Coastal Marine Automated Observing Station in China

Abstract

AbstractThe coastal marine automated observing station (CMAOS) is a facility built on the coast or island, collecting time series of ocean environment variables such as marine hydrological and meteorological parameters. This article introduces the general progress of CMAOS in China. The greatest demand for CMAOS is marine disaster forecasting and early warning to assist decision making and to protect the marine ecological environment. After more than half a century's efforts, China has established a network of CMAOS covering the coastal areas of China, which in real time acquires marine environmental information. The core of CMAOS is the marine automated observing system (MAOS), which integrates ocean sensors, a data collector, and a data reception processor. Currently, the MAOS is in its third generation of development and will follow the trend of unmanned, intelligent, and multifunctional systems. With the continuous implementation of relevant planning of an ocean observing network in China, the layout of CMAOS will be further optimized, the observed parameters will be more comprehensive, and the measuring means will be more abundant.