81163951-cdef-40ca-9743-5bdcffaf0d54 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T09:48:53 creation ISO 19115 2016 IMOS - Wireless Sensor Networks Facility 81163951-cdef-40ca-9743-5bdcffaf0d54 The IMOS Wireless Sensor Networks Facility (formerly known as Facility for Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems (FAIMMS)), 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. The Facilities' 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: 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. IMOS funding of the Facility ceased in June 2022. 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. Biosphere | Zoology | Corals Buoys | Moored Buoys CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers) Coastal Cities / Towns (Australia) | Townsville, QLD Coral Bleaching Countries | Australia Data Loggers Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean Iridium Marine Features (Australia) | Great Barrier Reef, QLD Marine Features (Australia) | Heron Island, QLD Marine Features (Australia) | Lizard Island, QLD Marine Features (Australia) | One Tree Island, QLD Marine Features (Australia) | Orpheus Island, QLD NextG Oceans | Coastal Processes | Coral Reefs Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Chlorophyll Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Suspended Solids Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Upwelling Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature Oceans | Ocean Winds | Surface Winds Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity Project | GBROOS | Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System Radiation Sensors Regional Seas | Coral Sea Sensor Network States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland Thermistors Wireless Sensor Networks page on IMOS website documentDigital HTML NetCDF files via THREDDS catalog documentDigital HTML View and download data though the AODN Portal documentDigital HTML imos:faimms_timeseries_map documentDigital Wireless Sensor Networks site locations WMS faimms_timeseries_data documentDigital This OGC WFS service returns filtered geographic information. The returned data is available in multiple formats including CSV. WFS OGC WFS help documentation documentDigital HTML Website of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital audio/basic Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML