Abstract:
In the past, the availability of ocean data depended almost only upon the actions of
the investigator. Different apparatus were used to collect data, samples were taken for further
analysis on laboratories and data was processed. After compiling all the information some
months later, or even years, the data was made available for the other partners and
subsequently, at the end of the project, sent to the data centers.
The technological evolution, the immediate transfer of data from the collection site and
the rising of operational oceanography systems, made the previous methods inadequate and
real time data transmission became a fact. Presently, data received at laboratories, is
automatically quality controlled, forwarded to databases and disseminated thought out web
project portals. Now all of us, investigators, students, fellow partners, or public in general, get
equally and simultaneous access of the data. The role of the data manager is to monitor and
assure that these fluxes are kept alive.
We will present, in this paper, the IHPT experience through the last decade on real
time data exchange and dissemination
