NDLI: An advanced buoy with high-volume, two-way LEO satellite communications

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Shaumeyer, J.N. Borden, J.M.
Copyright Year	2000
Description	Author affiliation: Wavix Inc., Rockville, MD, USA (Shaumeyer, J.N.)
Abstract	Responsive global-scale climate modeling and forecasting require comprehensive and timely data retrieval from observational networks. Satellite-based remote sensing has revolutionized oceanography, but the kinds of data that can be collected is limited. Most measurement buoys return at most a few thousand bytes of data per day. The harvest of data from in situ platforms must increase by orders of magnitude if scientists are ever to understand the complexities of the Earth's climate. The authors report on the results of a NASA SBIR-funded effort to develop an advanced buoy platform and an enhanced data-transmission system, with the potential of returning at least 500 kilobytes/day of data from each buoy. The communications link is two way, allowing researchers to send commands to the remote system to alter its operation at any time. The ability to retrieve large amounts of data in real-enough time will change the way remote oceanographic data collection is done.
Starting Page	1103
Ending Page	1108
File Size	890110
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780365518
DOI	10.1109/OCEANS.2000.881750
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2000-09-11
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Low earth orbit satellites Satellite communication Instruments Information retrieval Remote sensing Marine technology Ocean temperature Predictive models Sea measurements Large-scale systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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