Crowdsourcing coastal oceanographic data A new wireless instrument for fishing boats to gather seabed temperature Andy Smerdon CEO Aquatec Group, UK Wednesday Session
Slide 1 Overview Introduction to Aquatec Group Background Development of a Wireless Temperature & Depth Recorder Data crowdsourcing Field data examples Summary and vision
Slide 2 Overview Introduction to Aquatec Group Background Development of a Wireless Temperature & Depth Recorder Data crowdsourcing Field data examples Summary and vision
Aquatec Group Ltd Slide 3 Creators of innovative INSTRUMENTS, SERVICES, and SOLUTIONS for MEASUREMENT, MONITORING, and COMMUNICATION UNDERWATER Providing instrumentation solutions for all water environments including: Ocean Science Offshore Energy & Marine Renewables Fisheries and Marine Wildlife 21/08/2013 Aquatec Overview
Aquatec Group Ltd Slide 4 Founded in 1990 Based in Hampshire, UK Primary expertise: Subsea instrumentation to 4000m & beyond Long life autonomous systems:10+ years design life Underwater acoustics and optics Design and manufacture all products and engineered solutions Products sold worldwide: >75% export ISO 9001:2008 21/08/2013 Aquatec Overview
Slide 5 Ocean Science Products 小型记录器 光学浊度记录器 AQUAscat AQUAlogger (520/210) 声学悬浮沉淀物分析器
Slide 6 Offshore Energy Products 水压试验泄漏检测阴极保护和监测 HYDROlog LEAKlog AQUAmodem CP
Slide 7 Custom Engineering & Comms 注入水质监测 光学 / 声学调制解调器 AQUAmodem
Slide 8 System Design & Support 咨询现场支持 / 调试培训所有状况下运行
Slide 9 Overview Introduction to Aquatec Group Background Development of a Wireless Temperature & Depth Recorder Data crowdsourcing Field data examples Summary and vision
Slide 10 Background
Slide 11 Background Long term coastal seabed temperature casts from research vessels costing $10-20k per day. almost a century of observations Shelf-wide coverage only a few times a year.
Slide 12 Background Millions of lobster traps 2001: NEFSC began attaching temperature and depth loggers Dramatic increase in spatial and temporal resolution of measurements
Slide 13 Need for Real-Time Over 5 million records to date, but Data recovery lengthy and delayed Instruments recovered and exchanged on month/season time scale Fishermen need current data to select optimum fishing ground 2011: NOAA/NEFSC commissioned Aquatec to develop new temperature and depth recorder Must deliver data to fishermen immediately fishing gear surfaces near real time data transfer to NOAA
Slide 14 Overview Introduction to Aquatec Group Background Development of a Wireless Temperature & Depth Recorder Data crowdsourcing Field data examples Summary and vision
Concept Development Previous Aquatec data acquisition product: AQUAlogger 520 pressure/temperature data loggers Very low power Long deployment time Precision measurement Low cost Data recovery using dedicated reader Slide 4 September 15 2013 Crowdsourcing Oceanographic Data
Slide 16 Concept Development Issues to address: Robustness Automatic communication Long service life Larger Battery
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Slide 18 Concept Development
Slide 19 Concept Development AQUAlogger 530WTD Standalone temperature and depth logger Use on commercial fishing vessels Stores data and displays graphs automatically via wireless technology No cabled connection System comprises: Data logger Reader unit, connected to PC, or Bluetooth enabled Smartphone.
Slide 20 Concept Development Instrument designed for use on commercial vessels Durable and shock-tested to US standards Can be attached to lobster pots, nets and other equipment. If there is line of sight with reader, logger does not need to be disconnected to download the data.
Slide 21 Concept Development Triggered to start and stop collecting data at set depth or time. When retrieved from water, automatically transmits collected data to reader (line of sight and <50m) Data automatically processed Graph presented on the connected computer From start of data transfer to presentation of graph in minutes
Slide 22 Overview Introduction to Aquatec Group Background Development of a Wireless Temperature & Depth Recorder Data crowdsourcing Field data examples Summary and vision
Slide 23 Data Crowdsourcing What is Crowdsourcing? Merriam-Webster Dictionary: the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people The crowd: Fishermen or other vessel operators How does this work?
Slide 24 Data Crowdsourcing What is Crowdsourcing? Merriam-Webster Dictionary: the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people The crowd: Fishermen or other vessel operators How does this work? Mobile App for Smartphone Cloud Storage with WiFi
Slide 25 Data Crowdsourcing Fishermen on small boats upload data via their Smartphone Bluetooth connection, then email to data collection centre Fishermen with computers use AQUAlogger 530 Bluetooth Reader and connect using DropBox or similar Cloud storage when they are within WiFi range
Slide 26 Overview Introduction to Aquatec Group Background Development of a Wireless Temperature & Depth Recorder Data crowdsourcing Field data examples Summary and vision
Slide 27 Fisheries Observations Lobstermen wondered why 'fixed' gear often relocated between hauls. Given new AQUAlogger 530WTD data, they have now documented when these movements occur
Slide 28 Fisheries Observations Nov 7: trap dropped to 317m for some hours before being lifted to 300m Smaller oscillations in depth show tidal variations While water level may not affect fishing, temperature oscillations could have an influence
Slide 29 Fisheries Observations December 20: trap moved from 385m to 460m, most likely by strong surface current. No immediate effect in temperature record showing well-mixed water. Downward trend in temperature between Dec 23 and 27 from ~8.5 C to ~6.5 C, then ~12 day temperature oscillations superimposed on tidal signal.
Slide 30 Fisheries Observations Drag on surface float apparently so strong during times of maximum current, it lifted and relocated gear off bottom Temperature variations impact on fishing efficacy
Slide 31 Oceanographic Observations Depth record shows clear tidal cycle with springneap variability. Significant drops in temperature e.g. 5 th & 12 th March with no corresponding change in depth or water level.
Slide 32 Oceanographic Observations Neap to spring cycle ~1m variation at high tide. First 3 days show minimal temperature variation with tides End of month shows much larger variation. High tide peaks correspond with temperature peaks Maximum difference between high & low tide of 0.8 F
Slide 33 Key benefit of additional data is improvement of models Models generally perform well at surface (more data to validate and calibrate) Performance at depth less reliable More data helps to improve models (right) Model Improvement
Slide 34 Overview Introduction to Aquatec Group Background Development of a Wireless Temperature & Depth Recorder Data crowdsourcing Field data examples Summary and vision
Slide 35 Summary Technology commercially available and proven in field, both as fishing aid and scientific instrument. Software allows user to control manual interaction, so suitable as scientific instrument or for use on vessels of opportunity Data is available to view as soon as the instrument is retrieved: Clear benefits to the vessel Increased incentive to participate. Low-cost, precision instrument to gather data from commercial and scientific vessels Depending on sampling regime and frequency of download, battery life may exceed 5 years. Cost per data point collected during this time is tiny
Slide 36 Vision Growing need for information Research vessels = $$$ Instruments such as AQUAlogger 530WTD increase temporal and spatial variability at minimal capital and operational cost Using vessels of opportunity builds relationships between commercial users of the seas and oceanographic researchers. New technologies such as this data logger maximise the opportunities that vessels of opportunity offer, with minimal training and manual interaction required for successful operation.
Slide 37 Manufacturers of: Temperature and Pressure Data Loggers Acoustic and Optical Suspended Sediment Profilers and Instruments Hydrotest Instrumentation - Leak Detection Systems Cathodic Protection and Monitoring Systems Integrated Through-Water Communications Available in China from: Shanghai P-Nav Scientific Instruments Co.,Ltd Thank you. Any questions? Andy Smerdon: asmerdon@aquatecgroup.com www.aquatecgroup.com Crowdsourcing Oceanographic Data