FY2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development

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• FY2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System
  Development
• Letters of Intent (LOIs) due January 31, 2007.
• Top LOIs were recommend to go forward.
• Full Proposals due April 17, 2007.
• NOAA views this announcement as an
• opportunity to demonstrate the regional
• observing system concept.
• Three Focus Areas
• Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOS)
  development
• 500,000 to 2,000,000 per year for up to
  3 years.
• On March 28, 2007, years 2 3 were
  increased to 3,500,000 per year.
• IOOS application and product development for
  regional stakeholders.

U.S. IOOS Regional Associations
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• FY2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System
  Development
• Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOS)
  development guidance
• Demonstrate the approach and benefits of
  integration at the
• scale of the Regional Association.
• Implement an end-to-end RCOOS that addresses
  regional needs.
• Further the development of RCOOSs through
  integration and
• operation of regional observing system
  assets.
• Any existing or proposed assets would be deployed
  and managed
• as part of a regional deployment design.
• Proposals should address the following
• (a) regional deployment, operation and
  maintenance of sensors
• and platforms
• (b) regional integration of data streams,
  quality assurance

Stanley 16-Pound Hickory Handle Sledge Hammer
56-816
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NEOS 2003
Ocean.US Poster Request Developed from March
2003 Maryland Workshop Numerous Existing Sub-Reg
ional Observatories
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Existing Mid-Atlantic Sub-regional Observing
Systems - 2003
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Enhancements to the National Backbone
Existing NOAA Backbone PORTS NDBC
Platforms NWS WFOs

• MACOORA Recommendations
• Sustained support for PORTS
• Additional NDBC Buoys
• at the Shelf Break Canyons
• 3) WRF Forecasting with WFOs

It is imperative that the RCOOS be developed in
concert with National Backbone assets if we are
to achieve the goals of the Integrated Ocean
Observing System.
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• The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional
  Association includes
• Chesapeake Bay
• Delaware Bay
• New York Bight Harbor
• Long Island Sound, and
• Massachusetts and Rhode
• Island Bays and Shelf

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• Funding the Existing Capacity in the Mid-Atlantic
  
• PORTS (5 x 200 K) 1 M
• NDBC (New Buoys, Amb, Ches) 1 M
• WRF _at_ WFOs (5 x 200 K) 1 M
• Southern New England Subregion 2 M
• Long Island Sound Subregion 2 M
• NY Bight Harbor Subregion 2 M
• Delaware Bay Subregion 2 M
• Chesapeake Bay Subregion 2 M
• Mid-Atlantic Region Obs 4 M
• Data Management 1 M
• Education Outreach 1 M
• Economic Impact 1 M
• Total 20 M

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Regional Theme 1 Maritime Safety Search And
Rescue
MARCOOS HF Radar Network
Before
Coast Guard SAROPS
USCG
Weatherflow
After
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Regional Theme 2 Ecological Decision Support -
Fisheries
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MARCOOS Regional Support for Water Quality
Projects
NERRS
LIS Water Quality
NJ Coast Recurrent Hypoxia
Monmouth County Health
Delaware River Basin NWQMN Pilot Study
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MARCOOS Regional Support for Coastal Inundation
Weather Research Forecast Model CODAR Surface
Currents April 15, 2007 Storm Regional
Coastal Validation Data
Surface Winds
Surface Currents
Rainfall
Weatherflow Network
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• Theme 1 Maritime Safety Coast Guard Search And
  Rescue
• Weather Surface Winds
• Integrate Weatherflow network into NWS WFO
  validation datastreams
• Transition WRF modeling capability to WFOs
• Validate real-time WRF capability for ocean
  forecasters
• HF Radar Surface Currents
• Upgrade full network to readily sustainable
  status
• Implement community designed QA/QC
• Evaluate with Coast Guard drifters
• Provide real time data to ocean forecasters
  EDS
• Statistical Surface Current Forecast
• Run real time forecasts for inclusion in EDS
• Evaluate with Coast Guard drifters
• Dynamical Surface Current Forecasts
• Run test forecasts for inclusion in EDS

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• Theme 2 Ecological Decision Support Fisheries
• Satellite Imagery
• Sustain activities to provide real-time imagery
  
• to fishing community via world wide web
• Provide real-time data to the ocean forecasters
• Underwater Gliders
• Operate the growing glider network as a
• regional asset
• Implement community recommended QA/QC
• Provide real time data to ocean forecasters
• Dynamical 3-D Forecasts
• 3-D assimilation based feedback to glider
  sampling
• Data Management
• Install tools to share satellite imagery and
  glider data with ocean forecasters

Courtesy Hank Lobe
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MARCOOS Regional Data for October 6, 2007
Satellite Sea Surface Temperature
First IOOS Glider Flight RU01 July 18 August
15, 2007
RU05 MA to NJ RU06 NJ to NC
CODAR Surface Currents
Subsurface Glider Data
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• First MARCOOS planning meeting October 10, 2007
  
• Revisit Timeline with modifications
• Develop detailed workplan with milestones for
  each working group.
• Consolidate and coordinate workplans.