OOI Technology & Engineering
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), funded by the National Science Foundation, is planned as a networked infrastructure of science-driven sensor systems to measure the physical, chemical, geological, and biological variables in the ocean and seafloor. The Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) component of the OOI, will provide unprecedented power (10 kV) and bandwidth (10 Gb/s) to scientific sensor arrays on the seafloor and throughout the water column using instrumented moorings.
The RSN will be comprised of backbone cables that will run from the Shore Station in Pacific City, OR to primary nodes at Axial Seamount and Hydrate Ridge. Some of these primary nodes will be terminations, while others will pass power and bandwidth on to nodes further offshore. Extension cables will provide power and communication links between the Primary Infrastructure (the backbone cables and Primary Nodes) to Secondary Infrastructure (extension cables, junction boxes, low voltage nodes, and instruments).
Read more about OOI engineering and technologies through the links below.
Sensors and Moorings: Overvi ...
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The instrument packages and sensors on the RSN provide the means to monitor and sample the water column (therefore sharing many functions with th ...
Primary Infrastructure
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Primary Infrastructure is a major component of the RSN. It distributes power and communication from the land-based Shore Station in Oregon to su ...
Connectors
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Connectors and splices (Cable Termination Adapters, CTAs) are critical components in the extension cable assemblies as these are classic failure ...
Primary Nodes
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Primary Nodes are the terminal points for the backbone cable and are contractor-supplied components. The main function of the Primary Nodes is to di ...
