Sensor-Float 3 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.

为澳大利亚格拉德斯通（Gladstone）外南大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef）赫伦岛（Heron Island）的传感器网络基础设施建设项目，一枚直径1.4米的黄色浮标已部署于赫伦岛潟湖内。

该浮标被配置为专用传感器浮标，搭载坎贝尔科学（Campbell Scientific）数据采集器、用于与礁上无线网络通信的扩频无线电（spread-spectrum radio）、GPS模块，以及初始安装的表面安装型热敏电阻（thermistor），其安装位置为水下30厘米处。

该浮标锚泊于赫伦岛潟湖约3米水深区域，主要用于监测潟湖内水体流动。项目计划于2008年末为其加装表层盐度、水底深度及水温传感器。

该设备每半年将接受一次定期维护，未来可用于加装多组新传感器。本浮标支持重新部署，其当前位置需通过GPS数据获取。