NEOCOCOESTL

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NEOCO/COESTL
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Supported by the University of California Coastal
Environment Quality Initiative
http//www.es.ucsc.edu/neoco
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NEOCO is a new system for coastal ocean
observing in California
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NEOCO
Why was this network developed?
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NEOCO
WET Labs WETStar Fluorometer
SeaBird SEACAT
WET Labs C-Star Transmissometer
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NEOCO
station 1
station 2
station 3
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iPAQ
iPAQ
iPAQ
iPAQ
instruments
wireless data transfer
STREAM SERVER
Located at Scripps (UCSD)
-data gathering -quality assurance -post
processing
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NEOCO
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PRODUCTION DATABASE
SANTA CRUZ (UCSC)
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Instruments
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Radio modem in iPAQ pocket PC
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LA JOLLA (UCSD)
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Web browser
Oracle relational database
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NEOCO

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NEOCO
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COESTL Coastal Ocean Exploration Searching for
Thin Layers Dr. Margaret Dekshenieks (UCSC) Dr.
Van Holliday (BAE Systems) Dr. Percy Donaghay
(URI) Funded by the Office of Naval Research
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• COESTL GOALS
• Search for thin layers in a variety of coastal
  sites
• Investigate the strong statistical relationship
• between thin layers and physical structure in
• the coastal ocean
• Refine the ability to detect thin layers through
• continued development of new instrumentation

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10 COESTL site explorations in 2001 and
2002 Instrumentation is deployed for a three
week period at each COESTL site.
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Acoustical Profiler
Optical Profiler
Receiving Antennae At Mobile Data Hub
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COESTL Relational Database Infrastructure
Web browser
Oracle relational database
http//es.ucsc.edu/coestl
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• Oracle Relational Database System
• Advantages
• Variable data types ok
• No limit to size of data table
• Relational
• Web interface tool
• Disadvantage
• Initial investment of time and funds