Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS) Executive Board Meeting August 30, 2005

1. Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS)Executive Board MeetingAugust 30, 2005

2. Three perspectives – JSOST, IOOS, and NOS Dr. Richard W. Spinrad • Co-Chair - White House Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology • NOAA Executive Committee of Ocean.US • Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s National Ocean Service

3. JSOST Recent Activities • Ocean Research Priorities Framework • April 5, 2005: Submitted and approved by the Committee on Ocean Policy • December 2006: Plan and Implementation Strategy due • Input for the FY2007 OMB/OSTP Research and Development Priorities Memorandum • Oceans and Human Health • Coordinate activities with Joint Subcommittee on Health and the Environment • Oceans and Human Health Act of 2004 • IOOS Governance • Review of IOOS Development Plan • Responding to IOOS legislation • Input on proposed NOPP Legislation

4. Issue: We are limited and poorly coordinated with respect to environmental data supporting fundamental societal needs

5. Integrated Ocean Observing System

6. NOAA Mission Goals 1) Improve predictions of climate change and weather and their effects on coastal communities and the nation; 2) Improve the safety and efficiency of marine operations; 3) Mitigate the effects of natural hazards; 4) Improve national and homeland security; 5) Reduce public health risks; 6) Protect and restore healthy coastal marine ecosystems; and 7) Enable the sustained use of marine resources. CLIMATE WEATHER AND WATER COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION ECOSYSTEMS All IOOS Societal Goals Are Integral to All NOAA Mission Goals

7. Customers Coastal Management Resource Management Emergency Management • Regulatory agencies • Pilots Associations • Ports • Emergency responders • Wildlife agencies • Protected areas • Planning councils • Fishermen • Boaters • Research organizations • State Sea Grants

8. Priority Management Issues and Technologies 2004 Coastal States Organization

9. Preferences for Remote Sensing Data Forms of Data Use (%) Prefer (%) Hardcopy 92 30 Derived Products 82 55 Geo-rectified Digital imagery 78 59 Explanatory Documents 68 27 Raw Digital Data 45 8 Remote Sensing Capability 2002 Coastal Services Center Management Survey

10. Impact evaluation Mooring Data Products: Bulletins to state & local managers with Condition Report on public website Field sampling (targeted with imagery) Models Orbimage - SeaWiFS Monitoring and Forecasting Harmful Algal Blooms Operational NOAA/NOS system in Gulf of Mexico;Federal/state/academic/commercial collaboration Satellite imagery

11. Fisheries Habitat • Define loggerhead and leatherback habitats • Adjust fishing regulations for longliners • SST, phytoplankton, and depth layers in combination may provide insight into sea turtle location Chris Orphanides and Grayson Wood

12. Seagrass Habitat Change 1986 1992 Satellite reflectance data to model seagrass habitats and determine current/future impacts on Marine Sanctuary seagrass beds

13. Sea Grass changes from 1985 to 2003 Seagrass Habitat Change

14. Coastal Erosion High Frequency RADAR - Surface Currents and Sediment Transport Dynamic Ht Trends vs Tide Gauge Sea Level Trends (San Francisco, San Diego, Honolulu, Balboa) 20th Century Sea Level Rise Tide Gauges: 2.1 mm/yr Hydrographic Observations: 0.5 mm/yr Raw ocean surface current velocities averaged over three hours.

15. Coastal Erosion • Height ModernizationElevation control Provides true sea level rise by co-locating GPS and tide gauges

16. Coastal Erosion VDatum and Creation of Digital Elevation ModelsThe tidal model is combined with geoid and ellipsoid models to create VDatumBathymetry and topography may then be seamlessly blended into a consistent DEM Bathy/Topo Digital Elevation Model Tidal Model Geoid Model Ellipsoid Model Topography Bathymetry VDatum

17. User Challenges End users want: • Regional data for local interpretation • All information in one place • Validation of information • Expert analysis • Fast and Accurate

18. IOOS Challenges Requirements • Diverse requirements and goals • Diverse customer needs • Data management and Communications • Gaps in the observations data coverage Integration • Integrating diverse, single purpose capabilities and capacities • Creating smart Interoperability • Creating decision support tools Research • Integrating sensors and data • Linking observations to applications efficiently • Data fusion and assimilation

19. SST Salinity (Lynch et al. 2000) Challenge of Data Assimilation QuikSCAT

20. Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org 1 2 Hurricane Katrina 8/26/05 – 2:00 PM UTC 1 – next slide 2 – following slide

21. Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org 1 – next slide = Wave Height during Hurricane Katrina

22. Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org 2 – following slide = Water Level Observation v. Prediction during Hurricane Katrina

23. Interoperability - OpenIOOS.org Real Time Winds Hurricane Katrina

24. Take Home Messages • Wide diversity of user needs • Abundant research opportunities • Remote sensing fills critical niche in IOOS

25. Questions?

26. Back Up Slides

27. JSOST Backups

28. Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology • President’s Ocean Action Plan revised name and membership – December 17, 2004 • Provide advice to the Committee on Science and the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on national ocean S&T issues • Forum for discussion and coordination among Federal agencies involved with ocean S&T • Co-chairs: • Margaret Leinen, NSF • Richard Spinrad, NOAA • David Halpern, OSTP

29. Approved Ocean Action Plan Ocean (OAP) Governance

31. Views letter slides

32. Administration and Department of Commerce views on S. 361 April 18, 2005 The administration, through the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology … is currently working to address this issue. However, for the purposes of implementation and operation of IOOS, the Department and the Administration recognize the importance of having a clear point of accountability. As such, the Department and the Administration believe that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should be the lead federal agency for the administration and implementation of IOOS.

33. Administration and Department of Commerce views on S. 361 April 18, 2005 Consistent with the Ocean Action Plan, interagency coordination is essential for all ocean science and technology priorities and policy and in particular for planning and implementation for an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). As such an interagency body should provide high level oversight for the IOOS and an interagency program office should develop plans and requirements for that interagency body’s ultimate approval.

34. Administration and Department of Commerce views on S. 361 April 18, 2005 The Department opposes directing any specific percentage or amount of appropriations for the IOOS to regional associations…

35. Jason-1 QuikSCAT Surface Current Anomalies Nov 26, 2002 Dec 26, 2002 Jan 26, 2003 Altimetry + Scatterometry =SURFACE CURRENTS

36. SeaWiFS-derived Global Shallow Water Database • NOS depth estimation algorithm • Implemented globally by • NASA Goddard Florida Identifies problems and fills gaps in global coral reef database maintained by U.N. Environmental Program/ World Conservation Center (UNEP/WCMC)

37. Ecosystem Health and Recovery Use satellite, aircraft and shipboard data to improve algorithms in coastal areas SeaWiFS chlorophyll image Sep 23, 1999 Shipboard data stations (circles) Aircraft lidar tracks

38. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Coastal/Topographic Wind Effects observed with QuikSCAT and SAR 1999 Dec 22 0611 UTC 1999 Dec 22 0441 UTC 2000 Feb 18 0318 UTC Barrier Jets Ocean Surface Winds Passive Polarimetry

39. Challenge of Nesting ModelsOpen ocean models as forcing for shelf domains http://hycom.rsmas.miami.edu/