Oceanographic Vessel Wireless Data Integrator (OVIDIO)

The development of the MAFIA project onboard the Hesperides vessel has allowed the integration and testing of OVIDIO (Oceanographic Vessel Wireless Data Integrator) technological platform.

Researchers during the MAFIA project deployed a large variety of oceanographic sensors during April and May 2015. The synergies created in this job environment were the ideal atmosphere for OVIDIO integration with the vessel and sensors systems. OVIDIO was checked in a real environment with oceanographic and atmospheric sensors, onboard electronics and researchers from different areas.

Miguel González Calleja on board the R.V "Hespérides" during the Mafia cruise from Salvador de Bahía (Brazil) to the Canary Islands (Spain).

Some of the services offered by OVIDIO are:

·       Reports management using mobiles devices (tablets, smartphones, etc.).

·       Data transmission using onboard WIFI network.

·       Data integration from vessel sensors (meteorology, deck, bridge data, etc.).

·       Samples management (codification, labeling with code bars, sampling reports).

·       Cruise schedule management.

·       Automatic ISO19139 metadata generation.

·       Report production.

The screen of a tablet showing the menu of Ovidio

All the process is running over a virtual machine including:

·       Database integration.

·       Sensors data agent capture.

·       WIFI dataflow management.

·       OVIDIO website hosting.


At the end of the cruise, the user can bring de virtual machine to his research center and integrate OVIDIO in his intranet or even allow worldwide access using internet services.

Acknowledgements

The development of this beta version was possible due to an agreement between IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC) and the "Migrants and Active Flux In the Atlantic Ocean" project (MAFIA) as well the CACYTMAR (Cadiz University) sponsorship. The Marine Technology Unit (UTM) supports the integration process of OVIDIO with the vessel systems as well as metadata generation. The Balearic Island Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB) supports OVIDIO providing his oceanographic vessel facilities for testing proposes. PELOPANTON graphic studio specialized in scientific outreach, and they are the designers of the iconography of the website.


OVIDIO integrates the whole data lifecycle of an onboard scientific oceanographic cruise: data capture, database consolidation, datamining, reports, metadata generation…