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Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997)

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An observational instrument array consisting of three Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, six S4 Vector Averaging Current Meters (four of which were capable of wave measurements) one SeaPac 2100 Wave Gauge and four Water Level Recorders was deployed in a section of Ningaloo Reef for a period of fourteen days in November/December 1997. In addition a Waverider buoy was deployed well offshore and approximately 2.6 nautical miles north of the study region.

The study site was chosen to fulfill two criteria: 1. the reef system had to be typical of the other reefs in the area: a series of reefs running approximately parallel to the coast separated by deep, narrow channels, and separated from the coast by wide lagoons open at both the north and south ends. 2. the area had to be sufficiently small to allow adequate coverage by the observational instrument array.

The study location consisted of two reefs, each approximately 1km long, separated by a 100m wide channel. A shallow, 500m wide lagoon separated the reefs from the beach. Both reef faces had slopes of approximately 1 to 25 and rose from a depth of 10m to between 0m and 1m on the reef top. Instrument locations were chosen to observe all physically significant, short-term oceanographic processes that occur in, and influence the study region.

Bathymetry data was also recorded using a downward looking Accoustic Doppler Current Meter mounted on the transom of a small boat and a DGPS postioning system.

Meteorological data was obtained from the AIMS automatic weather station at the Milyering Visitor Centre, 30km south of the study region.

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Title Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997)
Language English
Licence Other
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/93a733e7-f4ba-4d0a-85d4-3dd27110fda5
Contact Point
Australian Institute of Marine Science
adc@aims.gov.au
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[114.073333, -21.83], [114.09, -21.83], [114.09, -21.808333], [114.073333, -21.808333], [114.073333, -21.83]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "Ningaloo Reef Circulation Study, Western Australia (1997)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/ningaloo-reef-circulation-study-western-australia-1997