National Ocean Observing Systems:

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National Ocean Observing Systems National
Science Foundation (NSF) Ocean Observing
Initiative (OOI). U.S. Navy Littoral
Battlespace Sensing, Fusion and Integration
(LBSFI). Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime
Commerce (CSR) National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Integrated
Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS).
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U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

• NOAA-Led IOOS Components
• International Component
• National Component
• a) 17 Federal Agencies
• b) 11 Regional Associations

Observing, Data Management, Modeling
Regional Components
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• Regional Associations (RAs)
• Building IOOS Partnerships - 480 and Growing.
• Business and Industry (66)
• Shipping (18)
• Researchers and
• Universities (149)
• State agencies (59)
• NGOs (58)
• International Organizations
• (11)
• Local and Tribal
• Governments (8)
• Federal Agencies (106)

National Federation of Regional Associations 11
IOOS Regional Associations
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• The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional
  Association includes
• Chesapeake Bay
• Delaware Bay
• New York Bight Harbor
• Long Island Sound, and
• Massachusetts and Rhode
• Island Bays and Shelf

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NEOS 2003
Ocean.US Poster Request Developed from March
2003 Maryland Workshop Numerous Existing Sub-Reg
ional Observatories
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Enhancements to the National Backbone
Existing NOAA Backbone PORTS NDBC
Platforms NWS WFOs

• MACOORA Recommendations
• Sustained support for PORTS
• Additional NDBC Buoys
• at the Shelf Break Canyons
• 3) WRF Forecasting with WFOs

It is imperative that the RCOOS be developed in
concert with National Backbone assets if we are
to achieve the goals of the Integrated Ocean
Observing System.
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Phased Deployment and Operation of the
Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing
System (MARCOOS) 30 Co-PIs, 20 Institutions
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Regional Theme 1 Maritime Safety Search And
Rescue
MARCOOS HF Radar Network
Before HF Radar
Coast Guard SAROPS
USCG
Weatherflow
After HF Radar
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Regional Theme 2 Ecological Decision Support -
Fisheries
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MARCOOS Regional Support for Water Quality
Projects
NERRS
LIS Water Quality
NJ Coast Recurrent Hypoxia
Monmouth County Health
Delaware River Basin NWQMN Pilot Study
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MARCOOS Regional Support for Coastal Inundation
Weather Research Forecast Model CODAR Surface
Currents April 15, 2007 Storm Regional
Coastal Validation Data
Surface Winds
Surface Currents
Rainfall
Weatherflow Network
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Labor Day Weekend, 2006
RU-WRF is Orange
6 am Friday Morning Where do we send the ships?
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• RU-WRF Forecast of
• Tropical Storm Ernesto
• improved model physics,
• more input data (ocean atmosphere),
• higher resolution model grids

Note WRF forecasts The transition of
Ernesto From tropical to extra-tropical after
landfall!
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Observed Track is Yellow RU-WRF is Orange
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 1, 2006 1900
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 0700
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1300
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1300
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 2, 2006 1900
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto September 3, 2006 0100
GMT
WRF Forecast Surface Winds
CODAR Observations Surface Currents
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Feedback to the State
Accumulated Rainfall
Predicted Observed
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Track Sensitivity
INCREASING RESOLUTION
-INCREASE IN MODEL SKILL IS GREATEST WITH
IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING Ocean-Atmosphere-Land
Interactions!!!!!!!
Operational Model Physics
INCREASING RESOLUTION
Observed Track is Yellow
Bowers et al.,
Research Model Physics
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• The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional
  Association includes
• Chesapeake Bay
• Delaware Bay
• New York Bight Harbor
• Long Island Sound, and
• Massachusetts and Rhode
• Island Bays and Shelf