Ocean Observatories Initiative Sustainability Summit 2020 Paul Matthias Sr. Program Manager Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

1. Ocean Observatories Initiative
Sustainability Summit 2020
Paul Matthias
Sr. Program Manager
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
4 April 2019

2. Ocean Outlook 2019 2
NSF developed the OOI based on years
of community-wide scientific planning
efforts, both nationally and
internationally
2001
2003
2005
2000
2009
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

3. OOI System of Systems
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• Integrated infrastructure of science- driven
platforms & sensors
• Measures physical, chemical, geological, & biological
properties from seafloor to air-sea interface
• Collects measurements at multiple scales:
-From ocean basin to tidal basin
-Short-term, stochastic events and large-
scale decadal cycles
• Delivers free-access data to a vast user community,
much of it in real time
• Expandable architecture accommodates technical
advances and 3rd party technology
• Southern Hemisphere descoped in 2017

4. Science Themes
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• Ocean-atmosphere exchange
• Climate variability, ocean circulation, and
ecosystems
• Turbulent mixing and biophysical interactions
• Coastal ocean dynamics and ecosystems
• Plate-scale geodynamics

5. Ocean Outlook 2019 5
OOI By The Numbers
• 3 Domains
• 7 Arrays of Instrumented Moorings
and Vehicles.
• S. Hem. descoped 2017
• 89 Platforms
• 830 Instruments
• >30 instrument types
• ~5 years of full operation so far
• ~1 TB data download/mo

6. OOI Operations: Recover/Deploy Cruises
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7. Pioneer Surface Moorings

8. OOI Operations: Command, Control and
Monitoring
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9. OOI Operations: Refurbishment
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10. 10
OOI Operations: Recover/Deploy Cruises

11. QUESTIONS