Water quality monitoring, Halifax Bay, north Queensland: Dec 2012 - May 2013

Water quality information from Halifax Bay off Townsville was collected from the 20th of December 2012 to the 1st of May 2013 under a contract with GBRMPA.Data was collected from a YSI 6600V2 sonde that included salinity, water temperature, chlorophyll-a, and turbidity. The buoy also had a real time GPS. Data from the Cleveland Bay Automatic Weather Station was used to provide above water meteorological data such as air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure and rainfall.Data was collected in real time every 10 minutes and transmitted via nextG to AIMS and then into the Loggernet / AIMS systems.A dedicated web site was set up to allow access to the data to GBRMPA, weekly excel data digests were also delivered along with a final report on the project. The data had two purposes. The first was general monitoring over the summer period of the conditions in Halifax Bay. The second was to look at potential run-off from the Yabulu nickel smelter, especially for caustic material from a holding pond.

本数据集采集了汤斯维尔（Townsville）周边哈利法克斯湾（Halifax Bay）的水质数据，采集周期为2012年12月20日至2013年5月1日，采集工作依托与大堡礁海洋公园管理局（GBRMPA）签署的合作合同完成。数据采集采用YSI 6600V2型水质监测探头，可监测盐度、水温、叶绿素a浓度及浊度；该监测浮标搭载实时GPS定位系统。本数据集同步引入克利夫兰湾自动气象站（Cleveland Bay Automatic Weather Station）的观测数据，用于获取水面以上气象参数，包括气温、相对湿度、风速、风向、气压及降雨量。数据以10分钟为间隔实时采集，并通过nextG网络传输至澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（AIMS），随后接入Loggernet与AIMS数据管理系统。项目搭建了专属网站供GBRMPA调取数据，同时每周提供Excel格式的数据摘要文件，并最终提交项目结题报告。本数据集具备双重应用目标：其一用于夏季时段哈利法克斯湾海域环境的常规监测；其二用于评估亚布卢镍冶炼厂（Yabulu nickel smelter）可能产生的径流污染，重点关注其储液池排放的腐蚀性物质。