Sensor-Float 4 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南大堡礁海域的赫伦岛传感器网络基础设施项目中，一个直径1.4米的黄色圆形浮标已布设至赫伦岛潟湖内。
该浮标为集成传感器的浮体，配备坎贝尔科学（Campbell Scientific）数据采集器、用于与礁上无线网络通信的扩频无线电、GPS模块，初始搭载了安装于水面下30厘米处的表层热敏电阻。
该浮体系泊于赫伦岛潟湖内约3米深的水域，用于监测潟湖内的水流状况。2008年末，该浮标将加装表层盐度、水深与底温传感器。
该浮标每半年将接受一次维护检修，未来可加装多组新传感器。本浮标支持重新部署，可通过GPS数据获取其当前位置。