Synchro
Lead Organizations
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Project Description
Synchro’s accelerates technology solutions for ocean research. It does this by providing a testbed for previously-developed technology, and involving resource managers and other users who will ultimately use the technology to participate in its evaluation process. By involving these decision managers from the beginning, we synchronize technology testing in real-world conditions with a quicker uptake of these critical tools needed to measure a rapidly changing ocean.
Two key issues limiting the uptake of new and maturing technologies are, firstly, the need to ‘cross-walk’ such systems from technical performance assessments through to broader acceptance and use of their resulting data and information products. And secondly. the inclusion of information users in co-design covering the full data lifecycle to ensure that solutions are fit-for-purpose.
Synchro will realize the power of new and maturing ocean observing tools and teams for understanding, managing and sustaining ocean resources. This initiative will establish a co-design lab and test bed in Monterey Bay that accelerates progress in bringing new tools into operation with impact.
This will focus on prototype demonstration in a relevant environment through to a fully-developed system proven through successful mission operations with use in management and decision making. We will foster testing and evaluation access across a broad range of marine technology modalities and applications.