Sensors and Instrumentation Roadmap. AtlantOS – 633211, deliverable 6.1.

Abstract

Report including a ten year roadmap for strategic development of sensor and instrument technology for Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing Systems and therefore global ocean observation. The international community is determined to integrate and improve ocean observing - not least in the Atlantic through the AtlantOS project. A deliverable of AtlantOS is this freely available ten-year roadmap for sensors and instrumentation. The ambition for this roadmap is that it will constitute a tool from which the oceanographic community can learn of current and upcoming technology to better inform grant proposals, improve engagement with technology providers and help focus integrated effort on to the most important science questions. To provide the best impact of the roadmap invitations to contribute were widely circulated to academia, private companies, research institutions and existing multilateral projects operating within oceanography. These sources were asked to provide details of what sensors and instrumentation are available, as well as a forecast to the availability and capability of future systems. Other information such as product descriptions, flyers, datasheets or specification documents were also requested. If a release was subject to restrictions due to commercial conflicts contributors were still invited to consider supplying as much as possible. As a consequence the creation of the roadmap also constitutes a collection of more in-depth material for many of the sensors and instruments. In the first instance information provided for the roadmap will be made available through the NOC and AtlantOS websites and GEOSS wiki. Co-hosting with platforms such as the EuroGOOS Technology Plan (http://eurogoos.eu/increasing-eurogoos-awareness/working-groups/technology-plan-working-group-tpwg/) and the GEO blue planet outputs (http://www.oceansandsociety.org/products/brochures.html) are to be explored.