Global Underwater Observatories: The New Frontier
Rhonda Moniz
February 10, 2012
The OOI of Ocean Observatory Initiative is a project funded by the National Science Foundation, and “is planned as a networked infrastructure of science-driven sensor systems to measure the physical, chemical, geological and biological variables in the ocean and seafloor”. It is a fully integrated network used for collecting data on a regional, coastal and global scale. The OOI is making real time ocean-observing data available to oceanographers, scientists and researchers, educators and the public. The first OOI data streams will be from coastal gliders and are expected to be available in 2012. All core infrastructure and instruments will be online by late 2014.