Evaluation of MBari puck protocol for interoperable ocean observatories

IEEE-1451[1] and OGC Sensor Web Enablement (OGC SWE)[2] define standard
protocols to operate instruments, including methods to calibrate, configure,
trigger data acquisition, and retrieve instrument data based on specified temporal
and geospatial criteria. These standards also provide standard ways to describe instrument
capabilities, properties, and data structures produced by the instrument.
These standard operational protocols and descriptions enable observing systems to
manage very diverse instruments as well as to acquire, process, and interpret their
data in a uniform and automated manner. We refer to this property as “instrument
interoperability”. This paper describes integration and evaluation of MBARI PUCK
protocol [3] within different observatories including OBSEA [4,5] in Spain, the ESONET
test-bed in Germany, and the SmartBay observatory in Canada.