Ocean Observatories Initiative

 Preliminary Design Review Document Download Link

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Regional Scale Nodes: Secondary Infrastructure (July 2007) Regional Scale Nodes: Shore Station Options (June 2007) Regional Scale Nodes: Wet Plant Trade-Off Study (June 2007)	(PDF: 10.5 MB) (PDF: 14.6 MB) (PDF: 5.6 MB)
OOI Science Plan Summary OOI Science Plan	(PDF: 1.0 MB) (PDF: 4.0 MB)
OOI Brochure (2003)	(PDF: 5.4 MB)

OOI-Related Past Documents

Global Moored Buoys

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DEOS Moored Buoy Ocean Observatory Design Study	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
DEOS Global Buoy Working Group Report (1999)	(PDF: 2.2 MB)

Regional Cabled Observatories

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NEPTUNE Documents and Reports	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
NEPTUNE Feasibility Study	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
Regional Cabled Observatory Network (of Networks) (RECONN)	(PDF: 1.1 MB)
Scientific Cabled Observatories for Time Series (SCOTS)	(PDF: 1.7 MB)
NEPTUNE PNW Workshop, 2003	(PDF: 1.8 MB)

Coastal Systems

NSF Reports

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NSF Ocean Sciences Workshop on Information Technology Infrastructure	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors (ALPS): 2003 Workshop Report	(PDF: 1.4 MB)
NSF GEOSCIENCES BEYOND 2000: Understanding and Predicting Earth's Environment and Habitability	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
New Seafloor Observatory Networks in Support of Ocean Science Research	(PDF: 31KB)
Ocean Information Technology Infrastructure Committee Report - An Information Technology Infrastructure Plan to Advance Ocean Sciences	(External HTML site; opens in new window)

NRC Reports

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Enabling Ocean Research in the 21st Century	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
Illuminating the Hidden Planet	(External HTML site; opens in new window)

NOPP Reports

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An Integrated Ocean Observing System: A Strategy for Implementing the First Steps of a U.S. Plan	(PDF: 96 KB)
Toward a U.S. Plan for an Integrated, Sustained Ocean Observing System	(PDF: 1.8 MB)

Other Documents

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First Annual IOOS Development Plan	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
Ocean Observatories Initiative Facilities Needs from UNOLS	(PDF: 4.2 MB)
A National Initiative to Observe the Oceans: A CORE Perspective	(PDF: 200 KB)
Sea Change in Ocean Observing for the Ocean Planet: Towards Implementation of an Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System	(External HTML site; opens in new window)
The Oceans Act of 2000	(PDF: 80 KB)
U.S. Navy Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Master Plan	(PDF: 3 MB)
H.R. 1552, the Marine Research and Related Environmental Research and Development Programs Authorization Act of 1999