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Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Research: A Local Agency’s View

Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Research: A Local Agency’s View. George Robertson, Senior Scientist Orange County Sanitation District. Why Am I Here Today?. Environmental managers need good science Relevant Timely Complete. Ocean.US Objectives.

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Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Research: A Local Agency’s View

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  1. Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Research: A Local Agency’s View George Robertson, Senior Scientist Orange County Sanitation District

  2. Why Am I Here Today? • Environmental managers need good science • Relevant • Timely • Complete

  3. Ocean.US Objectives • Detecting and forecasting oceanic components of climate variability • Facilitating safe and efficient marine operations • Ensuring national security • Managing resources for sustainable use • Preserving and restoring healthy marine ecosystems • Mitigating natural hazards • Ensuring public health

  4. Ocean.US Objectives • Detecting and forecasting oceanic components of climate variability • Facilitating safe and efficient marine operations • Ensuring national security • Managing resources for sustainable use • Preserving and restoring healthy marine ecosystems • Mitigating natural hazards • Ensuring public health

  5. Ocean Observations Systems • Fill data gaps • Integrate data • Provide new data products • Provide additional expertise

  6. No Lone Rangers Need Apply • Experience has taught . . . • Multiple public and private groups needed to tackle the “big” problems • Integrate and leverage • Huntington Beach Shoreline Contamination • USGS, NPS, SIO, UCI, USC, Sea Grant, RWQCB, OCHCA, SAIC and others

  7. Southern California ExampleCentral Bight Water Quality Program

  8. Salinity: OCSD OCSD (Routine) August 2001

  9. Salinity: OCSD OCSD (Extended) August 2001

  10. Salinity: LACSD LACSD August 2001

  11. Salinity: LA City LA City August 2001

  12. Salinity: Oxnard Oxnard August 2001

  13. Salinity: Central Bight WQ Group August 2001

  14. What Next? • Incorporate new technology • Link on-shore with off-shore processes • Improve both spatial and temporal monitoring • Better data integration • Provide dynamic, near real-time coastal modeling • Improve dissemination of data and information products

  15. Questions ?

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