Program Updates

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program in February continued progress toward connecting the user community with the observatory.

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program in January continued progress toward instrument procurements and infrastructure designs before deployment.

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.

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) this month prepares for the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in December with a variety of sessions, posters and information sharing opportunities throughout the conference.

It has been rewarding to see the recent accomplishments of the OOI as the project moves into ‘build and deploy’ phase.

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) this month attended the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2012 Conference at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, Hampton Roads, VA as part of a larger Consortium for Ocean Leadership presence.

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) team continued to move forward with a number of construction activities in September after completing installation of the primary nodes infrastructure in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.

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.

The next major milestone in construction of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program’s Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) cabled network component is scheduled for completion this summer with the installation of the primary nodes, the seven main connection points on the network for power and communications.