Transcript Federal Operational BACKBONE

A Survey of Existing
Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System
MARACOOS Assets
Wendell Brown
UMass Dartmouth
School for Marine Science & Technology
26 September 2011
MARACOOS Fisheries/Ocean Observatory Workshop
MARACOOS
is built on the framework of the
Operational Federal Backbone
Federal
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Measurements
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NOAA-NDBC/NWS-CMAN
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NOAA-NOS
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NOAA-NOS PORTS
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NASA & NOAA
Satellite Remote Sensing
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US Navy FNMOC
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US Navy
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NOAA-NMFS
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NOAA-NCEP
Meteorology (Met)
Sea Level (SL)
Currents-SL-Met
Surface Temperature
SST, Color, & SL
Meteorology
Surface Waves
Fisheries Surveys
Ocean Forecasts
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NDBC /Buoy & NWS /C-MAN Meteorology
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NASA & NOAA
Satellite Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
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US Navy FNMOC
Meteorology: Wind Fields
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US Navy
Surface Waves Forecasts
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NOAA/NMFS Annual
Fisheries Surveys
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
Weather Mesonet
Statistical STPS
HF Radar Network
Satellite Imagery
Glider Surveys
Dynamical Ocean
Forecasts
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
Weather Mesonet
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
Statistical STPS
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
HF Radar Network
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
Satellite Imagery
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
Glider Surveys
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
Dynamical Ocean Forecasts
DATA & PRODUCTS
Regional
Priority
Themes
Regional Observation & Modeling Capabilities
Weather
Mesonet
HF Radar
Network
Statistical
STPS
Theme 1.
Maritime
Safety
Operational Input
to USCG
SAROPS
Operational input
to USCG
SAROPS
Operational input
to USCG
SAROPS
Theme 2.
Ecological
Decision
Support
Weather forecast
ensemble
validation
Circulation and
divergence maps
for habitat
Theme 3.
Water Quality
Winds for
transport, river
plumes, &
upwelling
Surface currents
for flotables,
bacteria, spill
response
Theme 4.
Coastal
Inundation
Weather forecast
ensemble
validation
Theme 5.
Offshore
Energy
Historical
analysis & wind
model validation
Satellite
Imagery
Glider
Surveys
Dynamical
Ocean
Forecasts
SST for
survivability
planning
Assimilation
dataset for
forecast models
Surface currents
for SAROPS
SST & Color for
habitat
Subsurface T & S
for habitat
3-D fields of T, S,
circulation for
habitat
Ocean color for
river plumes
Nearshore
dissolved oxygen
surveys
Surface currents
for floatables,
bacteria, spill
response
Current forecast
model validation
SSTs
assimilation into
forecast models
Assimilation
dataset for
forecast models
Nested forecast
ensembles
Historical current
analysis & wind
model validation
Historical
analysis surface
fronts & plumes
for siting
Historical
analysis of
subsurface fronts
& plumes
Coupled oceanatmosphere
models for
resource
estimates
Surface currents
for flotables,
bacteria, spill
response
MARACOOS
Fisheries-Related
Measurements
MARACOOS Reginal Assets
UMassD / Industry
Scallop Surveys
MARACOOS Pre-Operational Assets
NMFS
Surface Drifter Measurements
MARACOOS
Embayment
Measurements
MARACOOS Regional Pre-Operational Assets
RI DEM
Narragansett Bay Program
A FISHERIES-RELATED ISSUE: CLIMATE VARIABILITY
LOW NAOI
HIGH NAOI
A conceptual model of the large-scale response of the Gulf Stream/Slope
Water system to the extremes of the NAOI. (left) During Low NAOI, the Gulf
Stream shifts southward, accompanied by a westward intrusion of Labrador
Slope Water (LSW). (right) During High NAOI, the Gulf Stream and
associated Warm Slope Water shifts northward, thus displacing LSW (after
Drinkwater et al., 2006).
The annual NAO Winter Index (NAOI) values from 1864
to 2010. The NAOI running mean (bold) shows “decadal”
periods of High (red) and Low (aqua)) NAOI preceding
the 1968, 1986, and 1996 and 2010 Low NAOIs.
CLIMATE VARIABILITY: FISHERIES
Smoothed maps of both northern and
southern red hake spatial distribution in
5 yr time blocks using inverse distance
weighting. Units of biomass are in
kilograms per tow. (Nye et al., 2009)
Cold Pool
Climatological average NEFSC bottom temperatures with 6-9oC Cold
Pool waters for(A) 1977-94; (B) 1995-08; and (C) (A)-(B). (Richardson et
al., 2010).
COLD POOL EVOLUTION:
A seasonal sequence of Mid-Atlantic shelf bottom
temperature maps based on MARMAP 1979 water property measurements.
Bringing MARACOOS Power to bear on the issues!
Design, Testing and Deploy
Observatory (simulated) data
Models
~3 km
Sensor &
Platform
Hyperion
on EO-1
~100
m
Virtual Ocean
Data Assimilation
Data
Analysis
Science Questions & Drivers
Data Synthesis:
Nowcast & Data Impact
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MARACOOS Gliders Measure the Cold Pool
GLIDER’S –EYE VIEW of the COLD POOL
The real-time 3-13 Aug 2011 RU-22 temperature transect
reveals the Cold Pool.
MARACOOS Models Produce Cold Pool Maps
The 26 July 2010 HOPS-derived temperature transects showing the Cold Pool; (upper) south of Nantucket (72oW)
and (lower) New Jersey (75oW) .
MODEL’S –EYE VIEW of the COLD POOL
Monthly-average ROMS Cold Pool (T<oC) maps;
indicating westward inflow through July.
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS
Weather Mesonet
Statistical STPS
HF Radar Network
Satellite Imagery
Glider Surveys
Dynamical Ocean
Forecasts