Building the World´s First Multi-node Cabled Ocean Observatories (NEPTUNE Canada and VENUS, Canada): Science, Realities, Challenges and Opportunities

Author

Barnes, Chris R. ; Tunnicliffe, Verena

Author_Institution

NEPTUNE Canada, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

NEPTUNE Canada (North-East Pacific undersea networked experiments) and VENUS (Victoria experimental network under the sea) will be the world´s first multi-node cabled ocean observatories, with installation in 2006-08. The abundant power, high bandwidth communications, and hundreds of sensors delivering data and imagery in real or near real time will transform both our acquisition of knowledge and our understanding of the ocean environment. With the world´s oceans in a state of crisis, the development of cabled observatory technology is most timely and will offer a data archive of unparalleled importance for new discoveries.

Keywords

marine engineering; oceanography; submarine cables; AD 2006 to 2008; NEPTUNE Canada; North-East Pacific Undersea Networked Experiments; VENUS; Victoria Experimental Network Under The Sea; high bandwidth communications; multinode cabled ocean observatories; ocean environment; sensors; Bandwidth; Communication cables; Computational fluid dynamics; Instruments; Observatories; Oceans; Sea measurements; Service oriented architecture; Underwater communication; Venus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2008 - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Ocean

Conference_Location

Kobe

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2125-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2126-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4531076

Filename

4531076