The role of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for seafloor observatories: Acquisition, archival, analysis, interoperability

Abstract

The revolution in seafloor observatories comes from their ability to: (a) allow for the coverage of wide swathes of ocean space in four dimensions at high temporal resolutions for decades; (b) provide quasi real-time data access as well as the ability to interact in very low latency (ms) with instruments hundreds of kilometers away from shore; and (c) offer new ways to perform science experiments where software plays a role in automating tasks as well as empowering interactive users.

On behalf of the Data Management and Archiving System Team at NEPTUNE Canada, past and present: Kimia Abhar, Darryl Bidulock, Tim Boesenkool, Ray Bon, Dennis Breckenridge, Yan Chen, Anna Cox, John Dorocicz, Karen Douglas, Dmytro Draga, Juan-Carlos Garcia, Ryan Graves, Eric Guilemot, Martin Hofmann, Shane Kerschtien, Eric Kolb, Tim Lavallee, Murray Leslie, Tony Lin, Khai Ong, Jeff Proctor, Daisy Qi, Yigal Rachmann, Kalpana Rawat, Reyna Jenkyns, Jason Rush, Ron Schouten, Nic Scott, Caleb Shortt, Karen Tang, Bernie Till, Mitozcelle Valenzuella, Aurora Walker, Liyan Zhao, Yingsong Zheng