 | Ocean Observatories
Initiative (OOI)
 | NSF funded |
| $331M network |
| Operated by the Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) (partnership
led by the
WHOI, and includes Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the
University of California, San Diego, and Oregon State University’s
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences). |
| Raytheon will provide project management and systems engineering
support to WHOI. |
| Industry partners:
Technip and
Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC) will be assisting in the design of a
high-performance moored platform for the OOI Network. |
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| NEPTUNE - An ambitious
project to establish a network of underwater observatories within the depths
of the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
| Cable and sensors to ring the Juan de Fuca Plate |
| 3000 km long |
| Expected to be operational by 2007 |
| Expected to cost $250M |
| Expected to consume 200 kW |
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| MARS (Monterey Accelerated
Research System) - Testbed for NEPTUNE technology
| In association with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) |
| MBARI was founded in 1987 by David Packard |
| System to demonstrate communications and powering |
| Three small systems around Victoria and Vancouver |
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| VENUS (Victoria Experimental
Network Under the Sea)
| Focus on development of seafloor junction boxes |
| To deploy a water column profiler designed to travel, on command, up
through the water from a bottom station. |
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| Hawaii-2 Observatory
- a permanent deep ocean scientific research facility
| Junction box and scientific sensors located in 5000m of water near about
halfway between Hawaii and California |
| Uses old AT&T HAW-2 telecommunications cable |
| Derives 400 watts of power from the cable for scientific instruments |
| Instruments connected to the junction box using a remotely-operated
vehicle wet-mateable connectors. |
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