Sensor-Float 1 deployment at Heron Island as part of the Facility for the Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems - FAIMMS

A round 1.4m yellow buoy has been deployed in the Heron Island lagoon as part of the sensor network infrastructure at Heron Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef off Gladstone, Australia. \n\nThe buoy is configured as a sensor-float with a Campbell Scientific logger, a spread-spectrum radio for communicating with the on-reef wireless network, a GPS and initially a surface mounted (30cm under the water surface) thermistor.\n\nThe float is moored in the lagoon of Heron Island in around 3m of water and will be used to monitor the flow of water through the lagoon. It will be fitted with surface salinity and bottom depth and temperature in late 2008. \n\nThe unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors. The buoy is re-locatable and the GPS data should be used to find the current location.

在澳大利亚格拉德斯通外海大堡礁南部的赫伦岛，一台直径1.4米的黄色浮标已被部署于该岛礁湖内，作为赫伦岛传感器网络基础设施的组成部分。
该浮标被配置为传感器浮标，搭载有坎贝尔科学（Campbell Scientific）数据采集器、用于与礁上无线网络通信的扩频无线电、全球定位系统（GPS），以及初始安装的水面式热敏电阻（安装于水面下30厘米处）。
该浮标系泊于赫伦岛礁湖内约3米深的水域，将用于监测礁湖内的水体流动。2008年末，该浮标将加装表层盐度、水深及底温传感器。
该设备每半年将接受一次维护作业，未来还可加装多组新传感器。本浮标具备可重新部署特性，可通过全球定位系统（GPS）数据获取其当前位置。