From: Jean McKnight <jean@cse.ucsc.edu>
Subject: UCSC TR:   REINAS: Real-Time Environmental Information Network and Analysis System: Concept Statement
Originator: golding@frans.cs.vu.nl
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:38:44 GMT

          University of California at Santa Cruz
Baskin Center for Computer Engineering and Information Sciences 

The following technical report is available electronically or as
a paper copy.  Instructions for getting either follow the abstract.

UCSC-CRL-93-05  (available electronically as ucsc-crl-93-05.ps.Z)
REINAS:  REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION NETWORK AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM:
CONCEPT STATEMENT
Darrell D.E. Long, Patrick E. Mantey, Alex T. Pang, Glen G. Langdon, Jr.,
Robert A. Levinson, Harwood G. Kolsky, Bruce R. Gritton, Carlyle H. Wash,
and Leslie K. Rosenfeld
January 1993, 69 pages (paper copy $10.00)
Abstract:  REINAS is a research and development program with the goal of

designing, developing and testing an operational prototype system for
data acquisition, data management and visualization.  This system is to
support the real-time utilization of advanced instrumentation in
environmental science where continuous time measurements and improved
spatial resolution allow monitoring and understanding of environmental
phenomena in much greater detail than has previously been possible.
The system will also support the retrospective use of integrated
environmental data sets.  The scientific problem chosen to provide a
focus for study is in the area of air-sea-land interaction, in particular,
seabreeze development and the oceanic response to it in Monterey Bay.
     The project is a multi-year effort of the Baskin Center for Computer
Engineering and Information Sciences of the University of California,
Santa Cruz, in cooperation with the environmental and marine scientists
from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute (MBARI), and the Center for Ocean Anallysis and Prediction
(NOAA/COAP).
     This report is the Concept Statement for the REINAS project in
which the initial system requirements and project plan for the system
is described along with a preliminary architecture and its subsystems
for data collection, data management, processing and visualization
which are required for real-time operational applications in the marine
environment.
     The objective of this document is to provide project participants
and reviewers a baseline description of the problem that REINAS is
targeting, the technology to be applied, and a plan for meeting project
goals.  The concepts discussed are meant to provide clear and concise
direction for project activities and clear evaluation criteria for
products produced by the REINAS team.
    Collected in the appendices of this report are details and
documentation concerning the data sources, related projects, etc.
that seem related to REINAS.


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