NANOOS Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems

1. NANOOSNorthwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems 2009 Regional Coordination Workshop Seattle, WA August 25, 2009

2. Part 1: “Enhancing NANOOS” & “Enhancing the Pacific Northwest RCOOS of NANOOS” David Martin & Jan NewtonProject Duration:RA: 1 year, currently in month 2 RCOOS: 3 years; currently in year 2

3. Project Schedule and MilestonesRCOOS Observations NB: Red text edits reflect FY 09 revised scope of work

4. Project Schedule and MilestonesRCOOS Modeling NB: Red text edits reflect FY 09 revised scope of work

5. Project Schedule and MilestonesRCOOS DMAC NB: Red text edits reflect FY 09 revised scope of work

6. Project Schedule and MilestonesRCOOS Education and Outreach NB: Red text edits reflect FY 09 revised scope of work

7. Project Status Report • Significant Accomplishments: • Developed an advanced DMAC system for NANOOS that ingests data from variety of sources and in a variety of formats/types and makes it accessible • Launched new NANOOS web that is a framework to integrate multi-institutional content into a seamless presentation, including capabilities for data search, data delivery, product display, and useful links • Produced products of regional significance with use and demand across our priority areas (Ecosystem Impacts, Fisheries, Maritime Operations, Coastal Hazards) • Fostered strong outreach ties to wide spectrum of ocean observing user groups including fishing industry, state and local natural resource managers, tribes, first responders, recreational boaters, scientific researchers, citizen scientists, and education community • Developed lesson plans for use in classrooms and tutorial products on web and on display in aquaria/marine science centers • Maintained our core observations in the face of significant federal funding reductions 7

8. Keys to Success • Excellent communication within NANOOS: • Three committees (DMAC, User Products, Ed & Out) that work independently and collectively to implement goals/vision for development. • Tri-committee meetings educate each other and identify needs and integrate efforts • Weekly DMAC calls; monthly to bi-monthly calls for other committees, semi-annual 3-com • Some committee members who sit on two or more committees, provide overlap • Clear and widely held vision for NANOOS RCOOS development: • Active involvement of GC; much pro bono involvement • Win-win partnerships developed (e.g.): • NANOOS partnered with NERRS to serve data from State (WDOE), University (UW), Federal (NOAA-NERRS) sources designed for shellfish growers by joint NERRS-NANOOS outreach efforts & web page designed by a small private company (Mindfly Inc.) • NANOOS partnered with sensor industry (WETLabs) and marine science center (Hatfield) to fund development of outreach tool that highlights archived and RT data from the local estuary that is displayed to the public at the marine science center; this link between observing data and an educational display will be adapted and exported throughout region

9. Potential Challenges • Describe potential and/or real challenges (e.g., institutional barriers, technical barriers, scientific barriers, personal, etc) • Going from a semi-operational system to a fully operational (24-7) system that has staff that can respond, back-up hardware, UPS systems • Funding sustained observing system, that is fully regional, and includes replacement funds • e.g., extend HF to WA • Resolving challenges • How might these challenges be resolved? (Besides additional financial • resources) For example, are there actions that NOAA or • other federal agencies could take to assist? • No, it really is a funding issue. Getting other agencies to add to pot is critical. 9

10. Current Status: Products

11. Maritime Operations, will highlight the applications, data, products useful to maritime activities including: • Forecasts: • Wave • Tide • Currents • Weather • Observations • Wace, wind, currents • Ecosystem Impacts,will have pages on important regional ecosystem issues, which will link to relevant data, products, applications • Hypoxia – develop a hypoxia page, similar to ocean acidification • OrCOOS Hypoxia info • HCDOP • HABs – develop a HABs page similar to OA • Sound Toxins • ECOHAB, MOCHA etc • Marine Biotoxin Bulletin • Ocean Acidification • Water Quality • NERRS shellfish growers • CORIE • ORCA • WADOE • Estuarine Data • Climate Change • Shore SLR • Temps • Ocean acidification • Regional Fisheries, will have links to the information, products, data relevant to people interested in fisheries and fishing • Forecasts • currents • Sea surface temp forecasts (tuna) • PaCOOS • Habitat server • TOPPS • CROOS • Coastal Hazards • NANOOS pilot shoreline data • WDOE • DOGAMI 11

12. Current Status: Product Examples • Provide plots of near real-time surface temperature and currents off OR coast that is relevant and optimized for tuna fishing fleet. These are now known locally as the “Tuna plots”.

13. Current Status: Product Examples Provide plots of near real-time surface temperature and currents off OR coast that is relevant and optimized for tuna fishing fleet. These are now known locally as the “Tuna plots”. Provide a “Google”-based interactive map interface that allows public and managers to access tsunami evacuation routes for the Oregon coast. Next steps include working with Washington emergency officials to integrate evacuation maps developed for the Washington Coast 13

14. Current Status: Product Examples Provide plots of near real-time surface temperature and currents off OR coast that is relevant and optimized for tuna fishing fleet. These are now known locally as the “Tuna plots”. Provide a “Google”-based interactive map interface that allows public and managers to access tsunami evacuation routes for the Oregon coast. Next steps include working with Washington emergency officials to integrate evacuation maps developed for the Washington Coast Provide an “Ocean Acidification” theme page on NANOOS web that has near real-time OA status data and informational material on OA, what is known, what is being done, and educational videos from lead scientists on OA 14

15. Current Status: Product Examples Provide plots of near real-time surface temperature and currents off OR coast that is relevant and optimized for tuna fishing fleet. These are now known locally as the “Tuna plots”. Provide a “Google”-based interactive map interface that allows public and managers to access tsunami evacuation routes for the Oregon coast. Next steps include working with Washington emergency officials to integrate evacuation maps developed for the Washington Coast Provide an “Ocean Acidification” theme page on NANOOS web that has near real-time OA status data and informational material on OA, what is known, what is being done, and educational videos from lead scientists on OA Provide notification to the shellfish industry on near real-time water quality conditions so that they may strategize their growing activities (e.g., harvest, seeding, etc) 15

16. Current Status: Product Examples Provide plots of near real-time surface temperature and currents off OR coast that is relevant and optimized for tuna fishing fleet. These are now known locally as the “Tuna plots”. Provide a “Google”-based interactive map interface that allows public and managers to access tsunami evacuation routes for the Oregon coast. Next steps include working with Washington emergency officials to integrate evacuation maps developed for the Washington Coast Provide an “Ocean Acidification” theme page on NANOOS web that has near real-time OA status data and informational material on OA, what is known, what is being done, and educational videos from lead scientists on OA Provide notification to the shellfish industry on near real-time water quality conditions so that they may strategize their growing activities (e.g., harvest, seeding, etc) Provide “one-stop-shopping” to mariners and others on tide, currents, and weather conditions 16

17. Current Status: Product Examples Provide plots of near real-time surface temperature and currents off OR coast that is relevant and optimized for tuna fishing fleet. These are now known locally as the “Tuna plots”. Provide a “Google”-based interactive map interface that allows public and managers to access tsunami evacuation routes for the Oregon coast. Next steps include working with Washington emergency officials to integrate evacuation maps developed for the Washington Coast Provide an “Ocean Acidification” theme page on NANOOS web that has near real-time OA status data and informational material on OA, what is known, what is being done, and educational videos from lead scientists on OA Provide notification to the shellfish industry on near real-time water quality conditions so that they may strategize their growing activities (e.g., harvest, seeding, etc) Provide “one-stop-shopping” to mariners and others on tide, currents, and weather conditions Provide web-based searchable product filter that allows selection of product desired 17

18. Current Status: Observations Indicate the # of observations in each category. Color code: X# if funded exclusively by NOAA IOOS funds; X if combination of NOAA IOOS funds and other; X is non-NOAA IOOS funds

19. Current Status: Modeling and DMAC subsystems **Region-wide = entire RA

20. Map 1a: Existing Observing Assets

21. Map 1a: Existing Observing Assets 21

22. Map 1a: Existing Observing Assets 22

23. Part 2: Looking Forward: Future Plans Assuming $5 million of funding per year, please indicate what your future plans are for your RA. The $5 million should cover activities currently funded by the RA Planning Grants and the RCOOS.

24. Future Plans: Major Products “NVS” WEB MAP TOOL TO INTEGRATE ACCESS TO OBSERVING DATA MORE SATELITE PRODUCTS MORE THEME PAGES EXPAND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE (e.g., to WA) and VARIABLES AVAILABLE MODEL VERIFICATION

25. Existing Observing Assets 25

26. Future Plans: • Expansion of HF radar stations to the Washington coast; • Ocean circulation modeling expansion to Washington coast; • Models and observation data for assisting with SAR; • ReaL-time observations of conditions at the mouths of major estuaries (i.e. maritime safety) e.g. X-band radar, SWAN wave modeling etc; • Bathymetry data collection; • Models of coastal inundation and erosion due to climate change effects (i.e. changes in sea level, trends of increasing and/or more extreme wave heights, effects of ENSO). Would require modeling with SWAN and other models for forecasting beach erosion potential and inundation. Continue to provide time series information on coastal change (shore-based and bathymetry) patterns along the OR/WA coasts; • ARGUS camera time-series for monitoring shoreline change in areas where erosion is severe (e.g. Rockaway beach); • Help to synthesize fishery data for PNW coast. Develop models of regional fishery patterns (e.g. hot/cold cycles in SST affecting Salmon fisheries of the PNW coast; 26

27. Future Plans: Observations

28. Future Plan: Modeling and DMAC ** Region-wide means entire RA

29. Funding Scenario Briefly describe the major CUTS to the subsystem under the reduced funding scenarios