1. NOS SENTINEL SITES PROGRAM A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ALIGNING NOS CAPABILITIES INTO A SUITE OF SERVICES TO ASSESS AND RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS A SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL INUNDATION EXAMPLE Sentinel Sites Program Working Group June 9, 2011

2. NOS Sentinel Program: Local Responses to Global Change An NOS suite of services for understanding and responding to sea level change impacts on coastal ecosystems and surrounding communities. Science Service Stewardship Observe & Monitor Applied Research Models & Predictions Spatial Analysis & Visualization Information Transfer Education & Outreach Management & Decision Making

3. Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM): Map Once, Use Many Times International Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWG- OCM) Goal: Increase efficiency and improve coordination of many Federal mapping agencies. Coordination of ocean and coastal mapping data and activities Partnerships for resource synergies Integrated products and services Orthometric Height (m) 29.19 -1.34

4. Goal By concentrating geospatial infrastructure within and around biomonitoring stations and linking that infrastructure to a common reference frame through robust surveying methodology, we can enhance capacity to assess change and increase our confidence in our understanding of complex spatial relationships.

5. Definition: Sentinel Sites Discrete locations in coastal and marine environments that have the operational capacity for intensive study and sustained observations to detect and understand changes in the ecosystems they represent.

6. Sweet Hall Marsh Chesapeake Bay VA NERR

7. Definition: Sentinel Networks Nested sets of sentinel sites selected to better understand ecosystem conditions at specific temporal and spatial scales in order to address science and management priorities.

8. Sweet Hall Marsh Chesapeake Bay VA NERR Sweet Hall Taskinas Creek Catlett Island Goodwin Islands Four Components of Chesapeake Bay Virginia NERR

9. National Estuarine Research Reserve System Network of 27 Reserves

10. Definition: Sentinel Program Collective NOS assets and efforts that support and guide Sentinel Network priorities, concentrate and leverage capabilities and resources, and engage and support resilient coastal communities. Observe & Monitor Applied Research Models & Predictions Spatial Analysis & Visualization Information Transfer Education & Outreach Management & Decision Making Components of NOS Sentinel Program: System of Systems ScienceServiceStewardship

11. Science Observe & Monitor  IOOS  NWLON & short term tide stations  Shoreline imagery and LiDAR  CORS  SETs  Bathymetry  Current meters  CTD  Air and water temperature  Wind speed and direction  SWMP  SWiM  ENOW  C-CAP  Mussel Watch  Citizen monitoring programs Applied Research  NC Marsh Study  OHHI  Competitive Research Grants  ORPP Grants  CAPRI  NERRS Science Collaborative  NERRS Graduate Research Fellowships  Nancy Foster & Hollings Scholars Models & Predictions  Integrated ecosystem models  Coastal hydrodynamic and inundation models  nowCOAST  Vdatum  Digital Coast  IPCC contributors

12. Service Spatial Analysis & Visualization  Sea Level Rise Impacts Viewer  State of the Coast Reports  Sea Level Trend Publications  Sea Levels Online  ERMA  NERRS Science Collaborative  Social science trends  Digital Coast Information Transfer  CSC Training  NERRS CTP  Digital Coast  Journal Articles  Technical guidance  Sea Level Change assessments standards  Inundation mapping standards  Tidal and geodetic datum training  NERRS Science Collaborative  NMS Condition Reports  NMS Conservation Series

13. Stewardship Management & Decision Making  NERR & NMS sites  Coastal Program Grants  Coral reefs  CELP  Habitat restoration  Academic partners  Volunteer support groups  State and Local Partners  Federal Partners  FEMA  HUD  DOI  DOD  Non-Profits  TNC  NACo  ASFPM  CSO  NSGIC Education & Outreach  NERRS KEEP  Visitor centers  Coastal Services magazine  Climate Adaptation website  Climate Portal  Risk communication  NERRS Estuaries.gov  SIMoN, MERITO, B- WET, LiMPETS, Rivers to Reefs, Down Under, Out Yonder  Teacher-at-Sea  Program newsletters

15. CORS/SETs/Tide Stations /Benchmarks Long Term Tide Stations Local Sea-Level Rise 3.29 mm/yr Survey Control Monuments Continuously Operating (GPS) Reference Stations (CORS) Land Elevation Trend -1.1mm/yr Surface Elevation Tables (SETs) Wetland elevation dynamics Local Marsh Trajectory - 2.1mm/yr

16. Control Monument CORS Minimum of three geodetic control markers at each reserve. Simultaneous observations of all 3 markers, during two separate GPS constellations. Observe for as long as practicable, 5 – 48 hour sessions recommended. Establishing a Local Geodetic Network at Each Reserve Tool: Static GPS Result: Sub-decimeter accuracy to the National CORS network. Use OPUS to reduce GPS data and select option to “submit to database”. Final positions are the average of the two independent solutions.

17. Control Monument SET SWMP Station Double run level loop (per NGS guidelines) through all Control Monuments, SWMP Station, or NWLON station if available, and as many SETs or other sensors as can be leveled to. Data are reduced using LOCUS tool. Averaged OPUS GPS Derived Heights held at one Control Monument. OPUS results from other monuments archived for future comparison. Connecting NERRS sensors to the Local Geodetic Network Tool: Geodetic Leveling Result: Sub-Centimeter relative accuracy to the local network

18. Control Monument SET SWMP Station Following NGS RTK Guidelines, use RTK to determine position information for all sensors and other measurements not accessible by geodetic leveling. All RTK observations are conducted with the base station set up at one of the 3 local control marks. Connecting NERRS sensors to the Local Geodetic Network Tool: Kinematic GPS Result: Centimeter level relative accuracy to the local network.

19.  New Fixed Dimension SET based on error analysis of previous instrument designs  Draft Guidelines Document for establishing Orthometric Heights on SET foundations  Statistical framework for SET experimental design and data analysis  Technical Assistance for SET deployment design and data analysis protocols Surface Elevation Tables (SET)

20. Developing survey protocols for establishing local vertical control networks and tying in ecosystem monitoring infrastructure in protected areas NGS, CO-OPS and NERRS working on Guidelines Documents.

21. Example Geographies The following geographies have been identified by the working group as example locations to explore due to existing NOAA investments and infrastructure. These geographies and specific sites within them will be used to begin discussions at the regional level where other ideas will be encouraged.  North Atlantic  South Florida  Northern Gulf of Mexico  Southern California  San Francisco Bay Area  Windward Oahu

22. Proposed Selection Criteria

23. QUESTIONS?

24. Back Up Slides  Screen shots for Google Earth Tour

25. Satellite Altimetry – Global

26. Downscaling Models

27. Sea Levels Online

28. Geospatial Infrastructure

29. GB NERR Boundary

30. System Wide Monitoring Program

31. Vegeations Monitoring and SETs

32. Shallow water bathy

33. Mobile Bay Project

34. NCCOS Ecological Effects of SLR

35. GB NERR Visitor Center

36. Service & Stewardship

37. Data Access

38. SLR Viewer

39. IOOS Data Catalog