-101MACOORA Annual Meeting

October 22-23, 2008Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Presenters:Scott Glenn & Josh Kohut

Proto NEOS – 1999 Solomons, MD Workshop Classic NEOS – 2000-2002

NEOS Revival – 2003 Maryland & New Hampshire Workshops Response to Ocean.US & NOAA requests

MARA - 2004 Successful Proposal – Mid-Atlantic Regional Association

MACOORA - 2005 Renamed RA open for business.

MACOORA History: The North East Observing System (NEOS)

Long-term Real-Time Coastal Ocean Observation Networks

Rationale 1) Safe and efficient navigation and marine operations 2) Efficient oil and hazardous material spill trajectory prediction and clean up. 3) Monitoring, predicting and mitigating coastal hazards 4) Military operations 5) Search And Rescue 6) Prediction of harmful algal blooms, hypoxic conditions, and other ecosystem or water quality phenomena 7) Scientific research

Challenges and Promise of Designing and Implementing an Ocean Observing System for U.S. Coastal Waters

Solomons, Maryland - 1999

East Coast Observatories

Circa 2000

WFS

The Challenge -Form this growing list into a linked federation of pre-operational observatories

PORTS

NJSOS

MVOGOMOOS

FRONTS

LEO

CBOS

SABSOON • sustained and integrated• maintained by NOPP-style

partnerships

Ocean.USPoster Request

Developed fromMarch 2003Maryland Workshop

NumerousExistingSub-Regional Observatories

NEOS2003

Mid-Atlantic Regional Association (MARA) – August 2004

Mid-Atlantic Regional Association (MARA) – August 2004

Mid-Atlantic Regional Association (MARA) – August 2004

Mid-Atlantic Regional Association (MARA) – August 2004

Mid-Atlantic Regional Association (MARA) – August 2004

Next Steps:How do we Succeed as a Regional

Association?

Carolyn Thoroughgood

University of Delaware

MACOORA 2005 Annual Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association includes:

• Chesapeake Bay• Delaware Bay• New York Bight & Harbor• Long Island Sound, and• Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bays and Shelf

Regional Assumptions (2005)

• MACOORA will oversee evolution and operation of regional observing system - MARCOOS

• Operational 24/7

• Federal and regional support will be handled through RA

• User engagement essential for sustainability

Funding the Existing Capacity in the Mid-Atlantic

• PORTS (5 x $200 K) $1 M • NDBC (New Buoys, Amb, Ches) $1 M• WRF @ WFO’s (5 x $200 K) $1 M

• Southern New England Subregion $2 M• Long Island Sound Subregion $2 M• NY Bight & Harbor Subregion $2 M• Delaware Bay Subregion $2 M• Chesapeake Bay Subregion $2 M

• Mid-Atlantic Region Obs $4 M• Data Management $1 M• Education & Outreach $1 M• Economic Impact $1 M

• Total $20 M

FY2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development

Letters of Intent (LOIs) due January 31, 2007. Top LOIs were recommend to go forward.

Full Proposals due April 17, 2007.

“NOAA views this announcement as an opportunity to demonstrate the regional observing system concept.”

Three Focus Areas

1. Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOS) development $500,000 to $2,000,000 per year for up to 3 years. On March 28, 2007, years 2 & 3 were increased to $3,500,000 per year.

2. IOOS application and product development for regional stakeholders. $100,000 to $500,000 per year for up to 3 years. 3. Data management and communication by local data network nodes. $100,000 to $300,000 per year for up to 3 years.

U.S. IOOSRegional Associations

FY2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development

Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOS) development guidance:

• Demonstrate the approach and benefits of integration at the scale of the Regional Association.

• Implement an end-to-end RCOOS that addresses regional needs.

• Further the development of RCOOSs through integration and operation of regional observing system assets. • Any existing or proposed assets would be deployed and managed as part of a regional deployment design.

• Proposals should address the following: (a) regional deployment, operation and maintenance of sensors and platforms; (b) regional integration of data streams, quality assurance procedures, and data delivery; and (c) generation of regional products, including data products and model output, that facilitates the development of value added products for identified users.

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