Ocean observing is critical to the design and development of ecosystem-based
management of public health risk, water quality, and living marine resources …

The collective terminology used in a community of interest identifies the important concepts
used by that community. These concepts are related to the research activities of the …

Effective ocean and coastal data management are needed to manage marine ecosystem
health. Past ocean and coastal data management systems were often very specific to a …

The Earth-and ocean-science communities are developing the concept of a" system of
systems"(www. epa. gov/geoss) for observing the Earth and oceans. Related initiatives in …

To address important marine research and application challenges, there is a critical need for
ocean observatories to share data in a way that is easy to use and integrate. Fulfilling this …

Earth Observations (EO) collect various characteristics of the objective environment using
sensors which often have different measuring, spatial and temporal coverage. Making …

The study of global phenomena requires the combination of a considerable amount of data
coming from different sources, acquired by different observation platforms and managed by …

An ocean observing system could be defined as a set of independent elements that interact
to form a whole for the purpose of observing ocean data. But, what is a system? Is a sensor a …

The Oceans of Tomorrow (OoT) projects, funded by the European Commission's FP7
program, are developing a new generation of sensors supporting physical, biogeochemical …

Coastal buoys and stations provide frequent, high quality marine observations for
oceanographic study, weather service, atmospheric, and public safety. There is a great need …