Transcript Future of Coastal Observing in Alaska - Asia-Pacific Data

Alaska Ocean Observing System
(AOOS)
A Regional Observing System
within the Integrated Ocean Observing System
Molly McCammon, Executive Director
1007 W. Third Ave., Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-644-6703
[email protected]
www.aoos.org
IOOS (National) Goals
• Improve prediction of climate change impacts
• Improve safety & efficiency of marine operations
• More effectively protect & restore healthy
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coastal ecosystems
Sustain marine resources
Mitigate effects of natural hazards
Reduce public health risks
Improve national security
(adapted from: An Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System,
Ocean.US 2002)
What will IOOS look like?
• Global component
(international collaboration and U.S. support)
• U.S. coastal component
- National “backbone” system: existing federal
assets (federal support)
- Set of nested Regional Observing Systems,
tailored to local user needs
(federal, state, local, private support)
Global Component of the IOOS
Integrate Remote & In Situ Sensing
An International Collaboration
Plan for the initial system
~ 50% implemented
Bottom up:
Regional Associations forming across the U.S.
Alaska Ocean Observing System
(AOOS)
Arctic
Bering Sea/
Aleutians
Gulf of Alaska
AOOS: Partnership of Industry,
Government, Non-Profits and Academia
(not a complete listing)
• Industry/Stakeholders
Fishing companies
Fishermen
Shipping – marine navigation
Oil services
Subsistence users
Recreation
Aquaculture/mariculture
Tourism
Value-added research
• Government
State: fisheries, water quality, seafood, coastal managers
Federal: resource managers, researchers, search & rescue, oil spill response
Local: coastal cities, boroughs and ports
Tribal: Alaska Native communities
• Research Institutes & Non-Profits
Arctic Research Commission
North Pacific Research Board
Prince William Sound Science Center/OSRI
Barrow Arctic Science Consortium
Alaska SeaLife Center
Alaska Native Science Commission
• Academia
University of Alaska
Others
Planning
• Secure interim and long-term funding
– $2M in year 1, with similar amounts in years 2 and 3
– Move toward multiple regions to increase funding - $6m goal in
2006
• Identify stakeholders – coastal residents, managers, industry,
researchers – and stakeholder needs
• Develop organizational structure, DMAC, education & outreach:
partnership among federal and state agencies, private sector, users,
academia
• Develop systems
– Pilot project in Prince William Sound
-- Expand observing capacity throughout Alaska
Alaska’s Special Challenges
Stakeholder needs
Search and rescue, oil spill response, safe navigation
• Currents and winds in real-time, accurate tide info
• Trajectory modeling
Coastal erosion
• Wave height & direction and storm surge modeling
• Landfast and sea ice conditions
Seasonal and long-term forecasts
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Ocean conditions
Sea ice
Heat indices
Improved weather forecasts
Harmful algal blooms
Observational data and models
• Ocean circulation, currents, frontal locations
• Winds, air temperature, precipitation
• Fisheries; ecosystem approach to management
AOOS VISION: Statewide Strategy
• Identify gaps in national
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backbone to meet larger,
more statewide and
national needs
Develop strategy to fill
in gaps – influence
federal agency budgets
Integrate obs that cross
agency missions &
disciplines
Statewide Priorities
• Remote sensing products w/high resolution
• Data management & communications systems w/real•
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time accessible data
Information products such as ocean circulation models,
nearshore forecasts for all regions
Comprehensive mapping & charting
Infrastructure & equipment– buoy center; hf radar
group; ice thickness sensor; salinity mapper; ship time
Support for state & federal programs - facilitation
AOOS VISION: Arctic
• Users
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offshore oil & gas
shipping/navigation
subsistence hunting
resource managers
Native communities/planners
climate change researchers
• Information products
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sea ice & fog forecasts
real time sea ice movement
ocean circulation patterns
climate change indicators
improved weather forecasts
coastal erosion prediction
Arctic Priorities
• Sea ice monitoring
• Coastal erosion
• Barrow cabled observatory
• HF radar – nearshore monitoring
• Marine mammals
• Collaboration with other efforts circumpolar
AOOS VISION: Bering Sea/Aleutians
• Users
- commercial fishing
- subsistence; communities
- climate change research
- safe navigation: search &
rescue & oil spill response
- resource managers
• Information products
- sea ice & vessel icing
forecasts
- coastal erosion predictions
- fisheries/ecosystem
productivity – climate change
- wind and wave forecasts
Bering Sea/Aleutian Priorities:
• Increase National Backbone assets: NDBC buoys, C-Man
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stations, CRN sites, tide & river gauges.
Moorings to monitor water in, out & thruout
Coastal erosion monitoring
Expand fisheries surveys, increase oceanic parameters
measured
Better bathymetry; charts
Long-range HF radar surface current mappers at pulse
pts in circulations & major fishing grounds
Long-term: cable-linked observatories on Pribilofs &
Little Diomede Island
AOOS VISION: Gulf of Alaska
• Users
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navigation services
commercial fishing
recreational boaters
oil & gas development
search & rescue
tourism
managers
aquaculture/mariculture
• Information products
- marine sea state & icing
conditions
- ocean circulation patterns
- coastal erosion predictions
- nowcast/forecasts for search
& rescue & oil spill response
- fisheries/ecosystem
productivity
- HAB forecasts
Gulf of Alaska Priorities:
• National Backbone: Increase # of ocean moorings, tide & stream
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gauges – enhance w/ other sensors: water quality, sediment; better
bathymetry maps & charts
Circulation obs: more buoys & long & short range HF radar surface
current mappers; freshwater input into Alaska Coastal Current
Enhance existing estuarine & coastal monitoring
Add biological component to physical monitoring
Develop HAB forecast ability
Enhance ship of opportunity programs
PWS observing system: use as pilot project
Develop new capacity in Kodiak & SE
Integrate & enhance Cook Inlet observations
PWS Demonstration of an“End to End” System
Sea Surface Conditions Meteorology Oceanography Water Quality
PWS Weather
Currents
Precipitation
Data Assimilation
Field Validation
Experiments
PWS
Model
Ancillary
Data
PWS Waves
RealData
time data
Retrieval &
Processing
Application
Server
Server
(GIS)
3D Model
Assimilation
Research
Server
Server
(POET)
Feedback
Education
Economic models
Fishery management
Communities
Next Steps
• Work with national groups to get national
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authorizing legislation & national funding
Strengthen newly formed national federation of
regional associations
Continue user outreach & needs assessment –
identify information products
Develop implementation plans for 3 regions
Develop education & outreach plan
COORDINATE, COLLABORATE AND LEVERAGE!
Alaska Ocean Observing
System
1007 W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 100
Anchorage, Alaska
www.aoos.org