About

The OOI Regional Cabled Array (RCA) consists of state-of-the-art instruments cabled to high-power and high-bandwidth networks installed across the seafloor and throughout the water column for interactive studies of the ocean. It is a part of the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative, an integrated infrastructure program composed of science-driven platforms and sensor systems that measure physical, chemical, geological and biological properties and processes from the seafloor to the air-sea interface.

The back deck (fantail) of the R/V Revelle packed with junction boxes, orange instrumented platforms to swap out with those on mooring platforms 200 m beneath the surface, digital still cameras, sonars awaiting installation on the  Cabled Array. Credit: M. Elend, University of Washington, V18.