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OOI Team First to See April 24, 2015 Eruption of Axial Seamount
At 7:33 p.m. PST on July 26th, 2015, after descending ~1840 m beneath the oceans surface, the remotely operated vehicle ROPOS and the University of Washington OOI Cabled Array team set first eyes on the April 24th, 2015 voluminous eruption of Axial Seamount during the VISIONS’ 15 cruise.
Read MoreStation Papa Array Annual Maintenance and Profiling Glider Deployment
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) team in June 2015 conducted deployment and scheduled maintenance activities for the global component of the OOI infrastructure located in the Station Papa site, in the Gulf of Alaska.
Read MoreAxial Eruption Site Identified – Bathymetric Survey Data Available Online
On April 24th, 2015, the Axial Volcano, situated on the Juan de Fuca plate 300 miles offshore, erupted one-mile deep in the ocean and we saw it.
Read MoreDeployment of the Final Ocean Buoy at the Endurance Array
On June 2nd, an OOI team led by Oregon State University set out on a cruise to deploy the final ocean buoy of the Endurance Array on OSU’s R/V Pacific Storm.
Read MoreOOI Bottom Pressure Preliminary Data Now Available Online
It is a pleasure to announce the availability today of bottom pressure sensor data (including sensor internal temperature) from the OOI Bottom Pressure and Tilt (BOTPT) Instruments deployed at three locations within the caldera of Axial Seamount.
Read MoreInstallation Continues and O&M Begins at the Endurance Array
On April 2nd, the R/V Oceanus left port in Newport, OR to continue installations of the OOI’s coastal Endurance Array as well as complete the array’s first Operations and Maintenance (O&M) cruise.
Read MoreSouthern Hemisphere Deployments Photo Tour
In February, an OOI team, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) installed one global surface mooring, one global profiler mooring, two flanking moorings, and a glider at the OOI Southern Ocean station at 55oS, 90oW.
Read MoreOOI Observation and Sampling Approach Now Available Online
Now available online is the OOI Observation and Sampling Approach documentation that will provide the user community with information on the operation of the various in situ sensing elements of the system (sensors and mobile platforms).
Read MoreOOI Deploys Fourth and Final Global Array
On March 9th, the R/V Atlantis exited the Straights of Magellan en route from Punta Arenas, Chile to the Argentine Basin. The ship carried with it infrastructure and instruments for deployment at the OOI’s Argentine Basin Array and an OOI Team led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Read MoreMichael Vardaro Selected as OOI Data Manager
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) announces the selection of Michael Vardaro as the new OOI Data Manager.
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