OOI Where Oceanography is heading

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Oceanographers are shifting from traditional methods of ocean data collection, which involve periodic ship-based surveys, to establishing permanent sensor stations on the ocean floor for continuous or on-demand data gathering. The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a significant program aimed at achieving this goal, although it comes with substantial costs. The growing trend of fixed underwater science observatories is expanding the market for oceanographic sensors, benefiting manufacturers in the field. Recent coverage in the 19 October 2013 issue of “Science News” highlights the NEPTUNE network of sensors located off the US/Canada border, showcasing advancements in ocean monitoring technology. Additional resources include the Ocean Networks Canada, which operates multiple observatories across various ocean regions, and interactive platforms that provide information on specific sensors and installations.
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Oceanographers are trying to get away from capturing snapshots of the state of the ocean that is the result of loading up a ship and collecting data once every 6 months.
The goal is to set up sensor stations that live on the bottom and collect data upon demand, or even continuously. OOI is a massive program which will accomplish this, though at a high cost. The attached article covers the idea pretty well.

Since I manufacture oceanographic sensors for a living this is good news! :)
 

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With the world-wide increase of fixed underwater science observatories the market for sensors is growing.

The 19 October 2013 issue of “Science News” published a lengthy article entitled “Deep Network”, mostly about the NEPTUNE network of sensors on the ocean floor just north of the US/Canada border.
https://www.sciencenews.org/search?st=deep+network&=Search

In the article the several sites are referenced:
http://www.interactiveoceans.washington.edu/

At the above site one can navigate to here to find a list of the specific sensors used:
http://www.interactiveoceans.washington.edu/story/Instruments+on+the+Cabled+Observatory

Ocean Networks Canada maintains several observatories installed in three different regions in the world's oceans.
http://www.oceannetworks.ca/installations/overview

Finally, here an undersea live feed should be available (it was not working when I tried): http://www.oceannetworks.ca/
 
Thanks for the links Bobby, they are very nice. I notice that many of the instrument links are dead.

I am looking for a link I have to some live instrumentation.
 
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