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Ocean Sciences is at the crossroads: it is entering the brave new world of "Big Science". The first of a new generation of large facilities, the NEPTUNE Canada cabled ocean observatory (www.neptunecanada.ca) will be presented from the point of view of a sensor network composed of hundreds of diverse instruments. The challenges we faced will be reviewed, together with the selected network design, data management and data distribution approaches. Special emphasis will be placed on the architecture of the system and on the more recent developments and concepts used to help scientists in their exploitation of the data. Finally a number of the early discoveries made with the new facility will be briefly described.
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