Our Planet is Changing We need advanced tools to understand and monitor our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes Zdenka Willis Director, US IOOS Program Office US IOOS®: A Partnership for Lives and Livelihoods Integrated, Interdependent, Indispensible

U.S. IOOS ® : Program Overview 12 WHO 2 Enhances science and improves decision making Weather and climate change Maritime operations Natural hazards Homeland security Public health risks Healthy coastal ecosystems Sustain Living Marine Resources WHAT Observations Data Management Modeling and Analysis WHY: 7 Goals, 1 System WHERE: Global and Coastal Components

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Observation Networks: Waves Nation’s wave data now accessible –181 platforms in 2008; –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

Data Integration – Regional to National

U.S. IOOS ® : Modeling Testbed 7 Coastal Inundation Rick Leuttich, UNC-CH Gulf & Atlantic Coast Shelf Hypoxia John Harding, USM Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Hypoxia Carl Friedrichs, VIMS Chesapeake Bay Cyber Infrastructure Eoin Howlett, ASA Testbed Advisory Rich Signell, USGS Evaluation Group 5 teams, 64 scientists/analysts SURA is overall lead for execution Began in June 2010; now in the second year Multi-sector engagement (federal agency, academia, industry) Goals: Less about model than process Focus is on stable infrastructure (testing environment, tools, standard obs) and transition to operations Enable Modeling and Analysis subsystem

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OOI – Research and Development Component 9

U.S. IOOS Partner Reported Observing System Assets obs systems & obs asset database (NOSA) 2 satellite obs systems 4 obs systems 21 obs systems 4 obs programs Observing Assets Measuring U.S. IOOS Core Variables 1,500 obs platforms 8 water resource programs & 1 satellite obs system Animal- borne sensors Defense- related obs systems Regional IOOS U.S. IOOS Assessment

U.S. IOOS DMAC Subsystem Capabilities 11 DMAC Data Access Services (5) DMAC Utility Services (2) (Federal and non-Federal) RCV (registry, catalog, viewer) – V1 produced; V2 under development Service registry Data catalog service Data Assembly Centers (20) NDBC (IOOS RAs (GTS), OceanSITES, TAO) CO-OPS CoastWatch Regional DACs (11) Univ. of Hawaii Sea Level Center (Global Tide Gauge Network) PMEL (Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array) NRL / USGODAE (ARGO) NPS federal data center at the South Florida Natural Resources Center EPA – STORET/Water Quality Exchange Data Warehouse DOE Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Data Archive Centers (6) NODC NCDC NGDC NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) – Goddard DAAC and Physical Oceanography DAAC at JPL DOE Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) 33 U.S. IOOS DMAC subsystem capabilities Data Access Service AccomplishedOngoing Work SOS Prototype Solution in use NDBC, COOPS, some RAs; USACE water-level project Expanded development CF-NetCDF - OPENDAP RA model outputs (structured grids) available Expand to unstructured grids and in situ KML (through SOS)Available NDBC, CO-OPSExpand to RAs CSV (through SOS)Available NDBC, CO-OPS, some RAsExpand to remaining RAs Biological VariablesDeveloped an information framework to integrate U.S. IOOS core biological observations (fish species, and fish abundance).; now implemented at PacIOOS Expand to remaining RAs DRAFT U.S. IOOS Assessment

Observing Networks: HF Radar 12 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

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Regional Support in a Crisis: Deepwater Horizon Demonstrated ability to: Quickly deploy technologies: Gliders and HF radar, saving resources/improving safety Models/Imagery ingested into NOAA/Navy models Data assimilation improved spill response decision-making and public understanding USM HFR USF HFR TS Bonnie Web Portal 14 HFR data informed NOAA trajectory forecasts Briefing Blog HFR validation of SABGOM Forecast with satellite detected oil slicks HFR data informed NOAA trajectory forecasts

Plume Tracking Data Services: Simplifying access to data Customized Products IOOS RA’s & Water Quality Beach Condition Forecasts

Around-the-clock data and other information before, during and after hurricanes Regional Support in a 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

What’s New? U.S. IOOS Federal Advisory Committee U.S. IOOS Summit 17

The U.S. IOOS Challenge 18 Leveraging resources yields positive results Multi-sector approach is a hallmark of IOOS but adds complexity As we are now interdependent both from a fiscal, science and operational perspectives loss of any 1 funding stream means significant risk to the entire enterprise What is needed? –Unified portrayal of why ocean observing is critical –Coordinated message –Continued mutual engagement