Coastal Ocean Data System (CODS): Wave Information Study  PI: Robert E. Jensen ► Supervisor: Mark Gravens ► PM: Jeffery P. Waters  To provide long-term evaluated wave estimates for all US coastlines including the Great Lakes; provide access (discoverable) entry to those results; offer multiple products and decision tools to the Corps and user base community for planning and design.  Funding: ► FY14:$680K ► FY15:$528K  Team Members: ► R.E. Jensen: (PI/WAM/Forensics/Requests) ► T.J Hesser: (WW3/Forensics/Software) ► A. Cialone (Hindcast/Archive/Buoy Data) ► C. Baron (website)

Coastal Ocean Data System (CODS): Wave Information Study  Collaborators: ► USACE: CWG/District – Division Offices ► FRF Data Integration Framework / Wave Measurements WU’s ► Oceanweather, Inc. ► ASA ► NOAA/IOOS; NCEP; NDBC; NWS; HRD ► FNMOC/NRL-SSC  Contributors: ► FEMA-Great Lakes / NACCS ► NOAA / GLERL; Alaska; NWS ► IOOS & RA’s ► DOE / BOEM ► Institute of Fisheries Res. / UoM ► MSC / Environment Canada ► ECMWF ► WMO / IOC / JCOMM ► Universities / Private Sect or

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Completed Products  List of completed products (1/2) Publications: ► Update Wiki/Fact Sheet for WIS ► WIS Website General Overview (in review) ► WIS Website Product Definition (in review) ► WIS Website Reference Documentation (in review) ► WIS Website: Great Lakes Extremes (in review) ► WIS White Paper: Ice Implementation for Western Alaska ► WIS White Paper: Data Storage Procedures Presentations : ► Exploring the Wind and Wave Climate in the Great Lakes (WISE-2015)

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Completed Products  List of completed products (2/2) Completed / Posted to WIS Website: ► Great Lakes Update 2013 (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario) ► Gulf of Mexico Update 2013 ► Western Alaska Update 2013 ► Extreme Storm Events Great Lakes (FEMA ) ► Top 10 Extreme Storm Events Gulf of Mexico (pre-1980) Contracting: ► OWI Update Winds All Domains through 2014 (Received 08/2015) ► OWI Pre-1980 Extreme Atlantic Events (Delivery Date 09/2015) ► ASA: WIS Website Improvements

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Completed Products  In Progress / To be completed products ► Revision Pacific Ocean (Under Evaluation) ► Atlantic Ocean Update 2013 (Under Evaluation) ► Forensic Testing Western Alaska (Ice / Resolution Increase) ► WIS Archive: ASCII to netCDF ► WIS Archive: Thredds/Opendap Functionality ► WIS White Paper: Willmontt Index ► WIS White Paper: Climate Analysis Software ► WIS White Paper: NODC netCDF data mining

Completed Products Great Lakes Extremes ► Pre-1980 Events: FEMA Storm List Natural Neighbor Method (Wind Field Generation) GLERL Ice Field Archive ► Extends Storm Climatology 20-yrs (Superior/Michigan/Huron/Erie) 10-yrs (Ontario) ► Questions regarding the winds Study Plan Indentified

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Completed Products Archive ► ASCII to netCDF 2-D Spectra / Field Files ► Thredds / Opendap server Set-up and tested (RDE / DMZ) Meta-data construct consistent with CDIP and FDIF ► Inter-operability of archive Under ASA Contract Downloadable 2-D Spectra Mining of field files

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Completed Products WIS Use: ► Web Hits: 2,168,474 / Downloads: 14,000 ► Fielded ~ Requests ► Distribution of Downloads WIS File Downloads 01/01/2015 – 08/17/2015 Domain ONL Files Mean/ Max XTRM Tables XTRM Plots Time Plots Wave Roses Wind Roses Dur Plots Wave % Wind % TOTAL Atlantic Pacific Alaska GoM Erie Huron Ontario Superior Michigan

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Product Development  WIS Analysis Packages ► Platform independent ► All evaluations are consistent ► Added long-term analysis ► Add documentation ► Always improving  Web-Site ► Uploaded all completed hindcasts ► Documentation ► Added QA/QC ► Move from Google Earth 3D Plug-in

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Issues & Help Required  Execution issues: ► Documentation Takes longer than expected Report / Website / White Paper Journal article(s) ► Evaluation vs NCEP/CFSR  Technical challenges: ► Removal of the last10-15% errors ► Winds Historical (pre-1980’s) Coastal-Thermals ► Alaska: Replacement ► More Wave Measurements ► Climate Trends / Assessment ► The Future of WIS (Waves Meeting 2.0)

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Issues & Help Required  Anticipated cost growth: ► More hindcasts more storage ► Staffing  Opportunities: ► USACE: CWG / Field Offices ► FRF-Data Integration Group ► Oceanweather, Inc. ► IOOS / RA’s ► NOAA: NDBC,NCEP,NCDC,GLERL ► Arctic Initiatives (NOAA/Anchorage) ► Academia: Partnering (ONR/NSF) ► Western Alaska LLC ► WISE: International ► ECMWF

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Good News Stories We Can Tout  Publications / Presentations ► Additional hindcast updates completed and posted ► Documentation ► WIS use  Quick reaction efforts ► Responding to all questions within 24 hrs ► Updates / Modifications  Migration to netCDF Thredds/Opendap  Improved evaluation and product packages

Lessons Learned  What has worked? ► Strong WIS team effort ► Contracting ► Interactions outside of USACE (Fed/State/Local)  What hasn’t? ► Over-commitment / Documentation-Scheduling ► Better engagement with USACE field offices ► Feedback from WIS users

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® Technology Transfer Plan  Description of technology or capability to be delivered ► Long-term wave estimates (continuous / extreme storm event) ► Standard suite of products ► Analysis tool box  Who is the customer? ► CHL and Districts, etc.  How will it be delivered? ► WIS Web Site ► Thredds / Opendap  What is the metric for success? ► Feedback from the CWG / PDT ► Use of the information provided Web statistics Reports / Papers

Innovative solutions for a safer, better world BUILDING STRONG ® FY16 Proposed Activities  HINDCAST ► Update all domains thru 2014 ► Assess and replace missed events ► Western Alaska Hindcast Revision ► Improved winds ► New evaluation tools ► Great Lakes ice study ► Model improvements (list of issues)  WEB SITE ► Documentation ► Refine + New products (2-D spectra / Fields) ► User driven analysis packages ► Feedback mechanism from field use (Waves Meeting CWG)  CONTRACT ► Wind fields for 2015 all domains ► Re-evaluation to missed selected storm events ► Wind Assessment: Marine/Land Interface ► Wind Assessment: Great Lakes ► Web Site Improvements

FY16 Proposed Activities  WIS Hindcast Efforts ► Coastal Winds

FY16 Proposed Activities  Western Alaska Revisions ► Mean Daily Ice Concentration Fields (CFSR) ► New L3 Grids