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OOI Milestones of 2012
Having achieved a number of significant milestones in 2012, the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program has entered 2013 with installation and test activities continuing at a rapid pace, transitioning the program into ‘build and deploy’ phase.
Read MoreOcean Observatories Initiative Group Relocates to Scripps Campus
Cyberinfrastructure team developing new systems to coordinate data from hundreds of ocean sensors. The cyber brains of an ambitious network of ocean observing systems has a new place to call home.
Read MoreOOI Connects with the User Community at AGU 2012
The OOI team held an informational session Wednesday evening at the nearby Serrano Hotel led by Tim Cowles, Vice President & Director of Ocean Observing at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.
Read MoreOptical Instruments – SPKIR, OPTAA, & FLOR – Selected for Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), has selected Satlantic LP of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and WET Labs Inc., of Philomath,OR.
Read MoreOOI Scientists “IGNITE the Crowd” at Oceans 2012
Oct. 14-19, the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) participated in the MTS/IEEE annual meeting, OCEANS 2012, at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Hampton Roads, VA.
Read MoreInterface Testing of Junction Box
In September 2012, the RSN Junction Box engineering team* at the UW Applied Physics Laboratory achieved an important milestone: they conducted interface testing after connecting a prototype of a low-power junction box to three standard oceanographic instruments planned for deployment on the RSN system.
Read MoreRequest for Proposals – Fuel Cells – CLOSED
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with funding from the National Science Foundation, is soliciting proposals from qualified organizations interested in providing Fuel Cells to support the objectives of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI).
Read MoreScientists Uncover Diversion of Gulf Stream Path in Late 2011
Warmer waters flowed to shelfbreak south of New England
Read MorePhoto Tour: Primary Node Installation
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program’s Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) team completed a significant construction milestone in August with installation of the primary nodes for the cabled component of the OOI infrastructure in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Read MoreWHOI Opens New Lab for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has opened a new state-of-the art Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems that will house work for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) and other WHOI ocean observing efforts.
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