Posts by Leslie Smith
Axial Seamount Hydrothermal Vent Time-Lapse Videos
Undergraduate students at Rutgers University have used still frames extracted from the HD Video camera (CAMHD) to compile time-lapse videos of the hydrothermal vent, under the direction of the OOI Data Team. There are 7 biological scenes of interest, captured during the pan/zoom routine of each video. The students are helping produce metadata by time-stamping each scene of interest in every video file on the archive. The students then ran code provided by the OOI Data Team to produce time-lapse videos and watch the vent change over time at each of the scenes of interest. More videos and additional post-processing techniques will be added over time, using open-access tools.
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Workshop Report: Southern Hydrate Gordon Conference
This report summarizes discussions from a mini-workshop held after the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Natural Gas Hydrates March 4-5, 2016. The workshop was focused on opportunities presented by the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Cabled Array at Southern Hydrate Ridge.
Further information on the conference can be found on the conference website.
Download the full report here.
Read MoreUpdate: Winter 2017 Staff Consultations
Upcoming Coastal and Global Arrays Webinar
The CGSN and EA teams will host a Webinar Tues. Jan. 17, 2017 at 4:00 pm ET to present an overview of the Coastal Pioneer, uncabled Coastal Endurance and Global Array designs. This will include the configuration of the Arrays, descriptions of the various platforms, and engineering details including power, communications, etc. An opportunity to answer questions will also be available. The session is scheduled to last up to 1.5 hours.
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Cabled Array Webinar Recording and Presentation Posted
The presentation and recording of last weeks Cabled Array have now been posted.
Investigators interested in the Cabled Array can also schedule a one-one-one meeting to discuss their proposed plans and to learn more about the capabilities of the Cabled Array infrastructure. If you are interested in setting up a meeting, please send an email to ooicable@uw.edu.
Read MoreWashington Post – A massive underwater volcanic eruption is captured in real time
The sea floor split open on April 24, 2015, but scientists had seen it coming for months.
Read MoreNSF Announcement: OOI Facility Board
The Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) requests nominations, including self-nominations, for inaugural Members to serve on the newly established “Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board” (OOIFB). The OOIFB will provide independent input and guidance regarding the management and operation of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). All such input and guidance will be communicated both to the OOI Operator and NSF.
The Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 17-034) announcing this opportunity may be found here…
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17034/nsf17034.jsp
…and includes links to the “Terms of Reference of the OOIFB”, which may also be found here…
https://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/programs/ooi/ooifb-tor.jsp
Read More2016 AGU Fall Meeting OOI Town Hall
DEADLINE EXTENDED – We will be accepting one slide submission until Thurs. 12/8. We look forward to seeing each of you at the upcoming 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA. The OOI will be hosting a town hall Tues. Dec. 13, from 6:15-7:15 PM in Moscone West Room 2008.
Read MoreManagement and Operation of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
The Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently announced a solicitation (NSF 17-524) that seeks the services of a qualified organization to provide scientific and technical management and operation of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI).
Read MoreUNOLS hosts Workshop Focused on OOI’s North East Pacific Arrays
The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) hosted a recent workshop in Portland, OR focused on the current and future science that can be addressed by the extensive OOI infrastructure operational in the Northeast Pacific.
Read MoreOOI Data Portal Updated
Over the last month we have been working on improving and streamlining the OOI User Interface based on your feedback. As of this morning, the new user interface officially replaced the old one on ooinet.oceanobservatories.org.
Read MoreOOI Endurance Array team sets sail on fall O&M cruise
On Sunday Sept. 18, the R/V Atlantis set sail off the coast of Oregon and Washington for a 17-day Operations and Maintenance cruise of the OOI Coastal Endurance Array. During this cruise, the OOI team led by Oregon State University (OSU) will recover and redeploy six surface moorings as well as the Washington Offshore Profiler Mooring and several uncabled surface piercing profilers. The team will also recover 1 coastal glider and deploy 5-6 more.
Biannual maintenance cruises are an important element of OOI Coastal Array operation and maintenance as it ensures that infrastructure and instrumentation in the ocean are constantly replaced before they break and are refreshed to minimize the influence of bio-fouling and sensor drift. The coastal ocean is a harsh environment; equipment are constantly blasted by sand and debris and beaten by waves. Additionally, full, high resolution, data sets are able to be downloaded from the recovered instrumentation, increasing the data available from the telemetered near-real time data sent to shore via satellite.
The OSU-team has been hard at work to prepare the OOI equipment for deployment. A time-lapse video (below) shows a mere 10 days of that effort as they integrate mooring elements and prepare to place these equipment out to sea for six-months.
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