available in multiple formats including CSV. (anmn_nrs_dar_yon_timeseries_data)
uri :
http://geoserver-123.aodn.org.au/geoserver/wfs
OGC WFS help documentation
- global : 006bb7dc-860b-4b89-bf4c-6bd930bd35b7
- URI : https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au:443/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=006bb7dc-860b-4b89-bf4c-6bd930bd35b7