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Science for next
generation ocean
observing
Dr. Terry QuinnDivision of Ocean Sciences
OCEANS 19
Sustaining Ocean Observations
• Continued investment in facilities and infrastructure
• Ocean Observatories Initiative
• Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
• Academic Research Fleet
• Deep Submergence Facilities
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Observing the seafloor and subseafloor
• Real time observation of hazard-related observations
• Ocean Bottom Seismology
• Seafloor Geodesy
• Improved technology for ocean floor discovery
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The Future of Ocean Technology
• Sensors and Instrumentation
• Robotic Vehicles and Landers
• Profiling Floats
• Cell sorting for plankton and integrated single cell genomes
• Benthic Underwater Microscope
• Sensor Improvements – pH, CO2 flux, methane
• Energy Harvesting
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Mesobot: A new robot for the Mesopelagic
Image: WHOI
Harnessing the Data Revolution
• One of NSF’s 10 big ideas
• Increasing need to manage and reuse data generated from ocean observations
• Edge computing, requiring improved communication at sea
• Improved Ocean Models
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Coastlines and People
• New NSF initiative to support interdisciplinary science in ocean observation
• Coastal Processes
• Built Environment
• Geohazards
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