IMOS FAIMMS Sensor Network data - Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Water Temperature -  From 29 Aug 2009 To 28 Jun 2014

The 'Facility for Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems' (FAIMMS) is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the FAIMMS Great Barrier Reef Sensor Network and contains data from the following sensor deployments: 

There have been 4 deployments for the Water Temperature data set.

Instrumentation was deployed for measuring Water Temperature at 1.0m  from 29 Aug 2009 through to 07 Jun 2010, and the installation was located at/on Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Latitude:-18.597933 - Longitude:146.488167. Sensor deployed was a OTI: RP1:Thermistor String: Thermistor 1 (top) manufactured by Measurement Engineering Australia, model MEA 2173. The following comment was recorded regarding this deployment - 'Surface thermistor on SF2 at Pioneer Bay, Orpheus Island'.

Instrumentation was deployed for measuring Water Temperature at 1.0m  from 07 Jun 2010 through to 01 Dec 2010, and the installation was located at/on Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Latitude:-18.597933 - Longitude:146.488167. Sensor deployed was a MEA2173 SDI-12 Smart Temperature Sensor manufactured by Measurement Engineering Australia, model MEA2173. The following comment was recorded regarding this deployment - 'added by auto deploy'.

Instrumentation was deployed for measuring Water Temperature at 1.0m  from 01 Dec 2010 through to 22 Oct 2011, and the installation was located at/on Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Latitude:-18.597933 - Longitude:146.488167. Sensor deployed was a MEA2173 SDI-12 Smart Temperature Sensor manufactured by Measurement Engineering Australia, model MEA2173. The following comment was recorded regarding this deployment - 'added by auto deploy'.

Instrumentation was deployed for measuring Water Temperature at 0.6m  from 22 Oct 2011 through to 28 Jun 2014, and the installation was located at/on Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Latitude:-18.597933 - Longitude:146.488167. Sensor deployed was a MEA2173 SDI-12 Smart Temperature Sensor manufactured by Measurement Engineering Australia, model MEA2173. The following comment was recorded regarding this deployment - 'added by auto deploy'.

There have been 3 deployments for the Water Temperature data set.

Instrumentation was deployed for measuring Water Temperature at 8.6m  from 16 Nov 2009 through to 06 Jun 2010, and the installation was located at/on Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Latitude:-18.597933 - Longitude:146.488167. Sensor deployed was a Seabird SBE39-IM manufactured by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., model SBE39. The following comment was recorded regarding this deployment - 'Orpheus Island SF2 SBE39 Thermistor mounted on the bottom'.

Instrumentation was deployed for measuring Water Temperature at 8.7m  from 07 Jun 2010 through to 18 Apr 2011, and the installation was located at/on Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Latitude:-18.597933 - Longitude:146.488167. Sensor deployed was a Seabird SBE39-IM with Pressure manufactured by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., model 39IM. The following comment was recorded regarding this deployment - 'added by auto deploy'.

Instrumentation was deployed for measuring Water Temperature at 8.7m  from 22 Oct 2011 through to 29 Mar 2013, and the installation was located at/on Orpheus Island Sensor Float 2 Latitude:-18.597933 - Longitude:146.488167. Sensor deployed was a Seabird SBE39-IM with Pressure manufactured by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., model 39IM. The following comment was recorded regarding this deployment - 'added by auto deploy'.

Tags: Buoys, Coastal Processes, Conductivity, Coral Reefs, Data Loggers, EARTH SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, Marine Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Moored Buoys, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceanography, Oceans, Physical Oceanography, Surface Winds, Thermistors, Water Temperature
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science