Cyberinfrastructure for the US Ocean Observatories Initiative
Alan D. Chave, T. Ampe, M. Arrott, John B. Graybeal, M. James, Michael Meisinger, John A. Orcutt, Cheryl L. Peach, Frank L. Vernon, Oscar Schofield · 2011
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.