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	Current Status of Planning for Telemetry and Data Management

		Bob (with Dave H., Hartley, Peter)

Telemetry
		
Several options for data and information telemetry have been
reviewed.  It was recognized that the solution must be able to
accommodate both digital data and straight (ASCII) text, and binary
data, such as gif images.  While several satellite, cell phone, and
other schemes could be used in a near shore, pilot environment, the
general consensus was to choose a solution that supports world wide
data transmission.  Our current working model is to use the
Inmarsat-C system, with the pilot system being a system from
Trimble.  This system, the Galaxy Inmarsat-C/GPS, supports an e-mail
like data transmission protocol, that would enable us to transmit
information to and from the fishing vessel on on hourly basis.  We
also recognized that our architecture and implementation should
allow for other data communication vendors as there are several
alternative systems just on the horizon that may suit our needs in
the future.


Data Management

Data and information management are an important component of our
project.  There is general agreement that the JGOFS Data Management
System will be used ashore to store and provide on-line (web) access
to data collected during this project.

We have established a temporary web site at
http://lena.whoi.edu:8180 for public access to Project LENA
information.  Once a dedicated server is acquired, the permanent web
site will be made available.  Also, a password restricted web site
has been created to support the communication needs of the project's
principal investigators.  This site contains preliminary drafts of
design specifications, copies of correspondence, meeting notes, and
other information necessary to help us with this project.