A Smart Sensor Web for Ocean Observation: System Design, Architecture, and Performance

Much of the cost and effort of new ocean observatories will be in the infrastructure that directly supports sensors, such as moorings and mobile platforms, which in turn connect to a "Backbone" infrastructure. Four elements of this sensor network infrastructure are in various stages of development, presented here: a cable-connected mooring system with a profiler under real-time control with inductive battery charging; a glider with integrated acoustic communications and broadband receiving capability; an integrated acoustic navigation and communication network with tomography on various scales; and a satellite uplink and feedback system.