IMOS - ANMN Acidification Moorings (AM) Sub-Facility

• Other Authors: CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart (isOwnedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: data.gov.au
• Subjects: ANMN-AM; Acidification Moorings; Alkalinity; Buoys; Carbon Dioxide; Conductivity; East Australian Current; IMOS Sub-Facility; Inorganic Carbon; Moored Buoys; Ocean Chemistry; Ocean Temperature; Oceans; Water Temperature; Heron Island; Kangaroo Island; Maria Island; Queensland; Southern Ocean; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/imos-anmn-acidification-sub-facility/1926501; http://data.gov.au/dataset/ab8ba2b3-d5a5-4f03-b2d0-4f6e2c7a9d95

The Acidification Moorings sub-facility is responsible for building an ocean carbon and acidification monitoring network for Australian waters. These moorings provide key observations to help us understand and address the problem of increasing ocean acidification. \n\nEach mooring is equipped with surface CO2 systems, using proven and robust technology. Three sensors will determine surface CO2, temperature and salinity. The hydrochemistry sampling at the National Reference Stations will also provide total alkalinity data, as will future pH sensors on the moorings, allowing for a complete determination of the carbonate system and pH. \n\nAcidification moorings are co-located at three National Reference Stations:\n* the Yongala NRS in Queensland (replaced in September 2013 after Tropical Cyclone Yasi) (instrumentation: Battele Seaology pCO2 monitor, Aanderaa Oxygen Optode and a WETLabs WQM)\n* the Maria Island NRS in Tasmania (instrumentation: Battele Seaology pCO2 monitor, Aanderaa Oxygen Optode and Sea-bird Electronics, model SBE16plus V2 SEACAT), and\n* the Kangaroo Island NRS in South Australia (removed in June 2013, and redeployed in May 2014) (instrumentation: Battele Seaology pCO2 monitor, Aanderaa Oxygen Optode and Sea-bird Electronics, model SBE16plus V2 SEACAT). \n\nA fourth acidification mooring is located adjacent to the Heron Island reef slope in the Wistari channel on the Great Barrier Reef (instrumentation: Battele Seaology pCO2 monitor, Aanderaa Oxygen Optode and Sea-bird Electronics, model SBE16plus V2 SEACAT). \n\nThe Yongala, Wistari and Maria Island acidification moorings are located to characterise changes down the east coast of Australia and the influence of the East Australian Current on CO2 uptake and acidification from the Great Barrier Reef to the Southern Ocean. The Kangaroo Island mooring monitors the deeper waters upwelled on the South Australian shelf which are expected to have higher CO2 and thus could accelerate the exposure of ecosystems to acidification earlier than in other ...