Myrmidon Reef Sensor Float 1

Sensor network infrastructure was installed at Myrmidon Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef off Townsville, Australia. The infrastructure consists of a base station mounted on the existing reef communications tower and a single buoy which carries the actual sensors.Myrmidon Reef is on the edge of the continetial shelf and so the station is designed to measure upwelling of water from the slope coming up and onto the continential shelf. The station is linked to stations at Rib Reef (mid-shelf) and Orpheus Island (inshore) to track upwelling water across the shelf.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)In February 2011 Cyclone 'Yasi' damaged the existing AIMS weather station and so this buoy was deployed with both AIMS weather station sensors and sensors for the IMOS funded GBROOS project. In December 2011, a replacement buoy was deployed with the above water sensors being the existing AIMS weather station units and the in-water sensors being provided under the IMOS funded GBROOS project. This resulted in a data gap between the cyclone in February 2011 and the buoy being deployed in December 2011.It is antcipated that the AIMS weather station will be restored in late 2012 in which case the above water sensors will transition back to the AIMS tower with the in-water sensors remaining as part of the IMOS funded work.

澳大利亚汤斯维尔（Townsville）沿岸外海的大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef）中部墨米顿礁（Myrmidon Reef）已布设传感器网络基础设施。该基础设施包含安装于现有礁体通信塔上的基站，以及搭载实际传感器的单个浮标。墨米顿礁位于大陆架边缘，因此该基站的设计目标是监测从斜坡上涌至大陆架的海水上升流现象。该基站与位于里布礁（Rib Reef，陆架中部）和奥菲斯岛（Orpheus Island，近岸）的基站相连，以追踪跨陆架的上涌海水。
本项目计划在大堡礁沿线的7个站点部署传感器网络，以多尺度测量一系列物理参数。本项目将搭建通信、数据与平台基础设施，为后续开展生物及化学参数相关的传感器监测工作提供支撑。
无线传感器网络设施（前身为海洋系统自动智能监测设施（Facility for The Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems, FAIMMS）），作为大堡礁海洋观测系统项目（Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System, GBROOS）的组成部分，隶属于澳大利亚综合海洋观测系统（Integrated Marine Observing System, IMOS）。
2011年2月，热带气旋“雅斯”（Yasi）损毁了原有澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（Australian Institute of Marine Science, AIMS）气象站，因此本次部署的浮标搭载了AIMS气象站传感器与由IMOS资助的GBROOS项目配套传感器。2011年12月，项目部署了替换浮标，其水上传感器为原有AIMS气象站设备，水下传感器则由IMOS资助的GBROOS项目提供。这导致2011年2月气旋灾害发生至2011年12月浮标部署期间出现数据空缺。
预计AIMS气象站将于2012年底完成修复，届时水上传感器将迁回AIMS通信塔，水下传感器则将继续作为IMOS资助项目的组成部分留存。