On Thursday, September 27th at 1938 PT, one of two chillers supporting power feed equipment at the Regional Cabled Array Shore Station had a fault which resulted in an automatic protective shutdown of the high voltage power supply and loss of power to both submarine cable lines. Power was restored to the system on Tuesday, […]
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NSF Awards Contract to WHOI to Lead OOI Program Management
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it has awarded a coalition of academic and oceanographic research organizations a five-year contract to operate and maintain the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The coalition, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), with direction from the NSF and guidance from the OOI Facilities Board, will include the […]
Successful Science Platform and Gear Recovery
Re-post from the Oregon Fishermen’s Cable Committee – On July 7th the RV Bold Horizon, using a small Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV), successfully recovered fishing gear and the sub-surface platform the gear was fouled on. The science platform, part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, was struck by trawl gear on September 16, 2017, disabling the […]
Visions 18 Cruise Underway
On June 19th, the R/V Roger Revelle departed Newport, OR to begin VISIONS’18, a 47-day expedition to replace and maintain elements of the Cabled Array off the coasts of Oregon and Washington as well as to add some novel sensors.
2018 OOI Data Workshops – Apply Now
The OOI is hosting several workshops for early-career scientists (PhD candidates, postdocs and pre-tenure faculty up to 7 years post-PhD) interested in learning more about the OOI and how to use data from the program in their work.
OOI Special Session at OSM 2018
Join OOI scientists and colleagues from other ocean observatories as they discuss the latest in ocean observatory science at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Portland, Oregon next month.
NOTICE: Data Ingest Issue Resolved
On Friday 8 December 2017 at 1:30 PM ET an error occurred that prevented the OOI Cyberinfrastructure (CI) system from loading new live data. On Monday 11 December 2017 the issue was fixed; no data were lost. We are sorry for any inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact the OOI Help Desk.
Machine to Machine Interface Resources and Community Tools
The OOI is pleased to announce the release of the OOI Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interface for data download. The M2M interface provides programmatic access to OOI data and metadata via a RESTful Application Programming Interface (API). It allows authenticated users to request small amounts of data via synchronous JSON requests, request larger amounts of data in […]
RFQ for OOI Location and Equipment Placement Maps
COL seeks a Contractor for graphic design services to design a suite of aesthetically consistent base maps and technical schematics for the project (further described in Section C and Attachment #1 (Statement of Work).
Maintenance Update: Shore Station Maintenance Successful with no Data Interruption
On Thursday 9 November 2017 the Cabled Array team conducted several required maintenance tasks at the Shore Station in Pacific City, OR. All maintenance tasks were successfully completed without powering down the system, as originally anticipated.