Multi-Disciplinary Ocean Sensors for Environmental Analyses and Networks (MOSEAN)

Abstract : The long-term goal of the Multi-disciplinary Ocean Sensors for Environmental Analyses and Networks (MOSEAN) project is to develop and test new technologies that are essential for solving a variety of interdisciplinary oceanographic problems of societal importance in coastal and open ocean environments. Problems of relevance to MOSEAN include: biogeochemical cycling, climate change effects, ocean pollution, harmful algal blooms (HABs), ocean ecology, and underwater visibility. The primary objectives of MOSEAN are: (1) To produce and test new sensors that will be capable of sampling key biological, chemical, and optical variables on time scales as short as minutes and space scales down to a meter for periods on order of months and horizontal space scales on order of 100's of kilometers. The sensors are being designed and tested with capabilities of real-time and/or near real-time data telemetry. (2) To develop, interface, test, and demonstrate new interdisciplinary sensor suites for use with a variety of autonomous, unattended sampling platforms, including stationary-type (e.g., moorings, offshore platforms, and towers) and mobile-type (e.g., moored profilers, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), gliders, drifters, and profiling floats).