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Craig M. RisienOregon State University

crisien@coas.oregonstate.edu

The OceanObservatories Initiative:

Advancing and Democratizing Marine 

Science

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• Number of Arrays: 7 (4 Global, 2 Coastal, 1 Cabled)

• Types of platforms: Gliders, AUVs, profilers, surface moorings, fixed instrument chains, seafloor and subseafloor installations

• Number of simultaneously deployed instruments: 857

• Number of instrument types: 48

• Data Volume Produced: 3 Petabytes/year

• High power (10kV) and high speed data (10Gbs) fiber optic cable, satellite modems, acoustic modems, inductive modems

• Build: 5 years (deployments completed in 2015)

• Operations: ~20 years

NSF's Ocean Observatories Initiative

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OOI Science Themes

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• Global Biogeochemistry and Carbon Cycling• Ocean-Atmosphere Exchange• Ocean Circulation, Mixing and Ecosystems• Climate Variability and Ecosystems• Coastal Ocean Dynamics and Ecosystems - Hypoxia on

Continental Shelves• Coastal Ocean Dynamics and Ecosystems - Shelf/Slope

Exchange

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The Cabled, Coastal & Global Arrays

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The Cabled Array

300Miles

Late2020

Cabled International District 1 Site

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Cabled Array Example Data

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April 24, 2015 Eruption of Axial Seamount

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Fixed and Mobile Platform Examples

7monmoorings• CTD, O2, • Chl-a, OBS, CDOM• Point velocity• Spec. Irrad., NO3, • Opt. Atten. & Absorp.• pH, pCO2, ADCP

Buoys• Wind, rain, humidity• Air pressure & temperature, • Long & short wave radiation • Wave spectra, air-sea pCO2 • Surface CT & velocity

MooringAnchors• CTD, O2, • Chl-a, OBS, CDOM• Fast point velocity• Opt. Atten. & Absorp.• pH, pCO2 , ADCP• Bioacoustic sonar, camera,• Integrated pressure

Wirefollowingprofiler• CTD, O2, PAR• Chl-a, OBS, CDOM• Point velocity

Underwatergliders• CTD, O2, PAR• Chl-a, OBS, CDOM• Velocity profiles

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Coastal Endurance Array

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Mooring Assembly and IntegrationOcean Observing Center

Corvallis, OR

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Shipping Equipment to the Coast 

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Cruise Mobilization

142018 OOI Early Career PhysicsMay 21-25, 2018

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Operational ChallengesThompson

Atlantis

Oceanus

Sikuliaq

Sally Ride

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Operational Challenges Cont.Columbia River plume waterWinter storms

CE09OSSM

(met

ers)

18.6 meters 24.1 PSU2018-05-21

CE04OSSM

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UV Light

Optode

Optode

UV Light

Biofouling Challenges

November 2017 December 2017

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Marine Heatwaves

World Ocean Atlas Climatology

CE09OSPM Temperature

CE09OSPM Temperature Anomaly

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2017 Solar Eclipse

OOI Data Access

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oceanobservatories.org nvs.nanoos.org ndbc.noaa.gov

WMO ID#46097460984609946100

ds.iris.edu

21Linn-Benton Community College May 31, 2018

Questions?Craig M. Risien

(crisien@coas.oregonstate.edu)

College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric SciencesOregon State University

For more information:http://www.oceanobservatories.org/https://www.instagram.com/osuooi/

https://www.youtube.com/user/ooicgsn/playlists

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