IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia Palm Passage (GBRPPS) Mooring

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

The QLD Palm Passage Mooring (IMOS Platform Code: GBRPPS) is one of two moorings, offshore from Townsville in Queensland, Australia at Latitude: -18.310, Longitude: 147.163 (approximate, adjustments with each deployment). The mooring’s sensors are adjusted and potentially change with each deployment, below is an example from 2009: - 2x SBE19Plus CTD - RDI Workhorse ADCP - 4x SBE39 temperature recorders - 2x WetLabs Water Quality Meters This mooring was upgraded to near-real-time (NRT) in February 2013.

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Title IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia Palm Passage (GBRPPS) Mooring
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3acc6ec8-5505-42fe-b1d7-0b18aed308e8
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@aodn.org.au
Reference Period 29/10/2007
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    147.1632667,
    -18.31035
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - National Mooring Network - Queensland and Northern Australia Palm Passage (GBRPPS) Mooring". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-national-mooring-network-queensland-and-northern-australia-palm-passage-gbrpps-mooring