Status of IOOS and AOOS

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Status of IOOS and AOOS

• Molly McCammon, NFRA Board Chair and AOOS
  Director
• Anchorage, AK
• April 7, 2008

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U.S. IOOSTwo Interdependent Components
Coastal Ocean Component
Global Ocean Ocean Observing System
GLOS
NANOOS
NERA
AOOS
National IOOS
MACOORA
PacIOOS
CeNCOOS
SECOORA
CaRA
SCCOOS
GCOOS
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11 Regional AssociationsServing user needs
along the entire US coastline, the Great Lakes
and the territories
NERACOOS
PacIOOS
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11 regions formNational Federation of Regional
Associations (NFRA)

• Founded in February, 2005
• A non-profit association dedicated to
• Representing the needs of the 11 Regional
  Association to IOOS partners and others
• Developing one voice for the regional
  perspective
• Educating through communication of lessons
  learned, success stories
• At this time, NFRA is not a lobbying organization
• Funded through dues, 50K grant from NOAA and
  project contracts
• Staff ¾ Executive Director
• Board of Directors 2 members appointed by RAs
  1 vote per RA
• Officers Molly McCammon, Chair David Martin,
  Vice-Chair Rick DeVoe, Treasurer Christine
  Manninen, Secretary

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Benefits of regional component

• Coordinate stakeholder/user needs at regional
  level
• Facilitate federal/state/local synergies
• Held fulfill federal agency missions at regional
  implementation level
• Can be more immediately responsive, agile
  flexible
• Integrate regional data leads to regional
  decision-making tools

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IOOS Funding History in millions
Last year of IOOS earmarks from Navy
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RAs showing successes

• 11 RAs formed
• Represent all regions of US coastline
• User needs identified or in process
• Conceptual designs of optimal observing systems
  in development
• Pilot projects underway
• Several regional data integration centers
• Regional component in Presidents budget FY08 and
  FY 09
• Now demonstrating proofs of concept

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IOOS Legislation

• First introduced in 2002
• Passed Senate twice now facing two holds
• Passed House last year as part of Energy Bill
  reintroduced this year as stand-alone bill
  passed last week
• Hopeful for final passage by Congress this year

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Administration Planning Funding

• 6/05 5/06 397,423
• 6/06 5/07 398,185
• 6/07 5/08 398,000
• 6/08 5/09 400,000 approved

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Program Funding

• 9/05 8/06 1,921,854
• 9/06 8/07 1,592,780
• 10/07 9/08 750,000
• 8/08 7/11 3 year proposal approved highest
  ranked 2.1m requested in year 1, receiving 1m
  3.5m requested in years 2 and 3, funding depends
  on authorizations

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Conceptual Design Process

• Over 100 stakeholder workshops and meetings to id
  user needs
• Board agreed to preliminary priorities in 2004
• National meetings workshops provide input
• Staff develops draft conceptual designs spring
  2007
• Scientific/technical workshop August 2007
• Socioeconomic team workshop Sept 2007
• AOOS board meeting Oct 2, 2007
• NFRA workshop on conceptual designs Oct 23-25,
  2007
• Priorities included in FY08-10 proposal
• Ongoing review refinement

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Statewide AOOS

• Establish data clearinghouse archive project,
  metadata data browsers
• Develop AOOS website for data delivery
  w/visualization tools user products
• Expand remote sensing capacity in Alaska
• Develop education outreach program
• Begin developing modeling capacity in AK in
  conjunction with Arctic Region Supercomputer
  Center
• Maintain data clearinghouse archive continue
  development of project, metadata data browsers
  FUNDED
• Continue to develop data visualization tools
  user products FUNDED
• Expand remote sensing capacity in Alaska 1 FTE
  manipulating satellite derived products FUNDED
  1/3 TIME
• Continue to develop education outreach
  activities w/ASLC ASG NO NEW FUNDING
• Provide for regional coordination facilitation
  Arctic, BSAI, GOA NO NEW FUNDING
• Develop Alaska Modeling Center BEGIN PLANNING

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Arctic Region Observing System

• Maintain AOOS website for data delivery info
  products from existing data
• Continue Sea Ice Working Group
• Monitor IPY efforts provide links
• Provide real-time sea ice conditions Barrow ice
  radar web cam SAR satellite products
• Improve sea ice models with partners to improve
  sea ice thickness measurements NOT FUNDED
• Improve nearshore sea ice monitoring (Track
  large sea ice floes for whaling safety assess
  utility of ice radar system at Barrow expand to
  selected sites if feasible) NOT FUNDED
• Map predict erosion events determine risk
  scenarios real-time wave conditions forecasts
  NOT FUNDED
• Monitor ocean conditions with real-time updates
  ice, winds, temp, acidification, etc. NOT FUNDED
• Add more monitoring stations NOT FUNDED

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Bering Sea/Aleutians Observing System

• Collect and display existing Bering Sea data sets
  
• Develop BSAI ocean circulation model (AOOS
  supports Aleutian passes moorings, assumes
  NOAA/NPRB/NSF support of N-S mooring array
  Bering Strait array for near term)
• Increase precision of sea ice forecasts -
  thickness real-time conditions NOT FUNDED
• Complete Aleutian passes circulation model NOT
  FUNDED
• Assess establishing HF radar at Unimak Pass as
  part of Aleutian marine safety pending risk
  assessment NOT FUNDED
• Assess benefits of Little Diomede Harbor Net NOT
  FUNDED
• Determine wind wave info needed for coastal
  erosion forecasts NOT FUNDED

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Gulf of Alaska Observing System

• Develop AOOS demonstration project in Prince
  William Sound which includes addition of new
  observing platforms 4 models that could be
  expanded to other regions ROMS, WRF SWAN, and
  NPZ
• Complete development of PWS, add hatchery
  moorings, complete models, ensure HF radar system
  is in operational status, conducts field
  experiment in 2009, evaluate FUNDED
• Expand PWS pilot effort to Cook Inlet (most
  partners ready to go) including new observing
  platforms models NOT FUNDED
• Develop prototype Harbornet site Seward,
  Whittier or Cook Inlet FUNDED W/OTHER FUNDS
• Begin preliminary data collection for ocean
  circulation model for SE Alaska NOT FUNDED
• Improve the HF radar system in PWS to operational
  status POWER SYSTEM FUNDED W/OTHER FUNDS
• Upgrade additional NDBC buoys with ocean sensors,
  deploy additional HF radars, ocean moorings,
  Harbornets, and tide gauges throughout GOA
  (real-time as much as possible) NOT FUNDED