Transcript Dr. Richard W. Spinrad - Oregon State University

Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite
Studies (CIOSS)
Executive Board Meeting
August 30, 2005
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Three perspectives –
JSOST, IOOS, and NOS
Dr. Richard W. Spinrad
• Co-Chair - White House Joint Subcommittee on Ocean
Science and Technology
• NOAA Executive Committee of Ocean.US
• Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s National Ocean Service
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JSOST Recent Activities
• Ocean Research Priorities Framework
– April 5, 2005: Submitted and approved by the Committee on Ocean
Policy
– December 2006: Plan and Implementation Strategy due
• Input for the FY2007 OMB/OSTP Research and Development
Priorities Memorandum
• Oceans and Human Health
– Coordinate activities with Joint Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment
– Oceans and Human Health Act of 2004
• IOOS Governance
– Review of IOOS Development Plan
– Responding to IOOS legislation
• Input on proposed NOPP Legislation
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Issue:
We are limited and poorly coordinated
with respect to environmental data
supporting fundamental societal needs
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Integrated Ocean Observing
System
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All IOOS Societal Goals Are
Integral to All NOAA Mission Goals
1) Improve predictions of climate
change and weather and their
effects on coastal communities
and the nation;
2) Improve the safety and
efficiency of marine operations;
3) Mitigate the effects of natural
hazards;
4) Improve national and homeland
security;
5) Reduce public health risks;
NOAA Mission Goals
CLIMATE
WEATHER AND WATER
COMMERCE AND
TRANSPORTATION
6) Protect and restore healthy
coastal marine ecosystems; and
7) Enable the sustained use of
marine resources.
ECOSYSTEMS
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Customers
Coastal Management
Resource Management
Emergency Management
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Regulatory agencies
Pilots Associations
Ports
Emergency responders
Wildlife agencies
Protected areas
Planning councils
Fishermen
Boaters
Research organizations
State Sea Grants
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Priority Management Issues and
Technologies
Important Issues in the Next 5 Years
Issue
Percentage
1. Land Use
98
2. Habitat Change
3. Nutrient Enrichment
4. Sediment Management
94
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5. Environmental Contamination
6. Nonindigenous Species
7. Coastal Hazards
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8. Ocean Management
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2004 Coastal States Organization
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Remote Sensing Capability
Preferences for Remote Sensing Data
Forms of Data
Hardcopy
Derived Products
Geo-rectified Digital imagery
Explanatory Documents
Raw Digital Data
2002 Coastal Services Center
Management Survey
Use (%)
92
82
78
68
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Prefer (%)
30
55
59
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Monitoring and Forecasting Harmful Algal Blooms
Operational NOAA/NOS system in Gulf of Mexico;
Federal/state/academic/commercial collaboration
Impact
evaluation
Mooring Data
Products:
Bulletins to
state & local
managers
with Condition
Report on
public website
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Satellite
imagery
3% Drift prediction
7% Drift prediction
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Distance from Cape San Blas [km]
10% Drift prediction
Estimated progression
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-100
-150
-200
-250
-300
-350
-400
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Models
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260
265
270
Day of Year
275
280
285
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Field
sampling
(targeted
with imagery)
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Orbimage SeaWiFS
Fisheries Habitat

Define loggerhead and
leatherback habitats
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Adjust fishing regulations
for longliners
SST, phytoplankton, and
depth layers in
combination may provide
insight into sea turtle
location
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Chris Orphanides and Grayson Wood
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Seagrass Habitat Change
1986
Satellite reflectance data to model seagrass
habitats and determine current/future
impacts on Marine Sanctuary seagrass beds
1992
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Seagrass Habitat Change
Sea Grass
changes
from 1985
to 2003
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Coastal Erosion
High Frequency RADAR - Surface
Currents and Sediment Transport
Dynamic Ht Trends vs Tide Gauge
Sea Level Trends (San Francisco, San
Diego, Honolulu, Balboa)
20th Century Sea Level Rise
Tide Gauges: 2.1 mm/yr
Hydrographic Observations: 0.5 mm/yr
Raw ocean surface current velocities
averaged over three hours.
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Coastal Erosion
• Height Modernization
Elevation control
Provides true sea level rise by colocating GPS and tide gauges
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Coastal Erosion
VDatum and Creation of Digital Elevation Models
The tidal model is combined with geoid and ellipsoid models to
create VDatum
Bathymetry and topography may then be seamlessly blended into a
consistent DEM
Geoid
Model
Tidal
Model
Ellipsoid
Model
Bathy/Topo
Digital Elevation Model
Topography
Bathymetry
VDatum
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User Challenges
End users want:
• Regional data for local
interpretation
• All information in one place
• Validation of information
• Expert analysis
• Fast and Accurate
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IOOS Challenges
Requirements
• Diverse requirements and goals
• Diverse customer needs
• Data management and Communications
• Gaps in the observations data coverage
Integration
• Integrating diverse, single purpose capabilities and capacities
• Creating smart Interoperability
• Creating decision support tools
Research
• Integrating sensors and data
• Linking observations to applications efficiently
• Data fusion and assimilation
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Challenge of Data Assimilation
QuikSCAT
SST
Salinity
(Lynch et al.
2000)
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Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org
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Hurricane
Katrina
1 – next slide 2 – following slide
8/26/05 – 2:00 PM UTC
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Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org
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1 – next slide = Wave Height during Hurricane Katrina
Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org
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2 – following slide = Water Level Observation v. Prediction during Hurricane Katrina
Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org
Real Time
Winds
Hurricane
Katrina
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Take Home Messages
• Wide diversity of user needs
• Abundant research opportunities
• Remote sensing fills critical niche in IOOS
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Questions?
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Back Up Slides
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JSOST Backups
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Joint Subcommittee on Ocean
Science and Technology
• President’s Ocean Action Plan revised name
and membership – December 17, 2004
• Provide advice to the Committee on Science
and the Committee on Environment and Natural
Resources on national ocean S&T issues
• Forum for discussion and coordination among
Federal agencies involved with ocean S&T
• Co-chairs:
 Margaret Leinen, NSF
 Richard Spinrad, NOAA
 David Halpern, OSTP
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Approved Ocean Action Plan Ocean (OAP)
Governance
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JSOST
Ocean Observations
IWG
[Chair: NOAA]
Ocean Infrastructure
IWG
Chair: Navy
Ocean Education
IWG
Chair: NSF
Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia and
Human Health
IWG
[Chair: NOAA]
Ocean and Coastal Mapping
IWG
[Chair: USGS]
Partnership Funding
IWG
[Chair: Navy]
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Views letter slides
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Administration and Department of
Commerce views on S. 361
April 18, 2005
The administration, through the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and
Technology … is currently working to address this issue. However, for the
purposes of implementation and operation of IOOS, the Department and the
Administration recognize the importance of having a clear point of
accountability. As such, the Department and the Administration believe that
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should be the
lead federal agency for the administration and implementation of IOOS.
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Administration and Department of
Commerce views on S. 361
April 18, 2005
Consistent with the Ocean Action Plan, interagency coordination is essential
for all ocean science and technology priorities and policy and in particular for
planning and implementation for an Integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS). As such an interagency body should provide high level oversight for
the IOOS and an interagency program office should develop plans and
requirements for that interagency body’s ultimate approval.
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Administration and Department of
Commerce views on S. 361
April 18, 2005
The Department opposes directing any specific percentage or amount of
appropriations for the IOOS to regional associations…
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Altimetry
Jason-1
+
Scatterometry =
SURFACE
CURRENTS
QuikSCAT
Surface Current Anomalies
Nov 26, 2002
Dec 26, 2002
Jan 26, 2003
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SeaWiFS-derived Global Shallow
Water Database
- NOS depth estimation algorithm
Florida
- Implemented globally by
NASA Goddard
Identifies problems and fills
gaps in global coral reef
database maintained
by U.N. Environmental Program/
World Conservation Center
(UNEP/WCMC)
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Ecosystem Health and Recovery
SeaWiFS
chlorophyll
image
Sep 23, 1999
Use satellite,
aircraft and
shipboard data
to improve
algorithms in
coastal areas
Shipboard
data stations
(circles)
Aircraft lidar
tracks
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Ocean Surface Winds
Passive Polarimetry
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Coastal/Topographic Wind Effects observed with
QuikSCAT and SAR
1999 Dec 22 0611 UTC
2000 Feb 18 0318 UTC
Barrier Jets
1999 Dec 22 0441 UTC
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Challenge of Nesting Models
Open ocean models as forcing for shelf domains
http://hycom.rsmas.miami.edu/
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