GBRPPS: Palm Passage Shelf Mooring component of the GBR Mooring Array

GBRPPS: Palm Passage Shelf Mooring component of the GBR Mooring Array. Central GBR - Palm Passage Moorings off TownsvilleThe set of moorings off Townsville are designed to measure the flow of water onto and across the GBR shelf. The channeling and more open reef matrix allows incursions of the warm surface waters of the East Australian Current but also intrusions of cold nutrient rich water that on occasion reach coastal waters. The slope mooring is located near Myrmidon Reef (GBRMYR) and the shelf mooring is in Palm Passage (GBRPPS). 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.

GBRPPS：大堡礁锚定阵列（GBR Mooring Array）的棕榈通道陆架锚定组件。
中堡礁区域——汤斯维尔外海棕榈通道锚定站群
该锚定站群旨在监测流入并穿越大堡礁陆架的水流动态。区域内的水道网络与更为开阔的礁体结构，既允许东澳洋流（East Australian Current）的暖表层水涌入，也会使富含营养盐的冷水团侵入，此类冷水团偶可抵达近岸海域。其中，陆坡锚定站设于默米东礁（Myrmidon Reef，GBRMYR）附近，陆架锚定站则位于棕榈通道（GBRPPS）内。本锚定阵列隶属于大堡礁海洋观测系统（GBROOS / Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System）项目，而该项目又隶属于澳大利亚综合海洋观测系统（IMOS / Australian Integrated Marine Observing System）。