IMOS - Ships of Opportunity -Temperate Merchant Vessels Sub-Facility - Data collected on the Spirit of Tasmania I during transect between Melbourne and Devonport (Delayed mode).

The IMOS Ships of Opportunity - Sensors on Temperate Merchant Vessels Sub-Facility collects data from an autonomous marine monitoring system on the Spirit of Tasmania I to monitor long-term climate change indicators and measures of ecosystem health in Bass Strait surface waters and coastal waters of Victoria and Tasmania. The Sub-Facility maintains an underway sampling Seabird SBE45 thermo-salinograph (TSG), a Wetlabs combination fluorometer and turbidity sensor (ECO-FLNTU), a GPS were deployed in June 2008 on the Spirit of Tasmania I (VLST) for initial trials. Routine data collection commenced on 28 August 2008. Transects are dependent upon Spirit of Tasmania 1 operating schedule. These are typically undertaken 7:30pm to 7am with subsequent in-port monitoring 7am-7:30pm at Port Melbourne/Geelong and Devonport docks. During summer and holiday periods the vessel undertakes continuous transects with 2-3 hour turnaround at the ports. Transect data files are available through the IMOS OPeNDAP server. Graphic representation of the temperature, salinity, turbidity, chlorophyll-a by distance are also available.Provision of data from 2014 onwards will resume early in 2024.

IMOS机遇航船项目——温带商船传感器子设施（IMOS Ships of Opportunity - Sensors on Temperate Merchant Vessels Sub-Facility）通过部署于塔斯马尼亚精神号I轮（Spirit of Tasmania I）的自主海洋监测系统，采集巴斯海峡（Bass Strait）以及维多利亚州与塔斯马尼亚州沿岸表层海水的长期气候变化指标与生态系统健康状况相关数据。该子设施配备走航采样用的Seabird SBE45型温盐仪（TSG）、Wetlabs组合式荧光浊度传感器（ECO-FLNTU）与GPS设备，相关设备于2008年6月部署于塔斯马尼亚精神号I轮（VLST）以开展初始测试，常规数据采集工作于2008年8月28日正式启动。监测断面布设方案取决于塔斯马尼亚精神号I轮的运营时刻表，常规监测时段为每日19:30至次日7:00，随后于7:00至19:30在墨尔本港/吉朗港与德文波特码头开展港内监测。在夏季与节假日期间，该船舶将开展连续断面监测，仅在港口进行2至3小时的周转停靠。监测断面数据文件可通过IMOS OPeNDAP服务器获取，按距离分布的温度、盐度、浊度与叶绿素a浓度可视化图表也同步开放获取。2014年起的相关数据将自2024年初起恢复提供。