SAROPS EDS Environmental Data Server

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SAROPSEDS Environmental Data Server
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Art Allen United States Coast Guard Office of
Search Rescue
Eoin (Owen) Howlett ASA
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USCG Area of SAR Responsibility
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CG wide SAR Statistics
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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted

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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted
• Gather information about case

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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted
• Gather information about case
• Get environmental data uncertainties

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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted
• Gather information about case
• Get environmental data uncertainties
• Use model to determine search area

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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted
• Gather information about case
• Get environmental data uncertainties
• Use model to determine search area
• Estimate resource availability and capability

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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted
• Gather information about case
• Get environmental data uncertainties
• Use model to determine search area
• Estimate resource availability and capability
• Plan, promulgate perform the next search

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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted
• Gather information about case
• Get environmental data uncertainties
• Use model to determine search area
• Estimate resource availability and capability
• Plan, promulgate perform the next search
• Evaluate the completed search

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Search Rescue Problem

• Create a SAR case when alerted
• Gather information about case
• Get environmental data uncertainties
• Use model to determine search area
• Estimate resource availability and capability
• Plan, promulgate perform the next search
• Evaluate the completed search
• Repeat above until survivors
• are found and rescued

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USCG Data Parameters
Currents - Sea Surface
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USCG Data Parameters
Surface Wind Speed (10m)
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Environmental Data Server (EDS)

• Access to global/regional current and wind data
• Data from NOAA, NAVY, Regional Associations,
  Universities and commercial providers
• Aggregation Services (temporal and spatial)
• Redundancy and Backup
• Objective Analysis Tools
• Web Services Protocols

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SAROPS EDS Data

• Operational Forecast Model Data
• Observation Data (NDBC buoys, satellite,
  drifters, Sea Surface Radar, etc.)
• Seasonal data
• Tidal databases (harmonic databases)

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EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
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EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
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EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
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EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
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EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
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EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
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EDS Services
Global Product
Coastal Product
Aggregated Product
Regional Product
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Example EDS Data Sources

• Winds
• FNMOC NOGAPS
• FNMOC COAMPS
• NOAA NCEP NAM
• NOAA NCEP GFS
• NOAA NDFD
• NOAA NDBC
• Regional Models (e.g GLERL)
• Other commercial
• Currents
• NAVO Global NCOM
• NOAA NCEP HYCOM
• NOS Regional
• ADCIRC
• CODAR
• Regional Models
• Other Bluelink, Satellite Data (AOML),
  commercial

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Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
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Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
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Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
Web Service XML Request
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
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Winds Currents Drifters Weather

• Data Service
• Spatial Aggregation Service
• Temporal Aggregation Service
• Objective Analysis

THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
NetCDF Data
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
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Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
OGC WMS/WFS/SOS/WCS
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
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Winds Currents Drifters Weather
THREDDS OPeNDAP
EDS
Catalog DB
Web Services
JMBL
Internet
SAROPS Client
Web Client
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Decision Status
Months 0-12
Month 18
Month 24
Month 36
Integration
Transport
Test Evaluation
Benchmarked

• Metrics
• Efficiency
• Speed
• Resolution
• Accuracy
• Length
• Economics

scheduled
Feb 2008
Aug 2008
Feb 2009
Feb 2010
actual
May 2008
Aug 2008
Feb 2009
Feb 2010
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Davis/ CODE drifterSelf-Locating DatumMarker
Buoys (SLDMB)
30 minute GPS positions via Argos
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SLDMB Deployments1 Jan 2006 31 Dec 2007
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MarianoSeasonal ship-set driftCaribbean Sea
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NOAA NCEP North Atlantic HYCOMNew York Bight
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EDS Uncertainties (knots)
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EDS Oil Spill Use
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Conclusions

• SAROPS - operational in the USCG since January
  2007
• Use of open standards allows for interoperability
• Adding improved regional coastal data
• Need for uncertainty measurements and dispersion
  coeffs
• Researching new Lagrangian techniques

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Questions
Art Allen Arthur.A.Allen_at_uscg.mil Eoin Howlett
ehowlett_at_asascience.com