Transcript Status and Plans for the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) Ann E.

Status and Plans for the
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean
Observing System (GCOOS)
Ann E. Jochens
GCOOS Regional Coordinator
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
GCOOS Parties and Stakeholder Council Joint Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana
6 March 2007
Outline
• Integration of observing system elements
– Integration of existing sub-systems
– Building new sub-systems
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Committee/Council Activities and Action Plans
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Development of stakeholder priorities
Status of potential pilot projects
Integration of Existing Sub-systems
Goal: Bringing new extant real-time data sets to
the NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
for quality control and open distribution.
Building New Sub-system
Elements 1
NOAA Call for Letters of Intent: Regional Integrated
Ocean Observing System Development
• Submitted on 31 January 2007; 14 March expected reply
• Integration of and Regional Enhancements to the GCOOS
(Ann Jochens)
• GCOOS-RA Pilot Project: Proof of Concept for a 3-D
Operational Ocean Current Forecast Model of the Gulf of
Mexico (Cort Cooper)
• Standardization of Local Data Network Nodes in the GCOOSRA (Matt Howard)
• Decision Support Tools for Improving Resiliency to Inundation
{GCOOS-RA part of the Super-Regional effort} (Matt Howard)
Building New Sub-system
Elements 2
National Water Quality Monitoring Network for
U.S. Coastal Waters and their Tributaries:
Announcement of Pilot Studies and Request for
Statement of Interest
• GCOOS-RA partnered with the Gulf of Mexico Alliance
(GOMA); GOMA is lead
• Up to 4 sites from watersheds to oceanic slopes
• GCOOS-RA to provide relevant inventory and gap analysis
information, expertise on DMAC and ocean observing
systems, and report review
• Submitted to NWQM Council by GOMA on 23 February
2007
Building New Sub-system
Elements 3
Possible Partnership on a Homeland
Security Center of Excellence
• For study of natural disasters, coastal
infrastructure, and emergency management
• Major partners are University of Washington,
Texas A&M University and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
• Center would be housed at the University of
Washington
Observing Systems Committee
(Stephan Howden, chair)
• Encourage communication among sub-systems
• Prepare the GCOOS Observing System Plan
• Recommend to the Board GCOOS subelements for funding as opportunities arise
• Review and comment on relevant GCOOS
planning and implementation documents
• Recommend to the Board actions relative to the
identification of historical data sets and their
digital accessibility and archival
Products and Services Committee
(Russell Beard, chair)
• Produce a prioritized list of products and services
recommended to date and in future
• Develop strategy to build inventory of existing products to
meet prioritized list & permit a gap analysis to be performed
• Suggest methods to
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obtain initial user requirements and user feedback on P&S
analyze that input and feedback,
identify a process for refining the products and services
obtain economic benefit information for products and services
determine costs of products and services
• Recommend to the Board GCOOS sub-elements for funding
as opportunities arise
• Review and comment on relevant GCOOS planning and
implementation documents
Data Management and
Communications Committee
(Steve Beaudet, chair)
• Develop a GCOOS DMAC implementation plan to include
standards & protocols for use by all sub-systems
• Demonstrate interoperability by pushing GCOOS data and
model output from GCOOS providers to OPENIOOS
• Recommend to the Board GCOOS sub-elements for funding
as opportunities arise
• Review and comment on relevant GCOOS planning and
implementation documents
• Data Management Initiatives
– Catalogue
– GCOOS Data Portal
Education and Outreach Council
(Mike Spranger, chair)
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Hire E/O Coordinator
Develop the GCOOS Education and Outreach Plan
Complete a needs assessment
Develop an annotated catalog of GCOOS current and
future products and users
• Guide the development of generic GCOOS moveable
exhibits and materials
• Work with the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Education and
Outreach Coordinator to plan state-wide or regional
training workshops
• Provide relevant, updated materials for inclusion on the
educational component of the GCOOS web site
GCOOS Education and
Outreach Coordinator
• Funds identified in summer 2006 for one+
years from existing GCOOS-RA funding
• NOAA approval received 11 January 2007
• Award to USM for E/O Coordinator
subcontract completed 29 January
• Applications solicited; closed 23 February
• Search Committee in review process
• Target decision for mid- to late-March 2007
• Hire no later than mid- to late-April 2007
Stakeholder Priorities Are Key
• Inputs to Planning
– General Community
– Stakeholder Council guidance
• Stakeholder Sector Workshops
– Identify priority observations and products
– Identify high priority pilot projects
– Provide estimates of annual economic
benefits
• Standing Task Team: Public Health
• Pilot Projects & Priorities
Status of Pilot Projects:
Moving Forward 1
• Water quality measurements for human
pathogens (Bart Bibler)
– Florida system well-underway to being established
– Discussions with other states initiated
• Improving forecasts of hurricane severity (Cort
Cooper)
– Assessment of existing activities completed
– Letter of support for NOAA research project
– Letter of endorsement for research concept stated in
HiFi project
Status of Pilot Projects:
Moving Forward 2
• Pilot GCOOS Operations Center (Raymond Toll)
– Community comments received and incorporated
– Data Portal proposed to NOAA
• Forecasts of three-dimensional surface currents
(Cort Cooper)
– Community comments received and incorporated
– Proposed to NOAA
Status of Pilot Projects:
Prospectii in Preparation
• Instrument tankers (Mark Luther)
• Probability maps of bottom hazards and maps of
hydrocarbon seeps (Alfredo Prelat)
• Measurement and products archive (Worth
Nowlin)
• Maps of marine mammals and endangered
turtles (Deferred)
GCOOS Office Contact Information
Worth D. Nowlin, Jr.
Project Principal Investigator
[email protected]
(979) 845-3900
Matthew K. Howard
DMAC Coordinator
[email protected]
(979) 862-4169
Ann E. Jochens
Regional Coordinator
[email protected]
(979) 845-6714
Susan R. Martin
Research Associate and Webmistress
[email protected]
(979) 845-3900
Website: http://www.gcoos.org
Mailing address :
Department of Oceanography
3146 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3146
Fax number: (979) 847-8879