Abstract:
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The objective of the European FP7 project NeXOS
(Next generation Low-Cost Multifunctional Web Enabled Ocean
Sensor Systems Empowering Marine, Maritime and Fisheries
Management) is to develop cost-efficient innovative and
interoperable in-situ sensors deployable from multiple platforms
to support the development of a truly integrated Ocean
Observing System. Therefore, several sensor systems will be
developed in NeXOS project for specific technologies and
monitoring strategies such as: ocean passive acoustics, ocean
optics, and EAF monitoring (Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries),
that will provide an integrated, technologically coherent system
for multi-scale, multi-parameter monitoring of the oceans. For all
these sensors system, NeXOS will develop the Smart Electronic
Interface for Sensors and Instruments (SEISI) which is a set of
standards and functionalities to enable Web-based sharing,
discovery, exchange and processing of sensor observations, and
operation of sensor systems. The architecture will satisfy
international standards, defined by ISO, OGC, and the INSPIRE
directive, to enable integration of marine sensors with existing
observing systems. The SEISI will provide a multifunctional
interface for many types of current sensors and instruments as
well as the new multi-parameter sensor systems, and a standard
interface for existing observing systems platforms such as: cabled
observatories, buoys, gliders or Ferryboxes on ship or vessel of
opportunity. To achieve the compatibility with all these
platforms, the sensor systems developed in NeXOS based on
SEISI will be designed to accomplish two main requirements of
these platforms regarding the communication bandwidth and the
power consumption. |