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Satellite Oceanography at the US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center Kenneth S. Casey, PhD

Satellite Oceanography at the US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center Kenneth S. Casey, PhD Satellite Oceanography Group Leader September 2007. Our Mission.

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Satellite Oceanography at the US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center Kenneth S. Casey, PhD

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  1. Satellite Oceanography at the US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center Kenneth S. Casey, PhD Satellite Oceanography Group Leader September 2007 http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  2. Our Mission To provide scientific stewardship of satellite-based oceanographic data by developing climate data records and assisting our partners who are applying them toward societal benefits http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  3. Concept of Operations • NODC Satellite Oceanography Group • Scientific Stewardship • Production of CDRs • Metadata management • Application of derived datasets • Access to High-level Data (e.g., L2, L3, L4) NODC and CLASS Archive/Access Low-level (L0, L1) Data IT Systems CLIENTS/PARTNERS National Programs (e.g. IOOS) International Activities (e.g. GODAE), University/Research Government (e.g. NOAA, NASA) http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  4. NODC Satellite Group • Soon to be 6-7 person team (3 active; 1 new federal employee arrives 29 Oct; 2 contract staff vacancies; 1 post-doctoral vacancy; possible long term visitor) • Satellite oceanography expertise coupled with understanding of climate and ecosystems • Metadata expertise • Data access/transport experience • Significant IT support from NODC IT division and Admin support from Admin branch http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  5. Example Activities in 2006-07 • GODAE High-Resolution SST (GHRSST) • Generating international, multi-sensor, multi-platform SST products • Global 4 km AVHRR Pathfinder SST • Improving and reprocessing AVHRR Pathfinder SST data to 4 km resolution for 1981-present • Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) • Applying Pathfinder SSTs to understanding coral diseases • IOOS Blueprint Project • Integrating, archiving and serving multiple datasets to designated communities http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  6. GODAE High Resolution SST Regional/Global Task Sharing Framework Internationally integrated NOAA NODC http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  7. LTSRF Current Status • Stewardship capability established at NODC • Automatic daily acquisition and archive from GDAC • 30-day delay from observation to archive • All available online FTP, HTTP, and OPeNDAP • All data searchable via NODC Ocean Archive System - http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/search/prod/accessionsView.pl/pref • Extensive metadata - both FGDC and original DIF • Current Archive Holdings • 7.2 TB (~144 TB uncompressed) spanning 1985 - 2007 • >30,000 accessions (RDAC/Sensor/Level/Date), > 410,000 files • AMSR-E, AVHRR-16, AVHRR-17, AVHRR-18 (GAC and LAC/HRPT) , MODIS Aqua and Terra, SEVIRI, AATSR, TMI, GOES-11, and GOES-12; plus L4 analysis products http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov Statistics as of 25 Sept 2007 http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  8. GHRSST Data Rates http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  9. http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov For more information on GHRSST, see: http://www.ghrsst-pp.org and http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  10. Version 5 AVHRR Pathfinder Meeting user-defined needs to create the AVHRR SST Climate Data Record http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  11. NODC AVHRR Pathfinder Goals To provide the longest, most accurate, and highest resolution consistently-reprocessed SST climate data record from the AVHRR sensor series To serve as fundamental input to GHRSST Reanalysis CDRs To be provided following full suite of IOOS DMAC protocols Version 5 AVHRR Pathfinder Pathfinder SSTs available at http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov Recent Activities and Status • Version 5 Daily, 5-, 7-, 8-day, Monthly, Yearly SSTs for 1985-2007, plus corresponding climatologies • Since Jan 2004, over 25,000 users have acquired over 20 TB of Pathfinder SSTs • Data available via FTP, HTTP, OPeNDAP, and JPL POET system • Validation studies nearly complete • Used in new higher-resolution Reynolds optimal analysis Looking Ahead • 3 Year Scientific Data Stewardship grant awarded to UMiami/RSMAS and NODC to transfer reprocessing capability • Connections with GHRSST Reanalysis being developed: Pathfinder as a fundamental input to GHRSST reanalysis • Developing THREDDS Data Server Capability to aggregate and catalog Pathfinder SSTs, and serve via OPeNDAP and WCS http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  12. CoRTAD Project • In addition to working nationally and internationally to create, archive, and serve satellite-based products, we also work closely with partners to use those products for societal benefit. • One example is a partnership with the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, called the Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) project 08 May 2007: Public Library of Science - Biology published "Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks", by John F. Bruno, Elizabeth R. Selig, Kenneth S. Casey, et al. (PLoS Biology Vol. 5, No. 6, e124 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050124). Lots of media attention for this work (Wall Street Journal, Reuters, etc.) Hot off the presses - Science manuscript recently submitted (Ben Halpern, UCSB lead author) using CoRTAD as an indicator of threat to ecosystems by climate change http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  13. CoRTAD Project • Using the CoRTAD, we hope to understand long term thermal influences on corals, and use that understanding to better design and manage Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) • Questions being addressed include: • How are coral diseases related to temperature stresses? • What are the typical spatial and temporal extents of extreme thermal stress events? • What do these extents tell us about the proper size and spacing of MPAs if they are to be able to protect against thermal stresses • CoRTAD is a large database of SST and derived thermal stress metrics built using the AVHRR Pathfinder dataset • Global coverage, 4 km spatial resolution, and 21 years in length • Eventually will include GHRSST data as well http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  14. IOOS Blueprint Project • We also work with various partners to integrate satellite data with other types of oceanographic and ecosystem data, and to serve those data to designated communities • One example of this type of work is the “IOOS Blueprint Project”, involving partners from five separate NOAA offices http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  15. IOOS Blueprint ProjectGoals and Objectives • This project seeks to develop a standard process to: • Integrate near real-time in situ oceanographic data with historical and satellite data • ArchiveandServe those data through distributed data access protocols • Visualize those data though existing generalized and community-specific portals • By demonstrating IOOS DMAC principles within an integrated ocean data archive, access, and stewardship system, this project lays the foundation for integration of a wide range of data relevant to ecosystem and climate applications, science, and management http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  16. IOOS Blueprint Project “Map” http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

  17. For more information… • http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog • Kenneth.Casey@noaa.gov http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog

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