Interoperable data management and instrument control experiences at OBSEA

Author

Rio, Joaquin Del ; Toma, Daniel Mihai ; O´Reilly, Thomas C. ; Bröring, Arne H. ; Manuel, Antoni ; Headley, Kent L. ; Edgington, Duane

Author_Institution

SARTI, Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

6-9 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this article we describe our experiences with interoperable data management and instrument control standards in the Western Mediterranean Cabled Observatory, OBSEA (www.obsea.es) (Figure 1). The SARTI research group of the Technical University of Catalonia in Vilanova i la Geltrú is in charge of OBSEA observatory development. SARTI collaborated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) to explore interoperability issues within the ESONET project. One of the strong demands of ESONET is that a real-time data web interface from online observatories is needed. In order to do so, online data are urgently needed, and some proposed standards must be applied to ensure interoperability between instruments and data of multiple European observatories.

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; data handling; marine engineering; open systems; ESONET project; OBSEA observatory development; Western Mediterranean Cabled Observatory; data Web interface; instrument control standards; interoperable data management; IP networks; Instruments; Observatories; Payloads; Protocols; Real time systems; Standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2011 IEEE - Spain

Conference_Location

Santander

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0086-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Oceans-Spain.2011.6003616

Filename

6003616