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Current meter deployments, North Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-1990)

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An acoustic current meter, an Aanderaa RCM7 rotary current meter and an Aanderaa RCM5S rotary current meter were deployed on a single mooring at North Reef (Station CM3). Two consecutive deployments of these current meters were made in 152 meters of water. Deployment 1: Date deployed: 29/8/89 (SGBR1) Date recovered: 24/10/89 (SGBR2)Instruments:SACM; Depth: 12m; Deployment Code: NT11RCM7 #9139; Depth: 22m; Deployment Code: NT12RCM5S #7350; Depth: 77m; Deployment Code: NT13Deployment 2: Date deployed: 24/10/89 (SGBR2) Date recovered: 24/02/90(SGBR3)Instruments:SACM; Depth: 82m; Deployment Code: NT21RCM7 #9139; Depth: 92m; Deployment Code: NT22RCM5S #7350; Depth: 147m; Deployment Code: NT23Sampling Intervals:SACM: 60 mins integrating for 20 min centered on the hourRCM7: 60 minsRCM5S: 60 mins with 16 revs per count These deployments were components of the SGBR Project 1989-1990.

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Title Current meter deployments, North Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-1990)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/32f7f8cb-f4d7-4d19-8f61-79331133af2e
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 20/11/2017
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Current meter deployments, North Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-1990)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/current-meter-deployments-north-reef-southern-great-barrier-reef-sgbr-project-1989-19901