Expandable Seafloor Observatory
The main objective of this site located at Western Mediterranean is to be a test bed for the development of oceanographic instrumentation while being a shallow-water observatory providing real time data and database with historical values.
Infrastructure Location
OBSEA
41.1819
1.7523
Study Area
| Location |
Vilanova i la Geltrú |
| Distance from Land |
4 km |
| Max Depth |
20 m |
| Oceanographic features of area |
20m depth shallow water area, sandy seafloor with artificial reefs. |
| Relevant publications isi journals |
http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/6/5850
http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/11/14740
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6607958&tag=1
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6678643 |
| Relevant publications proceedings published in the context of conference |
http://www.earthzine.org/2010/09/14/from-ocean-sensors-to-traceable-knowledge-by-harmonizing-ocean-observing-systems/ |
Scientific Researchers
| Name |
Email |
| Daniel Mihai Toma |
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| Antoni Manuel |
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| Joaquin del Rio |
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Technicians
| Name |
Email |
| Javier Cadena |
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| Marc Nogueras |
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Status / Maintenance
| System Status |
Operational |
Planned Frequency |
1 month(s) |
| Platform Required |
N/A |
People Involved |
5 |
| Duration of Operations |
1 day(s) |
Cleaning |
Yes |
| Replacments |
Yes |
Download Data |
Yes |
Data Information
| Final data output format |
ASCII NetCDF Others |
Data Quality Check |
Yes |
| Type of quality check on real-time/near-real time data |
Automatic |
Real Time – Data availability target |
1 day |
| Type of Quality check on delayed mode data |
Automatic |
Delayed Mode – Data availability target |
1 day |
| Own data management |
Yes |
Type of use of data |
Research |
| Data Management Link |
www.obsea.es |
| GEOSS URN |
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| GEOSS Link |
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TNA
Obsea offers the possibility to deploy different types of measurement instruments, communication modules or scientific expermients, and allow real time communication with your deployment.
Devices can be deployed at 20m depth or at the surface buoy.
Obsea offers power supply, Ethernet and serial communications, and synchronization over PTP IEEE Std 1588. A continous realtime communication allows the tracing along the full experiment.
| Avaliable for TNA |
Yes |
| Prefered time period for TNA |
Full year. |
| TNA Support offered |
A small boat and scuba divers are available in order to reach Obsea, deploy the instrumentation and plug it to Obsea.
Informatic team will support the communication with your instrument and the data quality control and different ouput formats for archiving. |
| Services Available |
Present instruments at Obsea are: CTD, seismometer, ADCP, meteo station, hydrophone and pH meter. Data comming from this instruments are fully available for the experiment. |
| Potential Additional Uses |
Hardware and software developpers of marine instrumentation and communications devices are invitted to deploy their systems at obsea to test performance, reliability and long term behaviour. |
| Data Ports |
Ethernet 10 /100Mbps and Serial link. |
| Availability of External Power |
12 or 48Vdc up to 3 amps |
| Instrument installation methodology |
By scuba divers.
Instruments and communicacion devices needs a specific GISMA series 10 size 3 wetmate connector to be able to connect to Obsea data ports. A custom adapter would be necessary to interface your insturments with Obsea data port.
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| Data History |
Real Time data is available via direct connection to the instrument, UDP or TCP socket with NMEA style data frames, DDBB, web interface, IEEE 1451 http server, or SOS servers.
Archive data is available via DDBB or netCDF files.
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| Instrument installation methodology |
Periodic dives to Obsea are executed for cleaning and revision of the deplyments every 4 weeks if there is any incident before. |
| Observatory maintenance estimated or planned schedules |
aproximately every 4 weeks |
| Data policy and access |
Data will be available free of charge. Reference to the source will be necessary when will be used for publications. |
| Additional comments |
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| Modality of access |
In-Person Partially Remote Remote |
Hardware Services
| Type |
Model |
Use |
Problems |
Solution adopted |
| Master CLK for IEEE std.1588 Precision Time protocol |
NI PXI 6682 |
Acts as a master clk on the network providing syncronitzacion. It is connected to a GPS. |
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Software Services
Sensors
| Deployed |
20/05/2009 |
Planned |
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| Instrument/Sensor Type |
Underwater camera OPT-06 |
Parameter(s) |
Images |
| Platform |
Mooring |
Manufacturer |
Ocean Presence Technologies |
| Instrument/Sensor documentation (URL) |
http://www.oceanpresence.com/documents/OceanCam.pd f |
| Sensor Type / Model |
OPT-06 |
Power Supply |
48v |
| Approximate Depth / Height |
20 |
Sampling interval |
0.1 second(s) |
| Calibration Samples Available |
No |
Frequency of Calibration Samples |
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| Intercalibration Available |
Yes |
Intercalibration Platform |
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| Intercalibration Frequency |
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| Problems |
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| Solution Adopted |
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| Datasheet URL |
http://www.oceanpresence.com/documents/OceanCam.pdf |
| Comments |
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| Deployed |
01/06/2010 |
Planned |
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| Instrument/Sensor Type |
Airmar 150WX |
Parameter(s) |
Air Temperature, ATMS, Wind Speed, Wind Direction |
| Platform |
Buoy |
Manufacturer |
Airmar Technology Corporation |
| Instrument/Sensor documentation (URL) |
http://www.airmartechnology.com/2009/products/mari ne-product.asp?prodid=150 |
| Sensor Type / Model |
150WX |
Power Supply |
12v |
| Approximate Depth / Height |
5 |
Sampling interval |
30 second(s) |
| Calibration Samples Available |
No |
Frequency of Calibration Samples |
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| Intercalibration Available |
Yes |
Intercalibration Platform |
Davis Vantage Pro2 Weather Station |
| Intercalibration Frequency |
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| Problems |
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| Solution Adopted |
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| Datasheet URL |
http://www.airmartechnology.com/uploads/brochures/150WX.pdf |
| Comments |
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