Title : 
Scientific Exploration in the Era of Ocean Observatories
         
        
            Author : 
Baptista, A. ; Howe, Brandon ; Freire, Juliana ; Maier, David ; Silva, Claudio T.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Oregon Health & Sci. Univ., Portland, OR
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The authors introduce an ocean observatory, offer a vision of observatory-enabled scientific exploration, and discuss the requirements and approaches for generating provenance-aware products in such environments.
         
        
            Keywords : 
data visualisation; geophysics computing; oceanographic techniques; observatory-enabled scientific exploration; ocean observatories; provenance-aware products; scientific visualization; Ecosystems; Marine technology; Observatories; Ocean temperature; Rivers; Sea measurements; Telemetry; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Tides; observatory-enabled scientific exploration; ocean observatory; provenance-aware computing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Computing in Science & Engineering
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MCSE.2008.83