Cyberinfrastructure for the US Ocean Observatories Initiative

The US National Science Foundation´s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is an environmental observatory covering a diversity of oceanic environments, ranging from the coastal to the deep ocean. The key integrating element of the OOI is a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure (CI) that is a substantial departure from previous approaches that will have a significant impact on oceanography over the next twenty years. This paper provides a high-level overview of the CI architecture, as well as the integration and deployment strategies that will ensure its success.