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News Release 09-183
A New Look Beneath the Waves: Ocean Observatories Initiative Gets Underway
National Science Foundation and Consortium for Ocean Leadership sign cooperative agreement for vast undersea observing network
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The geographic locations of the OOI components are depicted in this illustration.
Credit: Center for Environmental Visualization, University of Washington
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As part of OOI, a global mooring array to collect continuous data will be built.
Credit: Jack Cook, WHOI
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An OOI regional scale node will be located at the deep-sea Axial Volcano and Hydrate Ridge.
Credit: University of Washington
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A close-up shows a cabled mooring that will be used on the regional scale nodes of OOI.
Credit: University of Washington
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This diagram outlines the cyberinfrastructure component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
Credit: Matthew Arrott, UCSD
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