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Brief description The IMOS Facility for Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems is a sensor network established in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. A 'sensor network' is an array of small, wirelessly interconnected sensors that collectively stream sensor data to a central data aggregation point. Sensor networks can be used to provide spatially dense bio-physical measurements in real-time. In the marine environment they have particular application to the study of benthic ecosystems. Some sensors can be set to sample according to prevailing conditions (e.g. monitoring salinity more frequently after rainfall), but since communications with the sensors can be bi-directional they can also be manipulated by central land-based control systems. FAIMMS sensors collect data related to the interaction of heat and light in coral bleaching, and to help understand the impact of upwelling from the Coral Sea upon the productivity of Great Barrier Reef ecosystems. While sensor networks are a leading edge technology, they are well suited to this application because proven technologies exist for reliable sensing of physical variables (e.g. temperature, salinity, light) critical to the immediate scientific questions, which are: 1. understanding the interaction of heat and light in coral bleaching, and 2. understanding the impact of upwelling from the Coral Sea upon the productivity of GBR ecosystems. The immediate value of the network will be its ability to return spatially dense bio-physical measurements in real-time. As such this represents a large scale trial or "proof of concept" of a very important emerging technology for application in the marine environment with particular relevance to benthic ecosystems such as Great Barrier Reef and other benthic environments. Some sites have been partially or fully decommissioned in regards to IMOS: Heron Island (2008 - present) - partial; One Tree Island (2008 - present) - partial; Davies Reef (2009 - 2018); Myrmidon Reef (2009 - 2015); Rib Reef (2009 - 2017); Orpheus Island (2009 - present); Lizard Island (2010 - present) - partial. In some circumstances the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), has taken over the operation of the site, or equipment within it (see http://imos.org.au/wirelesssensornetworks.html for more details), and IMOS will continue to pull data from them.
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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.
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Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
(FAIMMS page on IMOS website)
uri :
http://imos.org.au/wirelesssensornetworks.html
(NetCDF files via THREDDS catalog)
uri :
http://thredds.aodn.org.au/thredds/catalog/IMOS/FAIMMS/catalog.html
(View and download data though the AODN Portal)
uri :
https://portal.aodn.org.au/search?uuid=4260aa0a-0d0a-4dd0-9ebc-74d2bf937e21
FAIMMS Facilities (imos:faimms_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. (faimms_timeseries_data)
uri :
http://geoserver-123.aodn.org.au/geoserver/ows
(OGC WFS help documentation)
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