The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System A Regional Institutional Structure and Cooperative Utility in Support of Research and Applications Philip Bogden

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The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing SystemA
Regional Institutional Structure and Cooperative
Utilityin Support of Research and
ApplicationsPhilip Bogden
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A Cooperative Utility

• Serving the Gulf of Maine Nova Scotia, New
  Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.
• Including
• Marine industries
• Research institutions
• Government agencies
• Educational institutions
• Private companies
• Nonprofits

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Technical Program

• Real time monitoring and prediction of
• Weather - surface ocean winds, air temperature,
  visibility.
• Oceanic conditions - currents, waves,
  temperature, salinity, density.
• Environmental quality - water clarity, turbidity,
  nutrients, dissolved oxygen.
• Ocean biology - algal biomass, productivity,
  community structure.

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Science Team

• Bedford Institute of Oceanography (DFO)
• Peter Smith William Perrie Wave modeling
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
• Collin Roesler Phytoplankton and bio-optics
• University of Maine
• Neal Pettigrew (Chief Scientist) Buoys
  Currents
• David Townsend Nutrients
• Andrew Thomas Satellite remote sensing
• Huijie Xue Circulation modeling
• University of Southern Maine
• Lewis Incze Upper trophic levels
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• James Irish Moorings wave measurements
• And growing Cornell, Univ. of New Hampshire,

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Corporate Model

• Incorporated as a nonprofit entity, 501(c)3
• Clearly defined mission as a service utility
• Governed by Board of Directors w/By-Laws
• Membership organization with dues
• Members come from all user sectors
• Board of Directors drawn from membership
• Small staff (CEO 2.6 support)
• Data management (2.5 programmers)
• Identifying responding to user needs

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Membership
Private Sector Durand Anastas Environmental
Strategies Horizon Marine, Inc. Nobska
Development Corporation OEA Technologies RD
Instruments, Inc. Satlantic, Inc.
Marine Industry Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Bath Iron Works Eastport Port Authority Federal
Marine Terminals Penobscot Bay River Pilots
Assn. Portland Pipe Line Corporation Maine
Lobstermens Association Massachusetts
Lobstermens Association Saint John Marine
Pilots Saint John Port Authority
Nonprofit Gulf of Maine Research
Institute Island Institute New England Aquarium
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Membership, cont.
Research Education Bigelow Laboratory for
Ocean Science Bowdoin College Dalhousie
University Maine Maritime Academy MIT Sea
Grant Rutgers University University of
Maine University of Massachusetts University of
New England University of New Hampshire University
of Rhode Island Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Government Bedford Institute of Oceanography
(DFO) Maine Dept. of Marine Resources Maine State
Planning Office Mass. Office of Coastal Zone
Management Mass. Water Resources Authority NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA National
Undersea Research Center NOAA Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary U.S. Geological Survey
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National Federation of Regional Systems

• National Backbone
• Satellite remote sensing
• In situ sensing
• reference sentinel
• station-network
• Link to global ocean
• component
• Data standards
• exchange protocols

• Regional Systems
• Regional priorities
• Effects of climate change
• Effects of land-based
• sources
• ? Resolution,
• ? Variables

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Whats going on in the Gulf of Maine?

• Institutional Issues
• Gulf of Maine Regional Association
• Gulf of Maine Data Partnership
• Technical Issues
• Data Management Communications (DMAC)
• Data Partnership Work Plan
• Discoverable, Authoritative, Accessible
  Accommodating
• Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI) Initiative
• Environmental B2B2C and the Semantic Web?

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Vision Global Earth Observing System of Systems
(GEOSS)

• 3-Legged Stool
• 1. Federal State Agencies
• 2. Private Sector
• 3. Research Community

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Leading by Example

• OpenIOOS Interoperability Test Bed
• 1. NOAA Coastal Services Center other Feds
• 2. Private Sector (not so muchyet)
• 3. SURA Universities GoMOOS many others
• Working Together to Define Interoperability

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www.OpenIOOS.org
Contributors NASA, NOAA, Navy, USGS, Various
regional programs and their many research
university partners
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OpenIOOS Interoperability Test Bed

• Whats remarkable about it?
• Fully distributed
• Standards enabling innovation (standardizing
  interfaces for modules)
• Interoperability independent of technology
  (encourages private-sector)
• Open Geospatial Consortium (GIS-access nurtures
  practical use)
• Modern forward thinking WWW HTTP HTML ?
  Web Services
• Feds and Researchers interoperating with IT
• A virtual community sharing data with Open
  Standards
• Advancing the science of environmental prediction
  hazard planning
• Enabling transition from research to operations

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GoMOOS Data PartnershipsEnabling the Regional
Association with IT

• GoMMaP Gulf of Maine Mapping Portal
• Standards enabling innovation
• OpenIOOS
• Putting the I in IOOS
• Gulfwatch
• Contaminant monitoring with mussels
• Northern Shrimp
• Ecosystem-based management? (Not yet.)

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SURA Objectives

• Build Community Support
• Work the Data Standards Problem(s)
• Help create the language of interoperability
• Break down the stovepipes
• Demonstrate a Data Grid
• Distributed data sharing, integration
  visualization
• Interoperability a la OGC (www.OpenIOOS.org)
• Develop a Model Grid
• Grid middleware data management for real-time
  prediction,
• Modular and standardized to enable broad access

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Distributed Prediction Architecture
Standardize encapsulation transport over
Internet/NLR
Data Providers
Prediction Systems
System Services
NASA
Meteorological Prediction Systems
Data Discovery
NOAA
Data Archive Services
USGS
Tide, Surge and Wave Prediction
Applications
SEACOOS
Planning
GCOOS
Innovative Research Programs
Decision Support Tools
University Programs
Standardize module interfaces (servers clients)