Comments: download file (cintal_rep).
Ref.: SiPLAB Report 01/21, SiPLAB, University of Algarve, November 2021.
Abstract
This report provides an overview of the global challenges and advances obtained for the design,
development, integration, deployment and usage of trans-oceanic submarine telecommunications
cables for gathering ocean environmental parameters.
It covers the historical aspects since its suggestion in 2010 until present, focusing on
the various initiatives with the same objective, including the installation of ocean
observatories either fixed or mobile, shallow or deep water, cabled or non-cabled. Social
benefits are stressed and international organizations involved are listed. Legal questions
are also mentioned and advances addressed. The focus is clearly on the global scale of
the problem and the various solutions provided. A set of recommendations is drawn from
the literature.