U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing SystemIOOS RelationshipsInternational Component
Regional Component
National Component Global Ocean Observing SystemVessels SatelliteSatellite Ships/ Vessels REMUS Modeling Leadership CODA R Glider Data Vis. Securit y Education
11 Regional Associations
17 U.S. Federal Agencies
http://ioos.gov
Development of the United States National HF Radar NetworkU.S. IOOS: Zdenka Willis, NOAA IOOS HF Radar Steering Team: HFR Program Coordinator: Jack Harlan, NOAA IOOS Federal Partners: Bill Birkemeier, USACE Pat Burke, NOAA CO-OPS Bill Burnett, NOAA-NDBC Ming Ji, NOAA NWS OPC Rich Patchen, NOAA CSDL Elected by Regional Associations: Larry Atkinson, Old Dominion Pierre Flament, U Hawaii Scott Glenn, Rutgers Jeff Paduan, Naval Postgrad Nick Shay, U Miami Eric Terrill, Scripps Technical Experts: Don Barrick, CODAR Ocean Sensors Mike Kosro, Oregon State
http://hfradar.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Development of the Mid-Atlantic Regional HF Radar Network:Applications to Search And Rescue, Fisheries Management, Hurricane Forecasting & Oil Spill ResponseMARACOOS Co-PIs: Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty. Oscar Schofield, Larry Atkinson, Bill Boicourt, Wendell Brown, Eoin Howlett, Carolyn Thoroughgood
Hurricane Irene August 26, 2011 http://maracoos.org
Mid-Atlantic Bight HF Radar Network1000 km Alongshore Length Scale
Mid-Atlantic HF Radar Network 14 Long-Range CODARs 7 Medium-Range CODARs 15 Short-Range CODARs 36 Total Triple Nested & Multistatic
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Regional Seas surrounding South Korea
1000 km Alongshore Length Scale
Global Drivers
Coastal Population Centers
International Commerce
Ocean Seasonality
Tropical Cyclones
MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL DRIVERS
Tropical Storms Climate Change Ocean Circulation Critical Habitat
NortheastersPopulation Ports
MARACOOS REGIONAL THEMES & SUCCESS STORIES1) Maritime Operations Safety at Sea 3) Water Quality a) Floatables, b) Hypoxia, c) Nutrients
2) Ecosystem Decision Support - Fisheries 4) Coastal Inundation - Flooding
5) Energy Offshore WindAreas under Consideration for Wind Energy Areas760'W 7530'W 750'W 7430'W 740'W 7330'W
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
New Jersey3930'N 3930'N
Atlantic City Dover
390'N
Delaware
3830'N
Maryland
Ocean City
380'N
CHESAPEAKE BAY3730'N
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New Jersey Delaware Maryland370'N
VirginiaVirginia BeachNautical Miles
Virginia760'W 7530'W 750'W 7430'W
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740'W
7330'W
370'N
3730'N
380'N
3830'N
390'N
DELAWARE BAY
Satellite TestbedsCorporate Partner: SeaSpace Since 1992SST SST & OC
SST/Weat her
SST & OC
Rutgers
U. Delaware
HF Radar TestbedsCorporate Partner: CODAR Ocean Sensors Since 1997Short Range 25 MHz
36 Sites
Long Range 5 MHz
Multi-Static Triple Nested
Medium Range 13 MHz
MARACOOS - Autonomous Underwater Gliders Since 1998Satellite Ocean Color
Satellite SST
Subsurface Glider Data
Corporate Partner: Teledyne Webb Research
< Regional Glider Fleet With Global Reach > >270 Missions
Improved Predictive Modeling and Data Assimilation
1) STPSU. Connecticut
2) NYHOPSStevens Institute of Technology
3) ROMSRutgers University
4) HOPSU. Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Rutgers University - Coastal Ocean Observation LabOperations, Research & Education Center
Vessels SatelliteSatellite Ships/ Vessels CODAR Glider
REMUS Modeling Leadership
Data Vis. Security Education
Satellite Data Acquisition Stations
CODAR Network
Glider Fleet
3-D Forecasts
ONR Shallow Water 2006 Joint Experiment48 Senior PIs & PMs 7 Ships
HiSeasNet
>12 Satellites
3 Groundstations
10 Gliders
1 Aircraft 62 Moorings
Leveraging Data & Products for Societal GoalsRegional Priority ThemesTheme 1. Maritime Safety Theme 2. Ecological Decision Support
Regional Observation & Modeling CapabilitiesWeather MesonetOperational Input to USCG SAROPS
HF Radar NetworkOperational input to USCG SAROPS
Statistical STPSOperational input to USCG SAROPS
Satellite ImagerySST for survivability planning
Glider SurveysAssimilation dataset for forecast models
Dynamical Ocean ForecastsSurface currents for SAROPS
Weather forecast ensemble validation
Circulation and divergence maps for habitat
SST & Color for habitat
Subsurface T & S for habitat
3-D fields of T, S, circulation for habitat
Theme 3. Water Quality
Winds for transport, river plumes, & upwelling Weather forecast ensemble validation
Surface currents for flotables, bacteria, spill response
Surface currents for flotables, bacteria, spill response
Ocean color for river plumes
Nearshore dissolved oxygen surveys
Surface currents for floatables, bacteria, spill response
Theme 4. Coastal Inundation
Current forecast model validation
SSTs assimilation into forecast models
Assimilation dataset for forecast models
Nested forecast ensembles
Theme 5. Offshore Energy
Historical analysis & wind model validation
Historical current analysis & wind model validation
Historical analysis surface fronts & plumes for siting
Historical analysis of subsurface fronts & plumes
Coupled oceanatmosphere models for resource estimates
Success Stories Making a Difference Optimizing HF Radar for SAR using USCG Surface Drifters
Art Allen U.S. Coast Guard Scott Glenn Rutgers University Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System
Transition Objective Operational Use of HF Radar Surface Currents for Search And Rescue Surface Currents
Data Acquisitio n
Data Product Generation & Management
Search And Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS)
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5000 Virtual Drifters 24 Hours Into Search
HYCOM Low Confidence
CODAR High Confidence
5000 Virtual Drifters 48 Hours Into Search
HYCOM Low Confidence
CODAR High Confidence
5000 Virtual Drifters 72 Hours Into Search
HYCOM Low Confidence
CODAR High Confidence
5000 Virtual Drifters 96 Hours Into Search
HYCOM Low Confidence
CODAR High Confidence
5000 Virtual Drifters Search Area After 96 Hours
154 km
100 km 232 km
123 km
HYCOM 36,000 km2
CODAR 12,000 km2
May 4, 2009: After a year of testing, NOAA Announces on U.S. Department of Commerce Website that MARACOOS CODAR is Operational in SAROPSPresent Activity:
Bring all sustained regional-scale HFR networks up to operational status in USCG SAROPS3 West Coast Regions for California & Oregon are ready.
Hurricane IreneAug 20-29Total inches of rainfall
0
32
First tropical storm to threaten New York City since Hurricane Gloria in 1985 Flooding records broken in 26 rivers Caused at least 56 deaths Damage nearly $8 billion
Hurricane Irene
39.5N 73W Surface Current Time Series Total Current Near-Inertial Current
Wave & Wind Direction Time Series
Eye Passes over NJ mid-day on Aug 28
Hurricane Irene
39.5N 73W Surface Current Time Series Total Current Near-Inertial Current
Wave & Wind Direction Time Series
Eye Passes over NJ mid-day on Aug 28
Hurricane Irene Surface Current Wavelet AnalysisDirect Wind Forcing Inertial Response
Aug 27 Frontside
Aug 28 Eye
Aug 29 Backside
Aug 30 Inertial
Aug 31 Inertial
Sep 01 Inertial
RU-WRF Atmospheric Forecast Model85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35
Maximum Sustained Wind Speed (10m)Wind Speed (kts)
NHC Best Track NHC Forecast
Date
Temperature
Two Gliders Deployed by MARACOOS in Hurricane IreneRU23 Deployed for MARACOOS. Map subsurface T/S structure for fisheries. Damaged early - drifter Recovered by fisherman Provided data on inertial currents during storm.
RU16 Deployed for EPA. Map bottom dissolved oxygen. Provided data on mixing during storm.
WRF Model Run: SST Update27/120028/0600 28/060029/0600
Run ComparisonWARM (RTG only) COLD Update (AVHRR)
Hurricane Irene Forecast Sensitivity to SSTMaximum Wind Speed Error (knots)Date/Time (UTC) Original NHC Forecast WRF Warm SST (RTG only) WRF Warm SST (RTG only + OML Model) -17.23 4.2 -2.14 -1.04 4.79 3.51 1.93 9.84 452 7.09 WRF Cold SST (AVHRR)
27/1200 27/1800 28/0000 28/0600 28/1200 28/1800 29/0000 29/0600Sum of Squares RMSE
5 10 10 5 15 15 15 10800 9.43
-17.22 4.1 1.39 -1.2 2.39 4.97 3.62 10.48457 7.13
-6.17 5.88 3.96 -1.21 0.5 -2.67 -0.89 4.52118 3.61
Cold SST Produces the best intensity forecast!
U.S. National HF Radar NetworkJune 2004
U.S. IOOS HF Radar Data Flow For US Coast Guard Search And Rescue Since 2007
U.S. National HF Radar Network
Table 4: Full 5-Year Buildout. Estimated acquisition & maintenance costs.
Technician fully encumbered salary is estimated at $130,000; Purchase and deployment for DF HFRs, LPA HFRs are $160,000 and $300,000, respectively. Two technicians for each 7 DF HFRs, 4 LPA HFRs, respectively. September 2009 http://www.ioos.gov/hfradar/
2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Oil Transport Questions: Will the oil. Come ashore in Louisiana? Spread east to Texas or west to Mississippi, Alabama and Florida pan handle in the wind-driven coastal currents? Enter the Loop Current and be transported downstream? Hit the Florida Shelf and be driven shoreward by winds? Ride the Loop Current south and hit the Florida Keys? Be transported out of the Gulf of Mexico by the Gulf Stream and impact the East Coast?
Gulf of Mexico
National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime CommerceA U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence
Responding to Crisis: Deepwater HorizonU.S. IOOS partnership 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 June 2USM HFR
USF HFR
Web Portal
HFR data informed NOAA trajectory forecasts
HFR validation of SABGOM Forecast combined with satellite detected oil slicks
Briefing Blog
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response: Near Field Environmental Analyses Oil response to a major wind shift
July 3 June 29
July 4
July 7
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response: Approach to West Florida Shelf
Close Approach to West Florida Shelf
June 3
June 4
Deepwater Horizon Response: East Coast Assessments of Risk
July, 2009
July 6
August, 2009
September, 2009
U.S. National HF Radar NetworkSummer 2011 Coverage 131 Radars
U.S. National HF Radar NetworkStatus this morning: May 16, 2012 95-100 of 163 registered sites reportinghttp://hfradar.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Oil Spill Trajectory ForecastingIngested & distributed by IOOS national HF radar data servers at Scripps & NOAA/NDBC Collected using CODAR SeaSonde HF radar systems (USM, USF)
Chronology2006 2007
20 Apr
30 Apr
2 May
2 May Cap of DWH Well
Projection of Wintertime Tarball Events Predictable events - based on strong, persistent flow from the south Allows staging of response
Jeffrey D. Paduan Naval Postgraduate School
Decision Support for Water Quality Projects Inspection of Hyperion Outfall Pipe ~Billion gallons of sewage to be diverted to an in-shore outfall Concern about extent of impact and public health risks Offshore and surf zone circulation had to monitored Real-time trajectory tool implemented at surfacing outfall
Tracking of Marine Debris Proactive public health actions after a known spill/release
Enhances forensic investigations by indicating source locations Allows tracking of floating material
Support for Harmful Algal Bloom Events
Tracking of HABs Prediction Public health implications Combines with other data sets for decisionmaking
Vera L. Trainer, NOAA Fisheries Barbara M. Hickey, University of Washington
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Biological Monitoring and Prediction Probability of egg occurrence Use HFR for particle trajectories Larval dispersal and MPAs
Winter
Spring
Similar uses for spawning and migration studies
Autumn
Summer
Gong et al., 2009. JGR
Transformations in Ocean Observing
Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems are serving societal needs everyday. Regional successes are being coordinated to share best practices, and leveraged to build National Networks. There is much we can learn from each other as we build the Global Network (See Zdenka Willis talk).
Rutgers University - Coastal Ocean Observation LabVisitors Welcomed!http://rucool/marine.rutgers.edu
Vessels SatelliteSatellite Ships/ Vessels CODAR Glider
REMUS Modeling Leadership
Data Vis. Security Education
Satellite Data Acquisition Stations
CODAR Network
Glider Fleet
3-D Forecasts
