Tools for Monitoring in Coastal Alaska and the Arctic Darcy Dugan Alaska Ocean Observing System.

Tools for Monitoring in Coastal Alaska and the Arctic

Darcy Dugan

Alaska Ocean Observing System

Challenges of Ocean Monitoring in Alaska

• 44,000 miles of coastline• Extreme conditions• Darkness • Sea ice

* Cost of Maintenance is very high

Management ToolsExisting

• Arctic Research Assets Map

• Real Time Sensor Map

• Model Explorer

• Drifter Tool

Under Development

• AOOS Ocean Portal

• ERMA

Arctic Research Assets Map

Used for Research Planning

• Reduce duplication of effort• Identify gaps• Avoidance collisions• Opportunities for collaboration• Holistic view of research effort

Real-Time Sensor MapParameters

• Air temp

• Barometric Pressure

• Conductivity

• Weather

• Currents

• Water level

• Ground temp

• Precipitation

• Humidity

• Salinity

• Snow depth

• Snow water equivalent

• Stream flow

• Stream gauge height

• Tides

• Waves

• Web cams

• Wind

• Searchable by parameter or source• Google interface/zoom• Downloadable time series• Will begin archiving this summer

Drifter Trajectory Tool

• Current direction at surface or at depth• Based on ROMS model ensemble • Drop one or multiple drifters

• Developed by NASA JPL• Available for Prince William Sound• Intend to expand to Arctic• Verify with HF radar

Model Explorer• View updated forecast models• Drop virtual sensors• See historical forecasts• Compare models & real-time sensors

AOOS Ocean PortalLinking AOOS data

applications

• View multiple types of data on one interface

– Sensors

– Models

– Remote Sensing

– GIS data

– In-situ observations

• View available time ranges for each layer

• Download data sets simultaneously

• Follow links to data sources

ERMA-type Data Visualization

Oil Spill response tool combining:– ERMA GIS data– AOOS real-time obs/forecasts– ShoreZone imagery

Thank you

Alaska Ocean Observing System: www.aoos.org

Darcy Dugan, dugan@aoos.org