FMRI DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE SCOPING STUDY
Creators
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Natural Environment Research Council
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National Oceanography Centre
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Arribas, Alberto
(Project leader)1, 2
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Podgorska, Aleksandra (Ola) Helena
(Project member)3
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Lorenzo Lopez, Alvaro
(Project member)4, 3
- Baldwin, Alexander (Project member)2
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Snaith, Helen4
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Smith, Jonathan
(Project member)5
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Fry, Matt6, 7
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Saulter, Andrew8
- Matear, Liam (Project member)9
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Giles, Daniel10
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Fealy, Rowan
- Stanford-Clark, Andy
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University of Exeter
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National Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
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National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool)
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National Oceanography Centre
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British Antarctic Survey
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The Alan Turing Institute
- 7. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Met Office
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Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
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University College London
Description
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is committed to maintaining and strengthening the UK’s leadership in marine science. Through its Future Marine Research Infrastructure (FMRI) programme, NERC is preparing a strategic case for a capability that integrates cutting-edge technologies with proven research platforms, keeping the UK at the forefront of global marine science in the decades to come.
FMRI is expected to increase the number of autonomous observing platforms (AUVs, gliders, USVs, etc). However, physical infrastructure alone is not enough achieving a step change in our observing capabilities. Efficiently and optimally integrating diverse observing systems will require a novel digital infrastructure.
The current digital infrastructure for marine research in the UK suffers from inconsistencies in the digital foundations across its components, resulting in inefficiencies between the constituent components of the end-to-end system: upstream planning, real-time piloting, data acquisition and transmission, and the downstream data ecosystem.
Files
FMRI DISS.pdf
Additional details
Dates
- Issued
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2025-10-03