Design
Global Scale Nodes
Sustained atmospheric, physical, biogeochemical, ecological, and seafloor observations at high latitudes are required to understand critical influences on the global ocean-atmosphere system.The OOI’s design process has identified four strategic high-latitude sites to implement global scale nodes to collect this multidisciplinary time-series data:
- Southern Ocean, southwest of Chile (55°S, 90°W)
- Irminger Sea, southeast of Greenland (60°N, 39°W)
- Argentine Basin, South Atlantic (42°S, 42°W)
- Station Papa, North Pacific (50° N, 145°W)
Coastal Scale Nodes
The OOI’s Coastal Scale Nodes are designed to provide sustained, but adaptable, access to complex coastal systems. The initial stage of the coastal observatory consists of two elements:- A long-term Endurance Array in the Eastern Pacific
- A relocatable Pioneer Array in the Western Atlantic
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