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P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, Jr., W.G. Leslie Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Background information Ongoing MIT research Additional OOI Links Presentations |
(left) OOI Schematic; (right) OSSE Architecture |
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P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, Jr., W.G. Leslie Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Background information Ongoing MIT research Additional OOI Links Presentations |
(left) OOI Schematic; (right) OSSE Architecture |
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a NSF Division of Ocean Sciences program that focuses the science, technology, education and outreach of an emerging network of science driven ocean observing systems.
The OOI comprises three types of interconnected observatories spanning global, regional and coastal scales. The global component addresses planetary-scale problems via a network of moored buoys linked to shore via satellite. A regional cabled observatory will wire a single region in the Northeast Pacific Ocean with a high speed optical and power grid. The coastal component of the OOI will expand existing coastal observing assets, providing extended opportunities to characterize the effects of high frequency forcing on the coastal environment. The OOI CyberInfrastructure (CI) constitutes the integrating element that links and binds the three types of marine observatories and associated sensors into a coherent system-of-systems. Indeed, it is most appropriate to view the OOI as a whole, which will allow scientists and citizens to view particular phenomena irrespective of the observing elements (e.g. coastal, global, regional, ships, satellites, IOOS.) to which the observations belong.
For a more complete description of the OOI program go here or
go to the OOI home page.
OOI CyberInfrastructure (CI) will conduct an Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) to test the capabilities of the OOI CI to support field efforts in a distributed ocean observatory in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The goal is to provide a real oceanographic test bed in which the CI will support field operations of ships and mobile platforms, aggregate data from fixed platforms, shore-based radars, and satellites and offer these data streams to data assimilative forecast models. The MAB region is selected because of the existing communities and the presence of NOAA, ONR coordinated by Oscar Schofield in the context of the MARCOOS effort. Planning and design of the experiment will occur in early/mid 2009, the experiment itself will take place October-December 2009.
The OSSE consists of four main activities:
OSSE links:
