COSEENetworked Ocean World NOW

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COSEE-Networked Ocean World (NOW)
Lead Institutions Rutgers, WHOI, VIMS, Liberty
Science Center, Beacon Institute, Monterey
Peninsula College, Word Craft Global
Distributed Group of Partners
COSEE NOW is focused on l assessing the
knowledge needs of Ocean Observing Systems
(OOS) audiences l improve collaboration
coordination between scientists and educators l
increase public awareness of OOS in order to
improve societys ocean literacy
Janice McDonnell, Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield,
John Wilkin, Bob Chant, Josh Kohut
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Growing World Population
World Population 2008 - Over 6.65 Billion 2050
Over 9 Billion
Earth at Night
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THE WORLD IS CHANGING!!
2090
Our grand children
Polar Amplification of Global Warming
2005
1979
2060
Our children
2030
Us
1980
2000
YEAR
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Where Will The Melting Water Go? Will It Change
Our Ecosystem?

• The Mid-Atlantic Bight is getting
• Fresher Warmer
• Experiences Some of the Largest
• Temperature Differences in the World
• Summer to Winter
• Top to Bottom
• Some of the Most Migratory
• Fish Species have Evolved
• Most Urbanized Coast
• in the U.S.

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Water Cycle
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Slowing or
even reversing the existing trends of global
warming is the defining challenge of our ages
Motivation
Dr. R. K. Pachauri Chairman, IPCC
Knowledge

• How do we define what constitutes dangerous
  anthropogenic interference with the climate
  system?
• 2) How do we prepare the human race to face sea
  level rise a world with new geographic
  features?
• 3) What changes in lifestyles, behavior patterns
  and management practices are needed, and by when?

IPCC AR4 WG IFigure SPM.5
Skills
Behavior
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Book from 1954
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Motivation for Coastal Predictive Skill
Experiments

• Ocean Forecast Models require
• Observations of the Initial Conditions (Location
  and Speed)
• Understanding of the Physical Biological
  Processes

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The oceans are chronically under-sampled
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A Look Back
If I were to choose a single phrase to
characterize the first century of modern
oceanography, it would be a century of
under-sampling.
Walter Munk, 2000

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A Global View from Space Imagers and Altimeters
Passive Imagers for SST Ocean Color
Active Radars for Altimetry
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A Global Array of 3,000 Argo Profiling Floats
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A Framework for Research Investments in Ocean
Science for the coming Decade

• Theme 1 Stewardship of Natural and
• Cultural Resources
• Theme 2 Increasing Resilience to Natural
• Hazards
• Theme 3 Enabling Marine Operations
• Theme 4 The Oceans Role in Climate
• Change
• Theme 5 Improving Ecosystem Health
• Theme 6 Enhancing Human Health

• Three Central Elements
• Ocean Observing System
• Forecast Models for Key Ocean and
  Ocean-Influenced Processes
• Scientific Support for Ecosystem Based Management

http//ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_prioritiespla
n.html
Deploying an ocean-observation system will
revolutionize the access to and view of the ocean
and increase the pace, efficiency, and scope of
ocean research.
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Increasing U.S. and Global Investments in Ocean
Observatories
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Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab
Mission Planning
Operations Communications Station
Glider Fleet
A Stommel View of the Ocean WWW Interactive
3-D
L-Band X-Band Satellite Systems
CODAR Network
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Satellite Data Acquisition Systems
China FY1-D
1992
2003
US MODIS
India Oceansat
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5 MHz
CODAR System Antennas
Receive Antenna
Transmit Antenna
25 MHz and 13 MHz
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Rutgers Interfaces to the Mid Atlantic CODAR Data
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Success
Stories Making a Difference Optimizing HF
Radar for SAR using USCG Surface Drifters
Art Allen U.S. Coast Guard Scott Glenn Rutgers
University and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal
Ocean Observing System
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Slocum Coastal Glider
Glider Specs. Length 1.5 m Hull Diameter 21.3
cm Weight 52 kg
Science Bay Specs. Length 30 cm Diameter 21.3
cm Max. Payload Weight 4 kg
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Rutgers Slocum Glider Fleet

• 129 deployments worldwide (2003 present)

gt 39,000 km flown (Earths circ. 40,000 km) gt
1900 days in water 300,000 profiles
Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory
Mediterranean Sea
Perth, Australia
West Florida Shelf
Mid-Atlantic Shelf
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Coastal Observatories Enable Student Involvement

• Ocean Sciences Abstracts used Coastal
  Observatory
• 35 with Student or Post-doc First Authorship

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Rutgers Underwater Glider Flight New Jersey to
Nova Scotia
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Sustained Observatory Operations from Multiple
Locations
MBARI
McDonalds
My Living Room Glider Recovery in Hawaii
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The Future Is NOW!
Networked Ocean World
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Partnership with Liberty Science Center
Over 1,000,000 visitors per year, serves the New
York/New Jersey school systems including urban
largely minority schools facing challenges
Informal education example Liberty Science Center
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Long Duration Flights to Inspire Student
Participation in STEM Subjects
Sponsors NOAA Ocean Exploration - to inspire
students ONR - to provide sustained
access denied areas Rutgers Alumni - to
provide opportunities for Rutgers undergrads
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