Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Friday 6 March 2009, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Gary Meyers
Director, Integrated Marine Observing System
University of Tasmania

An overview of the present day status of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)

IMOS is a capability supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). NCRIS and 10 operators including Universities and government agencies have provided nearly $100M to develop in situ physical and biological observations. We are setting up a nationally distributed set of equipment that collectively will contribute to meeting the needs of marine research in both open oceans and coastal oceans around Australia. The overarching scientific rationale for IMOS is to support research on predicting the role of the oceans in the climate system and on understanding of the impacts of the East Australia Current and the Leeuwin Current on shelf-ecosystems. That said, much of the current IMOS effort is devoted to capability building--spreading marine observing skills around the country and learning to use new types of equipment. If sustained in the long term, IMOS will permit identification and management of climate change in the marine environment. IMOS is made up of nine national facilities that collect data, using different components of infrastructure and instruments. The observing facilities include three for the Bluewater open ocean (Argo Australia, Enhanced Ships of Opportunity and Southern Ocean Time Series), three facilities for coastal currents and water properties (Moorings, Ocean Gliders and HF Radar) and three for coastal ecosystems (Acoustic Tagging and Tracking, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and a biophysical sensor network on the Great Barrier Reef). IMOS is also developing two facilities that manage and provide access to data and enhanced data products, one that assembles remotely sensed satellite data and the electronic Marine Information Infrastructure that provides access to all IMOS data streams in a web-based, searchable, interoperable framework. Additional information on IMOS is available at the website www.imos.org.au .

Seminar Recording

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

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