Increasing the availability and visibility of data deriving from AUVs and ROVs in Marine Research

Talk
In session Data Management Workflows , Sept. 3, 2025, 16:30 – 18:15
Exact timing: 17:15 – 17:30
Room info: Lecture Hall

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) are essential tools for investigating marine environments. These large-scale platforms are equipped with a variety of sensors and systems, including CTD, fluorometers, multibeam echosounders, side-scan sonar, and camera systems. ROVs also have the capability to collect water, biological, and geological samples. As a result, the datasets acquired from these missions are highly heterogeneous, combining diverse data types that require careful handling, standardization of metadata information, and publication.
At GEOMAR, we develop and implement within the context of the Helmholtz DataHub a comprehensive workflow that spans the entire data lifecycle for large scale facilities.
It combines using the infrastructures of O2A Registry for device management, Ocean Science Information System (OSIS) for cruise information, PANGAEA for data publication and the portal earth-data.de for future visualization of AUV and ROV missions.
The presented workflow is currently deployed for GEOMAR’s REMUS6000 AUV "Abyss", and is being designed with scalability in mind, enabling its future application to other AUVs and ROVs.