Darwin Mooring (NRSDAR) Automated Marine Weather And Oceanographic Station

The NRS Darwin mooring (IMOS platform code: NRSDAR), is one of 9 IMOS - ANMN National Reference Station (NRS) designed to monitor oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. The NRSDAR buoy is deployed at Latitude: -12.3382, Longitude: 130.6952.The IMOS national reference stations will extend the number of long term time series observations in Australian coastal waters in terms of variables recorded both in their temporal distribution and geographical extent. It will also provide for biological, physical and chemical sampling and for 'ground truth' of remotely sensed observations.

NRS达尔文系泊观测站（IMOS平台代码：NRSDAR）是9个IMOS-ANMN国家参考站（National Reference Station，NRS）之一，其设计目标为监测澳大利亚近岸海域的海洋学现象。NRSDAR浮标部署于南纬12.3382°、东经130.6952°处。IMOS国家参考站将扩充澳大利亚近岸海域长期时间序列观测的总量，且其观测变量在时间分布与地理覆盖范围上均得到拓展。此类参考站还可开展生物、物理与化学参数采样，并为遥感观测提供地面实况（ground truth）验证。