How to Connect to MARS
The MARS node
Ocean scientists and engineers are encouraged to deploy instruments on the MARS ocean observatory.
The observatory facilities allow researchers to develop the tools and protocols necessary to take advantage of a sea floor power supply, real-time data, and experiment control. The MARS system is designed so that tools and protocols developed at MBARI will be readily transferable to other ocean observatories as they come on line.
Now that the MARS observatory is operational, we are implementing procedures to assist researchers who wish to put instruments on the network. Specifically, we will provide step-by-step instructions for getting an experiment on MARS, as well as information detailing how to interact with your experiment once it has been deployed.
- Examples of experiments that have been proposed or deployed on MARS.
- Contacts
- Request new user questionnaire
- How to interface
- Site description
- Instrument deployment
- MARS user rates
- Sanctuary application requirements
For additional information, contact MARS Operations and Management.
At Sea
- Ships
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- Research Vessel Western Flyer
- Research Vessel Rachel Carson
- Research Vessel Paragon
- Rates
- Marine operations policies
- Cruise planning
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- R/V Western Flyer cruise planning
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- Checklist of Supplies
- Cruises outside home port
- Data and video: formats and specifics
- Departure/arrival times
- early departure
- Hazardous materials
- Precruises and postcruises
- ROV dive time definitions
- RHIB operations
- ROV users checklist
- Safety Management System
- Science party guidelines
- Scuba diving
- Ship to shore communications
- R/V Rachel Carson cruise planning
- R/V Paragon cruise planning
- Forms
- FAQs
- Rates
- Marine operations policies
- Schedules
- Vehicles
- Expeditions
- Cabled observatory
- Moorings
- Research tools
- Administration & planning
