Northern Australia Automated Marine Weather and Oceanographic Stations

Brief description

Automatic weather stations have been deployed by AIMS since 1980. Most of the stations are along the Great Barrier Reef including the Torres Strait in North-Eastern Australia but there is also a station in Darwin and one in Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Many of the stations are located on the reef itself either on poles located in the reef lagoon or on tourist pontoons or other structures. The following is a list of the weather stations which have been deployed by AIMS and the period of time for which data may be available. Records may not be continuous for the time spans given. \n \n Currently Active Stations:\n Queensland: \n Agincourt Reef: Start 1/11/1989 \n Cape Bowling Green: Start: 9/7/1983 \n Cleveland Bay: Start 3/7/1990 \n Davies Reef: Start 18/10/1991 \n Square Rocks: Start 19/12/2009 \n Hardy Reef: Start 14/6/1989 \n Lizard Island: Start 13/08/2010 \n Heron Island: Start 2008 \n One Tree Island: Start 2009 \n Myrmidon Reef: Start 2/11/1987 \n Wreck of the Yongala: Start: 30/10/2010\n Northern Territory: \n Darwin: Start:14/02/2015\n Western Australia: \n Ningaloo Reef (Milyering): Start 12/2/1997\n Torres Strait: \n Thursday Island: Start 06/02/12 \n Saibai Island: Start: 01/05/2016 \n Badu Island: Start: 08/05/2018 \n Bramble Cay (Maizab Kaur): Start 15/7/2015 \n Masig (Yorke) Island: Start 6/2/2012\n Historical Data: \n Beagle Gulf Mooring: 24/5/2015: End 16/7/2017 \n Cape Cleveland: Start 2/6/1993: End 30/9/1996 \n Cape Ferguson: Start 1/11/1983: End 30/5/1985 \n Coconut Island: Start 30/9/1988: End 5/11/1991 (Data not yet located) \n Coral Creek (Hinchinbrook Island): Start 16/10/1980: End 30/7/1985 \n Daintree River: Start 12/2/97: End 31/5/98 \n Halftide Rock: 26/7/2000 End: 19/12/2009 \n John Brewer Reef: Start 31/7/1987: End 30/5/1988 \n Orpheus Island: Start 20/12/2002: End 02/09/2010 \n Raine Island: Start 08/08/2012 End: Station currently maintained by Qld National Parks \n Rib Reef: Start: 29/2/1980: End: 3/12/1985\n Weather stations may be equipped with sensors to measure some or all of the following parameters: sea temperature at a range of depths, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation (light as PAR), wind direction and wind speed.\n These data are collected to support scientific research at AIMS. A number of funding bodies have contributed to the infrastructure and data collection, or continue to contribute to and support the program. In addition to the Northern Australia Automated Marine Weather and Oceanographic Stations Program, these include: \n -Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS). IMOS is a national collaborative research infrastructure, supported by the Australian Government. \n -Queensland State Government Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - an initiative of the Australian Government being conducted as part of the National Research Infrastructure Strategy \n -Wireless Sensor Networks Facility (formerly known as Facility for The Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems (FAIMMS)), part of the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project (GBROOS) (IMOS) \n -The Tropical Water Quality Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) and preceeding body Tropical Ecosystems Hub of the National Environmental Research Program (NERP), funded by the Australian Government.\n