What is OOI?
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a science-driven ocean observing network that delivers real-time data from more than 800 instruments to address critical science questions regarding the world’s oceans.
Funded by the National Science Foundation to encourage scientific investigation, OOI data are freely available online to anyone with an Internet connection.
The OOI has three major observatory elements linked together by instrument, infrastructure, and an information management system.
- Global Ocean Arrays
- Regional Cabled Arrays
- Coastal Arrays
Image of the week
Gooseneck barnacles found the perfect habitat on the Pioneer Array's recovered Inshore Surface Buoy. After being in the sea for six months, the barnacles covered a large area of the buoy's bottom. The blue paint is meant to deter the growth of marine life, but marine life is resilient, and nearly always wins.
Highlights
A Case Study for Open Data Collaboration
Jupyter Notebook Produces Quality Flags for pH Data
Seismic Hazards Around the Globe: A visualization tool to bring RCA data into the classroom
How to participate
OOI brings data to your doorstep, without ever having to go to sea. Opportunities exist to customize OOI data by adding instruments or platforms to the existing infrastructure, proposing additional or modified sampling, participating in cruises, borrowing OOI equipment, or simply exploring real-time data to answer scientific questions. Explore the ways you can participate in the OOI.
