Implementation of the Noblis Sensor Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and the Noblis Autonomous Marine Sensor System (NAMSS) within an Autonomous Sensor Network (ASN)

Maritime observation systems currently are insufficient in spatial distribution, sensor type availability, interoperability, cost, and deployment utility to adequately support coastal marine and estuarine decision-makers and event responders. The goal of the Autonomous Sensor Network (ASN) project is twofold. First is to develop the rapidly deployable Noblis Autonomous Marine Sensor System (NAMSS) to demonstrate that more affordable and capable small sensor systems can be developed to significantly augment the currently expensive and limited number of systems in use. Second is to integrate NAMSS (and other existing operational sensor systems, both satellite and in situ) with emerging capabilities in the Noblis Sensor Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) along with geospatial analysis and visualization services to demonstrate the value of this enhanced capability. The ASN will be an automated observation, detection, alert, tasking, deployment, and product delivery system designed to allow domain users to react quickly and efficiently to a variety of emergent incidents, as well as improve the efficacy of longer-term monitoring, in estuarine and coastal marine waters. Noblis originated this project through internal corporate research and is working with partners in the Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS) to build upon the initial work of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center on the NASA Earth Observing (EO)-1 Sensor Web. The ASN will expand current EO-1 Sensor Web capabilities and extend them into the logistically and operationally challenging coastal marine and estuarine environment of the Chesapeake Bay, U.S. national marine sanctuaries, and other vitally important marine ecosystems. The ASN is intended to be a demonstration of the benefit of a rapid prototyping approach to exemplify the potential of CBOS and the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). While initial efforts focus on a few select marine environments, - this project is adaptable and scalable to national use for IOOS.