a demonstration of the alaska ocean observing system in prince william sound aoos

A Demonstration of the Alaska Ocean Observing System

in Prince William Sound

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G. Carl Schoch

Prince William Sound Observing System (the vision in 2003)Legend

Weather stations

NDBC (Moored)

PWSAC Hatcheries

NWS (FAA)

NDBC (C-MAN)

UAF/RCAC CODAR

OSRI Transects

NOAA Tide Gauge

ADCP

Stream Discharge

An Integrated System of Regional Associations

Integrated OceanObserving System

AOOS

Arctic

Bering/Aleutians

Gulf ofAlaska

StatewideRegions (LME)

1. Arctic2. Bering3. Gulf of Alaska

AOOSDemonstratio

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Gulf of AlaskaRegion

/Southcentral

Domain/

Prince WilliamSoundArea

– Education– Maritime Transportation – Commercial Charters– Recreation– Aquaculture– Fishing– Oil Spill Response– Ocean Policy– Science

AOOS is guided by user communities

15 km

Scale

NOAA (NDBC) Buoy Upgrades

USGSCopper River Stream

Gage Upgrade

15 km

Scale

River dischargeWater temperature

Vessel SurveysLarger scale Smaller scale

15 km

ScaleFive-year Oceanographic Mooringsand seasonal Hydrographic Surveys

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Nutrient/Phytoplankton/

ZooplanktonModel

Next Steps

Southeast&

Western GOADomains

And

Areas within

Contributors, partners, collaboratorsAlaska Ocean Observing System

Oil Spill Recovery InstitutePrince William Sound Science Center

NASANOAA Coastal Services Center – Geno Olmi

EVOS GEMPWS Regional Citizens Advisory Council – Joe Banta

North Pacific Research BoardNOAA Hazmat

U.S. Coast Guard Kodiak Air Station – Ray StobinskiUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks – Steve Okkonen

Alaska Experimental Forecast Facility – Peter OlssonTexas A&M – Vijay Panchang

Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Yi ChaoNatural Resources Conservation Service – Rick McClure

U.S. Forest ServiceNational Weather Service – James Partain

PWS Aquaculture Corporation – Dave ReggianiVillage of Tatitlek

Alaska Department of Fish and GameU. S. Geological Survey – Tim Brabets

R/V Pandalus – Mark HottmanVessel Auklet – David & Annette Janka

Vessel MontagueCordova Air Service – Pat Kearney