1. Research platform
1.1. Large, fossil fuel
1.1.1. DNV Research and Representation Vessel by Atle Ellefsen
1.1.2. DNV BOREAST !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
1.1.3. DNV Catchy !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
1.1.4. Rolls Royce Fishing and Research Vessel
1.1.5. RV Falkor
1.1.6. Polar Stern
1.1.7. Pourquoi pas
1.2. Sail
1.2.1. Rozalia - American Promise
1.2.2. Tara
1.2.3. Algalita ROV
1.2.4. Sea Education Association
1.3. Platform
1.3.1. International Ocean Station !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
1.3.2. SCRIPPS FLIP & Jean Louis Etienne Polar Explorer
1.3.3. Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network
1.3.4. Sea Orbiter !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
1.3.5. Unreasonable at sea
2. Data Mapping
2.1. GIS Algalita
2.2. Ushahidi Type map / Open source mapping
2.3. FishNET !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
2.4. Google Maps - Eric Schmidt Ocean Institute
3. Waterborne sensor
3.1. Side scan sonar
3.2. Video Plankton Recorder
3.3. (new! Laser) Optical Plankton Counter
3.4. Acoustic methods
3.5. Biogeochemical methods
3.6. Net/Trawl based
3.6.1. Longhurst-Hardy Plankton Recorder (LHPR)
3.6.2. BONGO NET
3.6.3. MOCNET
4. Spaceborne platform
4.1. Geo stationnary Satellite (Fixed point)
4.2. Orbiting Satellite (Mobile)
5. Airborne sensor
5.1. RADAR
5.2. LIDAR
5.3. MULTI SPECTRAL CAMERA
5.4. RGB Camera
5.5. High resolution camera
5.6. Image processing
5.7. Image enhancement
6. Small mobile platform
6.1. Wave energy driven
6.1.1. Waveglider
6.1.2. Floating horizon !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
6.2. Solar energy driven
6.2.1. Planet Solar
6.3. Wind energy driven
6.3.1. Protei !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
6.3.2. VAIMOS
6.3.3. ROBOAT
6.3.4. Miniature Ocean Observation Platforms
6.4. DRIFTERS
6.4.1. Water deployable
6.4.1.1. Global Drifter Program // ARGO
6.4.1.2. OTR 300
6.4.1.3. Fish & Mammal Tag
6.4.2. Air deployable
6.4.2.1. OTR 600
6.5. Towfish type
6.5.1. SEASOAR // Batfish
6.5.2. AquaShuttle
6.5.3. V-Fins
6.6. Robotic fish type
6.7. ROV SeaRover
6.8. AUV Remus
6.9. Autonomous Moored Platform
7. Airborne platform
7.1. Copter
7.2. Paraglider
7.3. Kite
7.4. Airballoon
7.5. Aerial survey aircraft
8. Collection at sea
8.1. Small debris collector
8.1.1. Floating Horizon !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
8.1.2. Manta Net
8.1.3. Neuston Net
8.1.4. BOYANT SLAT?? !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
8.2. Large debris collector
8.2.1. BOYANT SLAT?? !! CONCEPT ONLY !!
8.2.2. Waste Free Oceans modified trawls
8.2.3. ROV with a hook + pilot
8.2.4. Upgyre's method??
8.2.5. Self propelled net
8.2.6. Ocean Sweeper