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A Survey of Existing Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System MARACOOS Assets Wendell Brown UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science & Technology 26 September 2011 MARACOOS Fisheries/Ocean Observatory Workshop. MARACOOS is built on the framework of the
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A Survey of Existing Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System MARACOOS Assets Wendell Brown UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science & Technology 26 September 2011 MARACOOS Fisheries/Ocean Observatory Workshop
MARACOOS is built on the framework of the Operational Federal Backbone
Federal Operational BACKBONE Measurements
NOAA-NDBC/NWS-CMANMeteorology (Met) NOAA-NOSSea Level (SL) NOAA-NOS PORTSCurrents-SL-Met NASA & NOAASurface Temperature Satellite Remote Sensing SST, Color, & SL US Navy FNMOC Meteorology US NavySurface Waves NOAA-NMFSFisheries Surveys NOAA-NCEP Ocean Forecasts Federal Operational BACKBONE Measurements
Federal Operational BACKBONE NOS /Sea Level NDBC /Buoy & NWS /C-MANMeteorology
“Federal” Operational BACKBONE Storm of 2005 | v
Federal Operational BACKBONE Storm of 23 January 2005 NOAA C-MAN Met Station:Buzzards Bay
Federal Operational BACKBONE NASA & NOAASatellite Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
Federal Operational BACKBONE US Navy FNMOCMeteorology: Wind Fields
Federal Operational BACKBONE US NavySurface Waves Forecasts
Federal Operational BACKBONE NOAA/NMFS Annual Fisheries Surveys
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS Weather Mesonet Statistical STPS HF Radar Network Glider Surveys Dynamical Ocean Forecasts Satellite Imagery
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS Weather Mesonet
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS Statistical STPS
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS HF Radar Network
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS Satellite Imagery
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS Glider Surveys
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS Dynamical Ocean Forecasts
MARACOOS Fisheries-Related Measurements
MARACOOS Reginal Assets UMassD / IndustryScallop Surveys
MARACOOS Pre-Operational Assets NMFSSurface Drifter Measurements
MARACOOS Embayment Measurements
MARACOOS Regional Pre-Operational Assets RI DEMNarragansett Bay Program
A FISHERIES-RELATED ISSUE: CLIMATE VARIABILITY LOW NAOI HIGH NAOI A conceptual model of the large-scale response of the Gulf Stream/Slope Water system to the extremes of the NAOI. (left) During Low NAOI, the Gulf Stream shifts southward, accompanied by a westward intrusion of Labrador Slope Water (LSW). (right) During High NAOI, the Gulf Stream and associated Warm Slope Water shifts northward, thus displacing LSW (afterDrinkwater et al., 2006). The annual NAO Winter Index (NAOI) values from 1864 to 2010. The NAOI running mean (bold) shows “decadal” periods of High (red) and Low (aqua)) NAOI preceding the 1968, 1986, and 1996 and 2010 Low NAOIs.
CLIMATE VARIABILITY: FISHERIES Smoothed maps of both northern and southern red hake spatial distribution in 5 yr time blocks using inverse distance weighting. Units of biomass are in kilograms per tow. (Nye et al., 2009) Cold Pool Climatological average NEFSC bottom temperatures with 6-9oC Cold Pool waters for(A) 1977-94; (B) 1995-08; and (C) (A)-(B). (Richardson et al., 2010).
COLD POOL EVOLUTION: A seasonal sequence of Mid-Atlantic shelf bottom temperature maps based on MARMAP 1979 water property measurements.
~3 km ~100 m Bringing MARACOOS Power to bear on the issues! Design, Testing and Deploy Observatory (simulated) data Models Sensor & Platform Hyperion on EO-1 Virtual Ocean Data Assimilation Data Analysis Science Questions & Drivers Data Synthesis: Nowcast & Data Impact
GLIDER’S –EYE VIEW of the COLD POOL The real-time 3-13 Aug 2011 RU-22 temperature transect reveals the Cold Pool.
MARACOOS Models Produce Cold Pool Maps The26 July 2010 HOPS-derived temperature transects showing the Cold Pool; (upper) south of Nantucket (72oW) and (lower) New Jersey (75oW) .
MODEL’S –EYE VIEW of the COLD POOL Monthly-average ROMS Cold Pool (T<oC) maps; indicating westward inflow through July.
BASIC DATA / INFORMATION PRODUCTS Weather Mesonet Statistical STPS HF Radar Network Glider Surveys Dynamical Ocean Forecasts Satellite Imagery