OOI CI MISSION

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.

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