Davies Reef Sensor Float 4

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

A round 1.4m yellow buoy has been deployed in the Davies Reef lagoon as part of the sensor network infrastructure at Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef off Townsville, Australia. The buoy is configured as a sensor-float with a Campbell Scientific logger, a spread-spectrum radio for communicating with the on-reef wireless network, a SeaBird Inductive modem and initially a surface mounted (30cm under the water surface) thermistor and bottom mounted SeaBird SBE37 (conductivity, temperature and pressure). The project looks to deploy sensor networks at seven sites along the Great Barrier Reef to measure a range of physical parameters at a range of scales. The project will install communications, data and platform infrastructure that will support future sensor work looking at biological and chemical parameters. 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)

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Field Value
Title Davies Reef Sensor Float 4
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9944ea14-04da-4c6a-9582-32b2e62fdbbc
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 04/09/2020
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    147.62921,
    -18.829067
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Davies Reef Sensor Float 4". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/davies-reef-sensor-float-4