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Program Update – March 2012

By ooistaff | April 25, 2012 |

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) this month conducted a successful Production Readiness Review for the program’s coastal gliders, completing a significant step toward operation of this important part of the OOI.

Elementary School Students Explore the Ocean With the OOI

By ooistaff | April 12, 2012 |

During a recent outreach event at a local elementary school near Washington, D.C., students dove to the deepest depths of the ocean, explored the continental shelves and learned about data collection with the OOI.

University of Washington OOI Team Provides Update on Secondary Nodes System

By ooistaff | March 12, 2012 |

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) Team, located at the University of Washington, has provided an update on the current status of the Secondary Nodes Systems for the OOI.

Program Update – February 2012

By ooistaff | March 12, 2012 |

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) this month continued to make important contract awards brining online instruments for the infrastructure as construction and test work continues across the program.

Ocean Observatories Initiative Team Returns from a Successful 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting

By ooistaff | March 2, 2012 |

OOI is back from a successful 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the conference, OOI team members held a variety of sessions, posters and information sharing opportunities.

Ocean Observatories Initiative Team Kicks Off Events at 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting

By ooistaff | February 21, 2012 |

The OOI program this week is participating in the 2012 Ocean Sciences conference at Salt Lake City, Utah, with a variety of sessions, posters and information sharing opportunities.

Satlantic, LP., Selected to Deliver Dissolved Nitrates Instruments for OOI

By ooistaff | February 13, 2012 |

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, with funding from the National Science Foundation, has selected Satlantic, Inc., of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to provide Dissolved Nitrates (NUTNR) Instruments for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI).

Design and Build: Temperature-Resistivity Probe

By ooistaff | February 3, 2012 |

Work began in January 2012 on the design and build of the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Regional Scale Nodes’ first Core Non-Commercial instrument: a temperature-resistivity probe that will collect data from fluids emerging from seafloor hotsprings in the caldera at Axial Seamount, located at a water depth of ~1500 m (4921 ft).