The Great Barrier Reef is the most monitored reef in the world with the application of a ?digital skin? of sensors that will make possible the finest resolution picture ever of the region?s dynamic systems.The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, announced on May 9, 2008 the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System (GBROOS), a regional ocean observation network covering the eastern Coral Sea and the Great Barrier Reef and incorporating the world?s first large scale reef-based Internet Protocol (IP) network.
In this project, AIMS is harnessing its leading capabilities in data management, as well as its extensive national and international collaborations, to move Australian reef science to a new level. GBROOS is a multidisciplinary infrastructure project costing about $16 million.

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