Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4531076
