IMOS observations are guided by science planning undertaken collaboratively across the Australian marine and climate science community.  This is a large, diverse, dispersed community, and it makes sense to develop the science planning through a series of integrated Nodes – a ‘Bluewater and Climate’ Node focused on the open ocean, and five ‘Regional Nodes’ covering the continental shelf and coastal seas of Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Southern Australia and Tasmania.  Leaders of the Nodes come together to form a national steering committee that oversees the whole process, and Node science plans are subjected to international peer review on a rolling basis to ensure the planned science is world-class.

• Blue Water and Climate
• Queensland's Integrated Marine Observing System (QIMOS)
• New South Wales IMOS (NSW-IMOS)
• Southern Australian IMOS (SA-IMOS)
• Western Australian IMOS (WAIMOS)
• Tasmanian IMOS (TasIMOS)

To download the latest Node Science and Implementation Plans click here.