Atlantic Great Lakes Summary

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Atlantic - Great Lakes Summary

• Session 5 Enhancing coordination between
  neighboring RAs

Building the Regional Network Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS) Regional Coordination
Workshop Nov. 7-9, 2006 Chicago, IL
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1st SAR/HAZMAT (design pilot)

• Partners USCG, NOAA HAZMAT
• HF Radar ok offshore inshore? Great Lakes?
• Design of system more than HF radar
• Data integration
• Towards forecasting
• Waves important component

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2nd Coastal Resiliency/Storm response (effects
all)

• Our regions have heavily developed coasts
• Focus on event based response but also
  longer-term implications
• Towards forecasting Waves, storm surge,
  inundation, weather, currents
• Include changes in coastal wetlands
• Pilot track storm thru regions?

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3rd Project Water Quality focus on

• Beach monitoring/closure
• Shellfish
• Drinking water intakes/sewage outfalls
• Coordination with WQMN
• Forecasting

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Pilot characteristics

• Obvious need
• Specific users/partners
• Instrumentation in water
• Data management
• Delivery
• Towards an operational system

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Other

• System development vs. applications
• Get DM folks across regions talking (oostech)
• Agree to share, compare designs, drafts in 6
  months
• Canada how best to engage?