Design and operation of a multi node cabled observatory

Author

Woodroffe, Adrian ; Round, Adrian

Author_Institution

OceanWorks Int. Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada

fYear

2008

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Over the last three years, the University of Victoria and OceanWorks have designed built and installed the world´s first multi node advanced cabled observatory. Located in Saanich Inlet and in the Strait of Georgia on the West Coast of Canada, the Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea (VENUS) cabled observatory provides power and communications to numerous under water oceanographic instruments and has been continuously delivering near real time data to scientist since February 2006. This paper describes the VENUS Project life from concept to delivery of science data. Details of the architecture, design, capabilities, deployment and commissioning of both observatories will be provided along with lessons learnt. An overview of some of the data management and usage issues is provided.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; underwater acoustic communication; underwater equipment; OceanWorks; University of Victoria; VENUS cabled observatory; VENUS project life; Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea; data management; multinode cabled observatory; science data delivery; underwater oceanographic instrument; Communication cables; Costs; Instruments; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Observatories; Oceans; Proposals; Sea measurements; Venus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2008

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2619-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2620-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5151905

Filename

5151905