GBRLSH: Lizard Island Shelf Mooring component of the GBR Mooring Array

GBRLSH: Lizard Island Shelf Mooring component of the GBR Mooring Array Northern GBR - Lizard Island MooringsThe moorings in the northern area around Lizard Island are designed to detect two phenomena. The first is to measure the northern arm of the bifurcation where the westward South Equatorial Current impacts the reef and splits into two streams, one traveling north and one travelling south along the outer GBR. The bifurcation point varies latitudinally seasonally and so the variability is to be monitored. The slope mooring is located near Jewel Reef (GBRLSL).The other process being measured is the cross shelf movement of water onto the GBR shelf. As the outer ribbon reef is well defined in this area most of the exchange is confined to narrow reef passages and the entrance of Cormorant Passage has been occupied (GBRLSH). The Mooring array is part of the GBROOS or Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project which in turn is part of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System or IMOS.

GBRLSH：大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef, GBR）锚定阵列北部蜥蜴岛片区陆架锚定系统组件——蜥蜴岛锚点。坐落于蜥蜴岛周边北部海域的锚定系统，旨在监测两类海洋现象。其一为测定西向南赤道流遭遇珊瑚礁后形成的分叉北支：该洋流在此处分为两支，一支沿大堡礁外缘向北流动，另一支向南流动。该分叉点的纬度位置存在季节变化，因此需对其变化特征开展持续监测。斜坡锚定系统布设于宝石礁附近（GBRLSL）。其二为监测海水跨陆架涌入大堡礁陆架的输运过程。该区域外缘带状珊瑚礁分布规整，因此大部分海水交换仅能通过狭窄的珊瑚礁通道完成，其中鸬鹚水道入口处已布设锚定系统（GBRLSH）。本锚定阵列隶属于大堡礁海洋观测系统（Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System, GBROOS）项目，而该项目又隶属于澳大利亚综合海洋观测系统（Integrated Marine Observing System, IMOS）。