The Carolinas

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The Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and
Prediction System (Caro-COOPS)
A Partnership the University of South Carolina,
North Carolina State University, and University
of North Carolina-Wilmington
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The Goals of Caro-COOPS

• Provide a capability for real-time predictions
  and ultimately forecasts to
• Mitigate natural hazards.
• Support management of living resources and marine
  ecosystems.
• Facilitate safe and efficient marine operations.
• Support national security efforts.

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Objectives

• Integrate information on causal biological,
  chemical and physical processes in the Carolinas
  coastal ocean.
• Assess predictability of specific coastal
  processes and events
• Develop accurate forecasting models
• Create tools for applying and evaluating these
  predictions in the context of "end-to-end" early
  warning systems

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What is Caro-COOPS?

• A wholly integrated system for coastal
  observations and their application to user needs
• An extensive array of instrumented moorings
• A comprehensive data management system
• An advanced suite of integrated models

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Near-term Priorities

• Deploy ocean observing system
• Implement information management and connectivity
  infrastructure
• Build linkages with regional observing systems,
  scientific programs, agency offices, and key user
  groups

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The principal product - a flooding risk
assessment system for

• Federal/state agencies (NWS/NOAA, FEMA, CSC/NOAA,
  USGS/DOI),
• State/local government emergency
  management/planning,
• Private sector insurance, financial, health care
  users.
• Others SC DNR, SC Governors office, USC Hazards
  Research Lab, SCEPD, SC DHEC, etc.

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The IT Infrastructure of Caro-COOPS enables
accessibility, sharing, and integration of data

• The Major Components
• Connectivity, instrumentation, and data
  specifications.
• Data collection protocol.
• QA/QC procedures.
• Program documentation and metadata.
• Data and information dissemination hub.

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A Regional Framework for Interconnectivity of
Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
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Partners

• SURA (consortium of 53 universities in 15 states
  and D.C.)
• SAML (51 coastal/marine laboratories from US,
  Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Antarctica)

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Objectives for Year 1

• Establish server
• Be able to receive data
• Stage some historical data
• Build portal structure
• Be able to serve data in user-driven ways
• Establish metadata protocols/QA/QC
• a functional data site that is highly
  innovative and provides high quality of service

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Caro-COOPS is consistent with Ocean.US and
Coastal GOOS priorities

• Data Transport
• Quality Control
• Data Assembly
• Product Generation
• Metadata Management

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The Caro-COOPS data portal

• Receipt of data from multiple sources
• Near real-time QA/QC of incoming data
• NVODS/DODS server
• Web search to find/assemble data sets
• Data visualization (planning stage)
• GIS/Mapping (planning stage)