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Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS)

Executive Board MeetingAugust 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; 6) Protect and restore healthy

coastal marine ecosystems; and 7) Enable the sustained use of

marine resources.

NOAA Mission Goals

CLIMATE

WEATHER AND WATER

COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION

ECOSYSTEMS

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CustomersCoastal ManagementResource ManagementEmergency Management

– 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

2004 Coastal States Organization

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Remote Sensing Capability

2002 Coastal Services Center Management Survey

Preferences for Remote Sensing Data

Forms of Data Use (%) Prefer (%)

Hardcopy 92 30Derived Products 82 55Geo-rectified Digital imagery 78 59Explanatory Documents 68 27Raw Digital Data 45 8

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Monitoring and Forecasting Harmful Algal Blooms

Satellite imagery

Operational NOAA/NOS system in Gulf of Mexico; Federal/state/academic/commercial collaboration

Models

Field sampling(targeted with imagery)

Mooring Data

Impact evaluation

Products:Bulletins to state & local managerswith Condition Report on public website

Orbimage - SeaWiFS

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Fisheries Habitat

Chris Orphanides and Grayson Wood

Define loggerhead and leatherback habitats

Adjust fishing regulations for longliners

SST, phytoplankton, and depth layers in combination may provide insight into sea turtle location

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Satellite reflectance data to model seagrass habitats and determine current/future impacts on Marine Sanctuary seagrass beds

Seagrass Habitat Change

1986

1992

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Seagrass Habitat Change

Sea Grass changes from 1985 to 2003

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Coastal Erosion

Raw ocean surface current velocities averaged over three hours.

Tide Gauges: 2.1 mm/yrHydrographic Observations: 0.5 mm/yr

20th Century Sea Level Rise

Dynamic Ht Trends vs Tide Gauge Sea Level Trends (San Francisco, San Diego, Honolulu, Balboa)

High Frequency RADAR - Surface Currents and Sediment Transport

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Coastal Erosion

• Height ModernizationElevation control Provides true sea level rise by co-locating GPS and tide gauges

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Bathy/Topo Digital Elevation Model

Bathymetry

Topography

EllipsoidModel

TidalModel

GeoidModel

VDatum

VDatum and Creation of Digital Elevation ModelsThe tidal model is combined with geoid and ellipsoid models to create VDatum

Bathymetry and topography may then be seamlessly blended into a consistent DEM

Coastal Erosion

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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 ChallengesRequirements• 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

(Lynch et al. 2000)

QuikSCAT

Salinity

SST

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Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org

8/26/05 – 2:00 PM UTC

Hurricane Katrina

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1 – next slide 2 – following slide

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Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org

1 – next slide = Wave Height during Hurricane Katrina

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Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org

2 – following slide = Water Level Observation v. Prediction during Hurricane Katrina

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Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org

Hurricane Katrina

Real Time Winds

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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, NSFRichard Spinrad, NOAADavid Halpern, OSTP

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Approved Ocean Action Plan Ocean (OAP) Governance

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JSOST

Ocean ObservationsIWG

[Chair: NOAA]

Ocean Education IWG

Chair: NSF

Ocean InfrastructureIWG

Chair: Navy

Partnership FundingIWG

[Chair: Navy]

Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia and Human Health

IWG[Chair: NOAA]

Ocean and Coastal MappingIWG

[Chair: USGS]

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Views letter slides

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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.

Administration and Department of Commerce views on S. 361

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Administration and Department of Commerce views on S. 361

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.

April 18, 2005

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The Department opposes directing any specific percentage or amount of appropriations for the IOOS to regional associations…

April 18, 2005

Administration and Department of Commerce views on S. 361

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Jason-1 QuikSCAT

Nov 26, 2002

Dec 26, 2002

Jan 26, 2003

Surface Current Anomalies

Altimetry + Scatterometry = SURFACE CURRENTS

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SeaWiFS-derived Global Shallow Water Database

- NOS depth estimation algorithm

- Implemented globally by NASA Goddard

Identifies problems and fillsgaps in global coral reef database maintainedby U.N. Environmental Program/World Conservation Center(UNEP/WCMC)

Florida

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Ecosystem Health and Recovery

SeaWiFS chlorophyll image

Sep 23, 1999

Aircraft lidar tracks

Shipboard data stations (circles)

Use satellite,aircraft and shipboard datato improve algorithms in coastal areas

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Ocean Surface Winds

Coastal/Topographic Wind Effects observed with QuikSCAT and SAR

1999 Dec 22 0611 UTC1999 Dec 22 0611 UTC 1999 Dec 22 0441 UTC1999 Dec 22 0441 UTC

Barrier Jets2000 Feb 18 0318 UTC

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Passive Polarimetry

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Challenge of Nesting ModelsOpen ocean models as forcing for shelf domains

http://hycom.rsmas.miami.edu/