National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP)

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A Pilot Coastal Ocean Observatory for the
Estuaries and Shores of Oregon and Washington

• Partners
• Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral
  Industries
• Oregon Health Science University
• Oregon State University
• South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
• University of Washington
• US Geological Survey
• Washington Department of Ecology
• PIs A. Baptista, J. Allan, A. Chawla, A. Devol,
  G. Gelfenbaum, M. Haller, G. Kaminsky, P.
  MacCready, J. Newton, T. Ozkan-Haller, G. Priest,
  S. Rumrill, Y. Zhang

NANOOS Workshop May 5-7, Beaverton, OR
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NANOOS Governance proposals
Estuaries and Shorelines Pilot proposal
Shelf Pilot proposal
Context NANOOS approach to early funding in
response to IOOS request
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Goal

• The regional integration and expansion of
  existing but disparate observation and modeling
  capabilities for the estuaries and shores of
  Oregon (OR) and Washington (WA).

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vision NANOOS ? PNW Networked OOS
Scope

• We will explore issues of governance and
  coordination, certification and quality control,
  maintenance, expandability, and data
  dissemination, while seeking an effective balance
  between
• (a) local and intra-regional innovation and
  customization and
• (b) inter-regional and national standardization
  and economies of scale.

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Vision
Real
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time observation
Real
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time observation
network
network
Modeling
Modeling
forecasting
forecasting
Information
Information
products
products
...
...
Scientific research and
Scientific research and
Operational and
Operational and
education programs
education programs
management applications
management applications
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Anchor observation systems
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Plate 1 The Columbia River littoral cell
stretches approximately 165 kilometers from
Tillamook Head, Oregon to Point Grenville,
Washington. The littoral cell is divided into
four sub-cells, including the Clatsop Plains,
Long Beach, Grayland Plains and North Beach. The
sub-cells are separated by estuary entrances at
the Columbia River, Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor
and bounded by rocky headlands. Beach profiles
are monitored at 47 sites throughout the littoral
cell. Three-dimensional surface maps are
collected at 16 sites. Nearshore bathymetry is
collected annually along more than half of the
littoral cell, nominally at kilometer-spaced
transects and in more detail at selected surface
map sites. The locations of long-term tide and
wave gages are also shown.
URL http//www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces/rese
arch/change/monitoring.htm
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Estuarine Water Parameters 1 Winchester Arm 2
Sengstacken Arm 3 Valino Island 4
Charleston Bridge 5 Sloughside Pilings 6
OIMB Boathouse Meteorological Station 6 OIMB
/ ECOS Lab Estuarine Nutrients (automated
sampler) 4 Charleston Bridge Van Dorn
Samples 1 Winchester Arm 3 Valino Island 4
Charleston Bridge 6 OIMB Boathouse
Pacific Ocean
Coos Bay estuary
South Slough NERR
Ocean transects
Plate 2 SSNERR maintains an observation network
in South Slough, in the Coos Bay estuary. With 6
primary stations, the network includes both
continuous and episodic sampling strategies, and
covers a broad range of in-water physical and
water quality parameters, as well as
meteorological parameters. The network extends
from the watershed to the ocean, with fixed
stations are all within the South Slough. URL
http//www.southsloughestuary.org.
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Plate 3 OHSUs CORIE observatory includes
modeling, real-time observation, and information
systems. While observations emphasize the
Columbia River estuary and (to smaller extent)
plume, the modeling system extends to most of the
PNW coast, and the information system is not
geographically constrained. CORIE products are
diverse, and often web-based
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Plate 4 The WDoE has since 1973 conducted water
quality monitoring at stations in Puget Sound,
Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay. UW maintains an
ORCA (Oceanic Remote Chemical-optical Analyzer)
profiler in Puget Sound URLs http//www.ecy.wa.
gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/mwm_intr.html http//www.
ocean.washington.edu/research/orca
ORCA site
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Componentsof pilot projectthink initial
focus
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Observations

• five estuaries
• South Slough in Coos Bay, OR
• Columbia River, OR-WA
• Willapa Bay, WA
• Grays Harbor, WA
• Puget Sound, WA
• two littoral cells
• Columbia River, OR-WA
• Rockaway, OR.

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Modeling
Add PS, SJF and SG

• The modeling framework will extend to the entire
  PNW, with enhanced detail in the Columbia River
  and its littoral cell.
• Builds on existing modeling capabilities (CORIE,
  )

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Data and communication system

• Vision Data and communication system will
  provide quantifiably reliable information to the
  right user, at the right time, in the right
  format.
• Initially unify anchors sites under an
  existing data and communication system (CORIE),
  but expect to evolve towards national standards
  as soon as feasible and appropriate

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Driving environmental issues

• The pilot will focus on providing data products
  needed to address three environmental issues that
  are critical to the sustainable development of
  the PNW
• (a) estuarine water quality
• (b) estuarine ecosystem management and
  restoration
• (c) coastal storms and erosion

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Initial user groups
WDoE DOGAMI NOAA Fisheries NOAA Coastal Storms
Initiative (CSI) USGS US Army Corps of
Engineers OR Department of Land Conservation and
Development Local action groups such as Puget
Sound Action Team, Friends of Grays Harbor,
Olympic Region Harmful Algal Bloom Working
Group, and Columbia River Estuary Study
Taskforce US Fish Wildlife Service Scientific
community Education, K-lifelong IOOS
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• Pilot project is expected to start July, 2004
• Duration 20 months
• Award 700K (plus some in-kind)
• Advisory boards in formation
• will be coordinated with the evolution of NANOOS
  governance
• Quarterly workshops
• different scopes
• coordinate with NANOOS workshops

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