NOI-157 - Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) Moorings and Services

The Canadian Pacific Robotic Ocean Observing Facility (C-PROOF) is a state of the art facility that will revolutionize understanding of the ocean. Ocean change, its potential for life, and its potential as a source of energy are still poorly understood largely because of a lack of data. In part, the project will help to move remote coastal communities and the country as a whole towards carbon-free energy sources by exploiting ocean wind, waves and tides as inputs to innovative and sustainable energy systems. In support of research and development of such ocean energy systems, C-PROOF will deploy Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) mooring arrays with innovative floating instrumentation packages (e.g. buoys) capable of measuring ocean winds, waves and tides with unprecedented fidelity.
The C-PROOF buoys will compliment an existing fleet of 5 ODAS buoys that are already operated by UVic through a partner research initiative 􀍴 the Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED).