Current meter deployments, North Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-1990)

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Updated 13/03/2025

An acoustic current meter, an Aanderaa RCM7 rotary current meter and an Aanderaa RCM5S rotary current meter were deployed on a single mooring at North Reef (Station CM3). Two consecutive deployments of these current meters were made in 152 meters of water. Deployment 1: Date deployed: 29/8/89 (SGBR1) Date recovered: 24/10/89 (SGBR2)Instruments:SACM; Depth: 12m; Deployment Code: NT11RCM7 #9139; Depth: 22m; Deployment Code: NT12RCM5S #7350; Depth: 77m; Deployment Code: NT13Deployment 2: Date deployed: 24/10/89 (SGBR2) Date recovered: 24/02/90(SGBR3)Instruments:SACM; Depth: 82m; Deployment Code: NT21RCM7 #9139; Depth: 92m; Deployment Code: NT22RCM5S #7350; Depth: 147m; Deployment Code: NT23Sampling Intervals:SACM: 60 mins integrating for 20 min centered on the hourRCM7: 60 minsRCM5S: 60 mins with 16 revs per count These deployments were components of the SGBR Project 1989-1990.

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Title Current meter deployments, North Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR Project 1989-1990)
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/3c183f3e-949a-4836-9ed8-a51a08c77143
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
reception@aims.gov.au
Reference Period 20/11/2017
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [152.186667, -23.198333]}
Data Portal data.gov.au