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Our Planet is Changing
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
We need advanced tools tounderstand and monitor our
oceans, coasts and Great Lakes
A Clear View of Tomorrow
Zdenka WillisDirector, US IOOS Program Office
A Clear View of Tomorrow A partnership of federal and non-federal organizations,
including industry, academia, state, local and tribal
governments
Regional Observation Network
Physical, chemical, geological and biological measurements improve safety, the economy and the environment
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
7 Goals, 1 SystemImprove predictions of climate change and weatherImprove the safety and efficiency of maritime operationsImprove forecasts of natural hazardsImprove homeland security Minimize public health risks Protect and restore healthy coastal ecosystemsSustain living marine resources
National Observation Networks: High Frequency Radar
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Stakeholders• > 30 institutions operate HF Radars•Used by >40 government/private entities• Partnership with Industry: US-based CODAR Ocean Sensor
Who Depends on it•USCG Search and Rescue: Oil spill response
•Water quality; Criminal forensics•Commercial marine navigation• Offshore energy; Harmful algal blooms• Marine fisheries• Emerging - Maritime Domain Awareness• Emerging – Tsunami
Decreases search area by 66% in 96 hours
National Observation Networks: Waves
• Nation’s wave data now accessible– 181 platforms in 2008; 227
2011– Wave Plan called for 296 – New IOOS supported wave
sites being deployed collaboratively with USACE/ CDIP program
– Some platforms need to be upgraded to directional wave measurements
National Observing Networks
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The value of NANOOS
1. Washington Dept of Ecology
2. Oceanic Remote Chemical-optical Analyzer (ORCA)
3. USGS4. University of
Washington – Applied Physics Lab
5. NOAA National Data Buoy Center
6. King County7. NOAA National
Ocean Service8. IntelliCheck
Mobilisa9. Hood Canal
Dissolved Oxygen Program
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NANOOS is a community of people that provides data through one place for quicker decision-making.
Data Integration - Community
Data Integration – Regional to National
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U.S. National Data Buoy Center
Biological Data Efforts
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• Biology Data Project
• National Tagging and Telemetry meeting
• Acoustic Data Management
• Smithsonian Institution MarineGOE
Responding to Crisis: Japan Tsunami Warning
• International buoy program•Tsunami wave at DART Station 21418 located 470n mi northeast of Tokyo. • Largest peak 1.8M
Graphic courtesy NOAA / PMEL / Center for Tsunami Research
Responding to Crisis: Japan Tsunami Response
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CeNCOOS:• Recorded the tsunami passage with
U.S. IOOS sensors • Five-fold increase in web traffic
NANOOS:• Featured “Tsunami Evacuation Zones
for the Oregon Coast” application• NANOOS Visualization System provided
easy access to current and water height data
• Four-fold increase in web traffic
PacIOOS:• Provided the only real-time water level
and turbidity measurements for Waikiki
• Ten-fold increase in web traffic
Types of Information: a) Initial info including link to tsunami
portal; b) graphs of water level for various
locations; c) synthesis information
Facebook: = Posts= Tsunami event
www.facebook.com/NANOOS.PNW
Using Social Media to reach out in new ways
Around-the-clock data and other information before, during and after hurricanes
Responding to Crisis: Hurricane Irene
• CaRa:– 4 buoys provided real-time observations
• SECOORA:– Buoys used to initialized models/verified forecasts. – Forecast system used by Coast Guard, North Carolina
Division of Emergency Management, National Hurricane Center, USACE, and multiple National Weather Service Forecast Offices
• MARACOOS:– Surface currents by the High Frequency Radar – Delivered forecasts to New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities , Connecticut governors office and Delaware River Basin Commission
– Underwater glider collected data• NERACOOS:
– Buoys critical to the National Weather Service – Local television stations in Connecticut reported
conditions from the NERACOOS buoy– Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NeCOFS)
provided to the National Weather Service
Gulf of Maine / Scituate Harbor
Inundation
US IOOS Modeling Testbed
Shelf Hypoxia
Cyber ToolboxEstuary Hypoxia
OOI – Research and Development Component
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U.S. IOOS: Education
• Promote Regional Activity
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U.S. IOOS® : A National Endeavor but in a Global Context
• Comprehensive system
• Data Integration critical
• Sustaining the enterprise requires engagement by all
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