Reinas: the realtime environmental information network and analysis system

The Real-Time Environmental Information Net-work andAnalysis System (REINAS) is a distributed system supporting the conduct of regional environ-mental science research at the desk top. Contin-uous real-time data acquired from dispersed sen-sors is stored in a logically integrated but physi-cally distributed data base. An integrated problem-solving environment is under development which supports visualization and modeling. REINAS is intended to provide insight into historical, current, and predicted oceanographic and meteorological conditions. REINAS permits both collaborative and single-user scientific work in a distributed environ-ment