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OOI Operations Manager Attends US Glider Workshop
In January, the OOI Operations Manager, Thomas Wims, attended the two-day US Underwater Glider Workshop at the INFINITY Space Center in Mississippi, hosted by the Interagency ocean Observation Committee (IOOC). Over 90 people were in attendance from approximately 40 organizations representing universities, federal government agencies, nonprofits, industry, and the US Navy.
The focus of the workshop was to facilitate the sharing of best practices of glider operations across programs. Most programs in attendance had three or fewer gliders. This meeting provided a key avenue for these smaller groups to seek guidance from industry as well as organizations with larger fleets, like the US Navy, the OOI, and Rutgers University.
“With the second largest glider fleet in the nation, we were thrilled to be asked to come to the table during this workshop,”says Thomas Wims, OOI Operations Manager. “It is important to share what we know and what we have learned over the last several years of deploying and maintaining our glider fleet. A key element of the OOI is to foster collaborations, share best practices, and provide access to data.”
The OOI has 64 total gliders in its fleet, with up to 32 deployed at any time. These gliders are located at the two Coastal Arrays as well as at the four high latitude, open ocean sites of the Global Arrays. More information on OOI Gliders, can be found on the OOI Website.
One of the take homes from the workshop was the need to share more glider data across organizations, to break down the silos of data collected and stored at individual organizations. Participants discussed how critical it is to share data across similar regions, gaining a broader view of the water environments. OOI glider data are currently publicly available through the OOI Data Portal, as well a part of the growing Glider DAC resource collated by the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).
Read MoreOOI Global Ocean Observing System Webinar: Video Posted
Last month Greg Ulses, Director of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), gave an overview presentation of the OOI to an international audience as part of the ongoing GOOS Webinar series. The discussion focused on describing the OOI infrastructure, data access, and opportunities for national and international engagement and collaboration.
If you missed the event, download the slides, or view the recording of the event.
[media type="video" path="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1CFk-xqsLQ&feature=emb_title" link="#"][/media] Read MoreWorkshops for Undergraduate Professors – Bringing the OOI into the Classroom
Utilizing high volumes of data for research and education increases both opportunities and challenges to analyzing and synthesizing these data into scientific understanding. We are pleased to offer two workshops that explore the unprecedented opportunities to engage undergraduate learners in authentic data experiences using real-world data sets, models, and simulations from the OOI.
Chemistry and OOI Data Workshop – May 19-21, 2017
This workshop will focus on OOI data sets that explore salinity, pH, and PCO2 .
Geology and OOI Data Workshop – June 2-4, 2017
This workshop will look at the resources (video and data assets) from the Axial Seamount.
Both Workshops will take place at the University Inn and Conference Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Undergraduate Professors teaching introductory level Oceanography courses are invited to participate. These workshops are for professors interested in assisting the OOI in developing teaching applications using OOI data. Our objective is to use online OOI data to teach oceanographic concepts as well as data orientation, interpretation, and synthesis skills.
Travel, meals, hotel accomodations, and a small stipend will be provided for those participating in the workshop. Approximately 10 professors will be selected for each workshop.
Interested Professors should fill out an application: http://tinyurl.com/ooieducation
For more information contact Janice McDonnell, mcdonnel@marine.rutgers.edu or download the workshop flyer.
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 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 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.
[media type="video" path="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKR8z10zKwM&feature=youtu.be" link="#"][/media] Read MoreOOI scientists and Data Team to present at MTS/IEEE Oceans 16 Meeting
Scientists and engineers from the OOI Marine Implementing Organizations (MIOs) and the OOI Data Team are gearing up to present at the 2016 MTS/IEEE Oceans conference in Monterey Bay, CA September 19 – 22, 2016.
The event is set to draw an international audience of more than 2,000 attendees. The conference will center around presentations and posters from over 500 professionally reviewed technical papers, including those submitted by OOI scientists and engineers.
We look forward to connecting with you all at the conference.
OOI Related Presentations
Tuesday Sept. 20
1:30-3:00, Marriott: San Francisco
- Wilcock, W.D.S., D.A. Schmidt, J.E. Vidale, M.J. Harrington, P. Boudin, et al. Designing an Offshore Geophysical Network in the Pacific Northwest for Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warning and Hazard Research
Manalang, D., and J.R. Delaney. Axial Seamount – Restless, Wired and Occupied: A Conceptual overview of Resident AUV Operations and Technologies.
Kelley, D.S., J.R. Delaney, and the Cabled Array Team. NSF’s Cabled Array: A Wired Tectonic Plate and Overlying Ocean
5:30-5:00, Marriott: San Francisco
- McRae, E. Continuous Real Time Scanning of the Upper Ocean Water Column.
Wednesday Sept. 21
10:30-12:00, Portola: Cotton Wood 2
- Philip, B.T., D.S. Kelley, E.A.Solomon, and J.R. Delaney. Monitoring Methane Emissions at Southern Hydrate Ridge using an OOI Cabled Array Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.
1:30-3:00, Marriott: Santa Barbara
- Delaney, J.R., D.S. Kelley, A. Marburg, M. Stoermer, H. Hadaway, K. Juniper, and F. Knuth. Axial Seamount – Wired and Restless: A Cabled Submarine Network Enables Real-time tracking of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Eruption and Live Video of an Active Hydrothermal System Juan de Fuca Ridge, NE Pacific
Thursday Sept. 22
8:30-10:00, Marriott: Santa Barbara
- Marburg, A., and K. Bigham. Deep Learning for Benthic Fauna Identification
10:30-12:00, Portola: Cotton Wood 2
- Knuth, F., L. Belabassi, L. Garizio, M. Smith, M. Vardaro, and A. Marburg. Automated QA/QC and Time Series Analyses on OOI High-Definition Video Data
Belabbassi, L., L. Garzio, M. Smith, F. Knuth, J. Kerfoot, M. Vardaro, and M. Crowley. Successes and Lessons Learned from OOI End-to-End System Data Quality Audit
Two years of Pioneer Gliders: A track line view
In July, the OOI CGSN operations team completed another “refresh” of the Pioneer glider fleet. The nominal lifetime for OOI coastal gliders (battery limited) is 90 days. The fleet is refreshed by recovery of exhausted gliders and deployment of refurbished gliders with fresh batteries.
The Coastal Pioneer Array is designed to have 6 Coastal Gliders deployed at a time. Each glider traverses a distinct path within and around the Pioneer Array, sampling an area measuring over 24,000 km2, roughly the size of New Hampshire.
The first three Pioneer Array Coastal Gliders were deployed just over two years ago in May 2014. The map on the right shows a composite of the tracks of all the gliders deployed at Pioneer since those initial deployments.
The impressive results of glider piloting in the complex coastal environment are evidenced by the match between the composite tracks (right) and the planned tracks (left). The tracks that diverge from the plan show the difficulty of maintaining the glider navigation in the face of severe weather and strong currents.
On average, each of the 25 gliders, for which data are shown, were deployed for a duration of 66 days and travelled a distances of approximately 1200 km (750 miles). The longest deployment was 118 days and the glider travelled a distance of 2,230 km (or 1,400 miles). That is roughly the same as driving halfway across the United States!
Congrats to the Pioneer team on a job well done. This is just the beginning!
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Pioneer Array gliders sample along five glider tracks off the coast of New England. The x- and y-axis are latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. Pioneer Array mooring sites are represented by circles. Boundaries of the glider and AUV operating areas are represented by the blue and red dashed lines, respectively. The five glider tracks are represented by the solid color lines:
-Eastern Boundary (EB) green
-Frontal Zone (FZ) red. Note: two gliders occupy this track
-Slope Sea: SS-1 blue; SS-2 cyan
-Gulf Stream (GS) gray[/caption]
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Each line represents the path of one glider. Glider symbols are the last location of the glider before recovery, green dots represent deployment locations.[/caption]
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