Davies Reef Deployments of the Wireless Sensor Network

Sensor network infrastructure was installed at Davies 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 number of buoys which carry the actual sensors.

The initial design is to monitor the flow of water through the lagoon, the connectivity between the lagoon and the open ocean and the presence of an upwelling signal as oceanic water crosses the open shelf in the Townsville region. This site is linked to ones on the edge of the shelf (Myrmidon Reef) and sites closer in such as Rib Reef and Orpheus Island.

The deployment in December 2009 consisted of the base station using the Telstra nextG service and five buoys or sensor floats. The sensor floats carry a mixture of sensors but typically a surface MEA Thermistor and a bottom mounted SeaBird SBE39 (temp + pressure), for some floats the SBE39 is replaced by a SBE37 to give salinity (as conductivity), temperature and presure.

On the tower is a vaisala WXT520 weather station.

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)

澳大利亚汤斯维尔外的大堡礁中部戴维斯礁（Davies 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（base station），以及搭载实际传感器的多组浮标（buoy）。
其初始设计目标为监测潟湖内水流运动、潟湖与外海间的水体连通性，以及汤斯维尔海域大陆架区洋水跨越时出现的上升流（upwelling）信号。该站点与陆架边缘的迈尔米登礁（Myrmidon Reef）站点，以及邻近的里布礁（Rib Reef）和奥菲斯岛（Orpheus Island）站点实现联网互通。
2009年12月的本次部署包含搭载澳洲电信（Telstra）nextG服务的基站，以及5个浮标或传感器浮筒。传感器浮筒搭载多种传感器，常规配置为表层MEA热敏电阻（Thermistor）与底置式SeaBird SBE39型（温度+压力）传感器；部分浮筒会将SBE39替换为SBE37型，以获取盐度（以电导率表征）、温度与压力数据。
通信塔上搭载维萨拉（Vaisala）WXT520型气象站。
本项目计划在大堡礁沿线的7个站点布设传感器网络，以多尺度测量各类物理海洋参数；同时将搭建通信、数据与平台基础设施，为后续开展生物与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（Wireless Sensor Networks）设施（前称为海洋系统自动化智能监测设施（FAIMMS）），系大堡礁海洋观测系统项目（GBROOS）的组成部分，该项目隶属于综合海洋观测系统（IMOS）。