What is ISO 21851 about?
ISO 21851 specifies the overall framework of ocean hydro-meteorological observation systems,
including the system function composition, the data structure type and data transmission format and protocol, as well as the input and output interface. These systems support automatic measurement of e.g. buoy, submersible, and shore station instruments, with output interfaces, and provide observations on e.g. water temperature, salinity, depth, current, ocean wave, temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, visibility, and precipitation. They have the ability to receive, store, display, process, and analyse data.
Who is ISO 21851 for?
ISO 21851 on ocean observation systems is applicable to:
- Manufactures of ocean observation systems
- Ocean observers
- Oceanographers
- Marine biologists
- Ocean Authorities and organisations
- Ocean Research organizations, and oceanology scientists
Why should you use ISO 21851?
Ocean observation systems are crucial to predict the right locations. Manufactural or structural problems in the system can be unsafe for usage.
Adopting ISO 21851 help you in the study of ocean science, protection of the ocean environment, early warning of ocean disasters, and development of ocean resources.
ISO 21851 provides you guidelines for the observation system which is responsible for receiving, storing, displaying, processing, and analysing ocean hydrometeorological data, providing software support for accurate and efficient observation activities.
Following the design guidelines provided in ISO 21851 help you to will prevent multiple
system structures, poor interface versatility, and diverse data types, which can seriously affect the reusability and interactivity of the ocean system.
ISO 21851 provides an overall framework for ocean hydro-meteorological observation systems.
It standardizes the functional composition of observation systems, ISO 21851 contributes to improving the development and operation efficiency of these systems, and to meet diverse needs. ISO 21851 also improves the application analysis and integrated management capabilities of ocean big data.
