Julie Morris Division of Ocean Sciences National Science Foundation Integrated Ocean Observing System and Ocean Observatories Initiative: The Role of Industry August 6, 2007
Regional Cyberinfrastructure Coastal Global Ø24/7 power and bandwidth to the seafloor ØInteractive ØIntegrated at multiple scales ØReconfigurable network
Now is the Time: : The nexus is the major advances in other fields that are transforming environmental sciences. Ø Telecommunications Ø Computer Sciences Ø Genomics Ø Robotics Ø Information Technologies Ø Sensor Networks Science and technology evolving together allow for advances that neither one could accomplish in isolation.
Scientific Rationale Ø Importance of microbial activity in the ocean and in the sub-seafloor biosphere (CSO, RCO) Ø Impact of climate change and human activity on coastal ecosystems (CSO, RCO) Ø Impact of storms on exchanges of heat, gases and nutrients (GSO, CSO, RCO) Ø Ocean s role in storing anthropogenic carbon; impact of increased atmospheric CO 2 on ocean chemistry and ecosystems (GSO, CSO, RCO) Ø Processes controlling the size and frequency of earthquakes (GSO, RCO)
Moorings, tripod cable nodes Satellites AUVs Gliders Models
Endurance and Pioneer Arrays Coastal Scale Observatory
NEPTUNE - Phase I VENUS - Coastal Observing Array (University of Victoria) SATURN - Coastal Margin and Prediction Science and Technology Center River to Ocean transition (Oregon Health Science University) OOI Regional Cabled Observatory MBARI - Cabled observatory testbed in Monterey Bay LTER - Southern California Sites
OOI Test Bed Facility MARS (Monterey Accelerated Research System)
Global Scale Observatory
Transformative Cyberinfrastructure Integrating Data and Models for Science Applications Observatories (global, regional & coastal) Data Assimilation Ocean Prediction Services Synthesis Products User Community Education & Public Awareness Models for Observation Network Design Forecasting Improvement and Refinement through Feedback
Bill Gates, 2005
Completed Activities Ø ORION Community Meeting January 2004 Ø Cabled Regional Observatory Workshop October 2004 Ø Review of community Request for Assistance proposals September 2005 Ø Conceptual Network Design for the OOI January 2006 Ø Design and Implementation workshop March 2006 Ø Blue Ribbon Review of revised CND June 2006 Ø Cyberinfrastructure Architecture Design July 2006 Ø Conceptual Design Review August 2006 Ø Award of RCO and CI Implementing Organizations March and May 2007
Revised OOI Plan Ø Constraints for revised OOI plan Ø MREFC $331.11M Ø Operations & Maintenance $50M in as spent 2013 dollars Ø Scoping options
Upcoming Activities Ø Award of Coastal/Global Implementing Organization August 2007 Ø Blue Ribbon review October 2007 Ø Preliminary Design Review December 4-7 2007 Ø NSB Review of OOI Package May 2008 Ø Construction Award Summer 2008
OOI NSF Supports basic research Structure defined by science requirements Re-configurable Primary stockholder is the basic research community Analog: UNOLS fleet Areas of Integration and Synthesis New technology Improved forecast models Science education Foundation of primary ocean observations Atmospheric forcing functions Natural resource education IOOS Consortium of Federal and State agencies Supports societal needs Structure defined by product requirements Designed for longterm, sustained data streams Stockholders include management, policy, and industry Analog: NPOESS
ØExisting and future industry partnerships and interactions ØTelecom ØBuoy Design and Development ØSensor Development ØMarine Ecosystems-ORPP/NOPP BAA ØOn-going Ocean Technology investments ØProject Management ØSystems Engineering
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