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Australia National report 2007 - highlights

• BLUElink ocean prediction system transitioned to full operational system, July 2007• 7day forecast, Monday and Thursday• Analysis (~8days BRT) and Near real-time analysis (5days BRT)• Envisat, Jason-1, AMSR-E, GTS, USGODAE(Argo), Coriolis(Argo)• Technical specification (http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/forecasts/technical_specification.pdf)

• BLUElink high resolution SST analysis transitioned to operations, March 2007• Regional, 1/12 degree

• BLUElink website launched• www.bom.gov.au/bluelink

• First public products officially launched, Aug 2007• www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/forecasts/index.shtml• Project viewed positively as a success• Good national media coverage

• GODAE research data service• godae.bom.gov.au• Restricted password services only• Authentication, administrative extensions to OPeNDAP• http://godae.bom.gov.au/restricted_products/bluelink_products.shtml

• BLUElinkII project, 3.5 years, initiated• BRAN2.1 (1992-2006) completed July• http://www.marine.csiro.au/ofam1 (registration required)• Documentation of BRAN1.5 http://www.marine.csiro.au/ofam1/bran1/index.htm

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Australia National report 2007 - highlights

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Australia National report 2007 - highlights

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Australia National report 2007 - national activities

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Australia National report 2007 - national activities

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Australia National report 2007 - national activities

IMOS - Integrated Ocean Observing System• Launched 2007- $50M program (http://www.imos.org.au/)

• Regional office user forum• Chart discussion - forecaster training

• Programs• Bluewater and climate• Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System• NSW-IMOS, SAIMOS, WAIMOS

NCRIS - National• Launched

• BLUEnet• OPeNDAP project

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IMOS Project: Sea Surface Temperature Sensors for Australian

Vessels

Commencing 2007

BoM: Equip 8 - 12 Australian VOS with hull-mounted temperature sensors (more accurate than buoys) and transmit real-time, 3-hourly SSTs via GTS

CSIRO: NRT thermosalinograph SSTs from Rottnest Is ferry

AIMS: NRT SSTs from

Whitsunday to Hook Reef ferry (radiometer)

Heron Is ferry (thermosalinograph)

Data Streams

QC’d data will be supplied to the GHRSST-PP in NRT and to IMOS via the Australian ocean portal.

2005 cruise tracks for 8 AVOF vesselsInstalled with automatic weather stations

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AustraliaIMOS Project: Satellite SST Data Products Covering the Australian Region

Commencing 2007

In collaboration with CSIRO, NOAA and University of Leicester, convert Australia’s existing satellite SST processing systems to produce level 2 and level 3 skin and bulk SST data files in the GHRSST-PP L2P and L3P formats from direct broadcast AVHRR SST data from existing and future polar-orbiting satellites (NOAA-17, NOAA-18, METOP-A, NOAA-N’, VIIRS on NPOES …) received at groundstations in Townsville, Darwin, Perth, Alice Springs, Melbourne, Hobart and Casey (Antarctica).

HRPT 1 km AVHRR SST

Data Streams• L2P and L3P files will be produced in real-time and made available to the GHRSST-PP GDAC and the IMOS Australian Ocean DAAC. • Commencing 2008 raw AVHRR data back to ~1990 will also be reprocessed to L2P and L3P files and made available to the GHRSST-PP global re-analysis project and the IMOS AO-DAAC.

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Australia National report 2007 - plans

Plans • BLUElink ocean prediction system

• Regional office user forum• Chart discussion - forecaster training

• Product development• Forecast products• GODAE metric products

• GODAE research data service• Authentication, administrative extensions to OPeNDAP/NSF project• NCRIS project

• BLUElinkII project• OFAMII, MOM4p1, 4 spatial resolution (8 cost)• CLAM, MOM4p1, UM-TC

• Integrated Marine Observing System• Argo• HF-radar• AUV’s

• IMBER• SPICE• WAMSI• EAC pilot drifter program, NOAA-Bureau

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Australia National report 2007 - plans

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Australia National report 2007 - summary

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