Next generation, Cost-effective, Compact, Multifunctional Web Enabled Ocean Sensor Systems Empowering Marine, Maritime and Fisheries Management

Informations projet

NeXOS

N° de convention de subvention: 614102

Projet clôturé

Date de début 1 Octobre 2013

Date de fin 30 Septembre 2017

Financé au titre de

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Coût total € 8 104 266,00

Contribution de l’UE € 5 906 479,00

Coordonné par

CONSORCIO PARA EL DISENO, CONSTRUCCION, EQUIPAMIENTO Y EXPLOTACION DE LA PLATAFORMA OCEANICA DE CANARIAS
Spain

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Résultats exploitables

Exploitable results – NeXOS plug & play Architecture

Result description

NeXOS plug & play Architecture will facilitate the deployment, installation and configuration processes of sensors into marine observing platforms (fixed or mobile) using standard protocols like the OGC-PUCK and SML.

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* services/tools

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Exploitable results – NeXOS sensor A1: Low-power multifunctional hydrophone

Result description

Compact, low power multifunctional passive acoustics sensor system, enabling on-platform measurement and characterisation of underwater noise and several soundscape sources, for platforms with limited autonomy and/or communication capability

Result type

* prototype

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Exploitable results – NeXOS sensor EAF: Development of chlorophyll and oxygen sensor for fishing vessels

Result description

NeXOS sensor EAF: Very low-cost, high autonomy, small and sturdy chlorophyll and oxygen sensors for fishing vessels for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF). These sensors will complement the measurement of fish catch, fishing activity tracking, temperature and salinity.

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* data

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Exploitable results – NeXOS sensor O1: Multi-wavelength fluorescent censor

Result description

Matrix-fluorescence sensor as a fast and cost-efficient multiple optical detection system identifying natural and/or artificial contaminants in water, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and coloured dissolved organic matter, applicable to different platforms.

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* prototype

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Exploitable results – NeXOS Framework

Result description

Sensor Web components to provide/access real-time and archived censor data via the internet through standard protocols such as the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Sensor Web Enablement (SWE). These components facilitate and speed up the discovery and download process of information.

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* software/modelling tools

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Exploitable results – Data on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and coloured dissolved organic matter

Result description

Compilation of data on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and coloured dissolved organic matter.

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* data

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Exploitable results – NeXOS sensor O2: Hyperspectral absorption sensor

Result description

Autonomous hyperspectral cavity absorption sensor for detecting photosynthesizing components / microscopic organisms (phytoplankton) as an indicator of water quality.

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* prototype

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Exploitable results – Data on phytoplankton concentration in the North Sea

Result description

Transects of hyperspectral absorption coefficient measurements correlated to phytoplankton concentration in the North Sea area.

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* data

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Exploitable results – Data on pH-value, pCO2 and CH4

Result description

Compilation of data on pH-value, pCO2, CH4 in the North Sea.

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* data

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Exploitable results – NeXOS Biofouling protection sensor

Result description

This approach combines functionalized surfaces on immersed optical sensors for fouling protection, with an antifouling protection loop as part of the sensor control.

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* prototype

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Exploitable results – NeXOS censor O3: Multifunction carbon sensor

Result description

Compact autonomous underway carbon sensor arrays, quantifying the marine carbonate system by means of high resolution spectrophotometric detection of hydrogen ions and carbonate ions concentration in a conditioned seawater sample.

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* prototype

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Exploitable results – Underwater sound data

Result description

Underwater sound data used for validating new sensors NeXOS A1 and A2 will be made publicly available in the Central Eastern Atlantic.

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* data

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Exploitable results – NeXOS sensor A2: Real time waveform streaming and pre-processing hydrophone array

Result description

Compact multifunctional passive acoustics censor system, enabling real-time waveform streaming for the measurement of underwater noise and several soundscape sources, for platforms with unlimited autonomy and/or communication capability

Result type

* prototype

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Exploitable results – Sound processing C code library

Result description

Open-source embedded C code library for Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) based systems, performing embedded sound preprocessing.

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* software/modelling tools

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