National Data Buoy Center

Presentationto

GCOOS

Regional Board of Director’s

Meeting

March 4, 2010

Helmut Portmann, Director

National Data Buoy Center

Weather Forecast Offices/River Forecast Centers

EmergencyManagers

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National Environmental Satellite,

Data, and Information Service

(NCDC, NODC, NGDC)

National Centers for

Environmental Prediction

NDBCData Assembly

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NWS Global Telecommunication

System (GTS) Operational

Bulletins

DATA COLLECTION DATA DELIVERY

IOOS PartnersPlatforms

HF Radars

Oil & Gas Platforms

NDBC& other NOAAobservations

Electrolyte to Satellite to Website

To provide a real-time, end-to-end capability beginning with the collection of marine atmospheric and oceanographic data and ending with its transmission, quality control and distribution.

Tsunami Warning Centers

NWS/NDBC Ocean Observing System of Systems

Weather Buoys that have in place for > 30 Years

NDBC’s Ocean Observing Systems

111 met/ocean buoys

4 ocean/waves buoys

49 C-MAN stations

39 DART stations

55 TAO buoys + 4 current profiler moorings

500+ Voluntary Observing Ship vessels

Standard 3m & 6m Buoys

Other NDBC Platforms: DART®

• Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART)

• 39 Stations Since March 2008• ~230 Ship Days - Contract or

NOAA Vessel

Other NDBC Platforms: TAO

• Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Climate Buoys

• 55 equatorial Pacific buoys• 4 Ocean Current Profilers• 234-278 ship days a year• Typically a NOAA vessel

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Active reimbursable partnersNational Marine Sanctuary Program Kennedy Space CenterU.S. Marine Corps Goddard Space Flight CenterArmy Corps of Engineers U.S. Coast Guard

NOS/NWLON and other NOAA Obs Independent IOOS observing partners

Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Stevens Institute (NJ) International SeaKeepers Society Long Island Ferry Boat University of South Florida Louisiana State University Texas General Land Office University of Connecticut Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium UNC and UNC-W Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Caro-COOPS Scripps Institution of Oceanography Forrest Oil Chesapeake Bay Observing System Shell Oil Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Inst Oregon State University University of Southern Mississippi

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Station Growth (1999-2008)(nb. 8% growth June-December 2008)

• Oceanographers, meteorologists, IT specialists, programmers • Observations ingest, processing, analysis• Data processing and QC algorithm development for new systems• Observation dissemination and web display• Management of station configuration and metadata

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Gulf of MexicoOil and Gas Platforms

NDBC Letter to RA’s (2005)

•Due to FY05 budget, we are able to add some Salinity, ADCP and Directional Wave sensors to existing buoys.

•What are your priorities?

•What else do you want to tell us?

•Coordinated Response desired.

GCOOS Response (2005):Directional Waves

Note: Compilation of responses received, no regional arbitration/validation.

• 42020 (Corpus Christi), 42035 (Galveston)– Source: Buzz Martin, TABS

• 42038, 42041 (note: disestablished) (N. Mid Gulf)– Source: Greg Stone

• SGOF1 (Tyndall AFB Tower)– Source: Steve Morey, FSU

• LKWF1 (Lake Worth) – Move to Pt. Everglade entrance– Source: Alex Soloviev (Nova Southeastern)

GCOOS Response:ADCP/Salinity

• Florida Keys in general (Muller-Karger (USF), et al)• DRYF1, SANF1, SMKF1, LONF1, MLRF1, FWYF1 need ADCP (Priority

order by M-K)• 42040, 42039, 42036, 42003, CDRF1, 42014, EGKF1, DRYF1, SANF1,

SMKF1, LONF1, MLRF1, FWYF1, KTNF1, SGOF1, BURL1 need Salinity (Priority order by M-K)

• “Mesohaline” areas (Tom Soniat, Oyster Disease)• 42020 (Corpus Christi), 42035 (Galveston)

– Source: Buzz Martin, TABS• 42038, 42041 (note: disestablished) (N. Mid Gulf)

– Source: Greg Stone• SGOF1 (Tyndall AFB Tower)

– Source: Steve Morey, FSU• 42020 (Corpus Christi), 42019 (Freeport) (Matt Howard, TAMU)• LKWF1 (Lake Worth)

– Move to Pt. Everglade entrance– Source: Alex Soloviev (Nova Southeastern)

GCOOS Response:Other

• Do a good comparison of buoy vs. subsurface ADCPs (Van Waddell)

• Coordinate a Fugro-GEOS pilot project buoy with NDBC (Ralph Rayner)

• Offer to help with Lake Worth Instrumentation (Nova Southeastern U.)

GCOOS and NDBCFuture Plans

• Work with IOOS to develop a more formal process for the RAs to submit requirements for ocean observations on NDBC weather platforms

• Review 2005 GCOOS priorities with GCOOS Board of Directors – possibly resubmit NDBC Director’s 2005 letter