Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing SystemsThe Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

Regional Association for the Pacific NW

www.nanoos.org

For today:

• What is IOOS ?• What is NANOOS ?• How can one look at data ?• What else can one learn from NANOOS ?

The Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observation Systems (NANOOS) monitors and collects data from the interior and coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest using a variety of platforms. How can the NW Tribes access this data, and how can they use it as a tool to better manage treaty marine resources?

• Start a dialog on what you want to see from NANOOS

Congress: we need a system that can fill societal needs for

ocean data

• Must be sustained

• Must be driven by users

• Must be responsive to regional needs

• Must fill needs from end to endThe Integrated Ocean

Observing System is designed to fill this need

Seven goals, one system

»Improve predictions of climate change and weather and their effects on coastal communities and the nation

»Improve the safety and efficiency of maritime operations

»Improve forecasts of natural hazards and mitigate their effects more effectively

»Improve homeland security »Minimize public health risks »Protect and restore healthy coastal ecosystems more

effectively»Sustain living marine resources

Diverse Needs Require a Regional Approach

RA’s

engage

DIVERSE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS

assure

CONSISTENT NATIONAL CABABILITY

Federal status:In March 2009, the U.S. Congress passed the

“Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing Act of 2009.” This statute: – Establishes IOOS as a formal program and

recognizes the regional systems as a key part of that program

– Includes a provision that allows federal agencies to participate in RAs

– Extends liability coverage to the regions for data dissemination

– Establishes NOAA as lead agency to implement

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www.ioos.gov

Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing SystemsThe Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

Regional Association for the Pacific NW

www.nanoos.org

24. Western Association of Marine Laboratories

25. Science Applications International Corporation

26. OR Dept of Fish and Wildlife

27. King County Dept Natural Resources & Parks

28. Quinault Indian Nation

29. Western Resources and Applications

30. OR Dept of State Land

31. Columbia River Crab Fisherman’s Association

32. Port of Neah Bay

33. Northwest Research Associates

34. Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project

35. WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife

36. Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators

37. Seattle Aquarium

38. NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center

39. Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

40. The Nature Conservancy

41. Portland State University

42. NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

43. VENUS/University of Victoria

44. University of Oregon

1. Ocean Inquiry Project

2. OR Dept of Land Conservation & Development

3. Surfrider Foundation

4. The Boeing Company

5. Oregon State University

6. Puget Sound Partnership

7. University of Washington

8. WET Labs, Inc.

9. Oregon Health and Sciences University

10. Quileute Indian Tribe

11. OR Dept of Geology and Mineral Industries

12. Humboldt State University

13. Marine Exchange of Puget Sound

14. WA Dept of Ecology

15. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

16. Port of Newport

17. Puget Sound Harbor Safety Committee

18. Sound Ocean Systems, Inc.

19. Council of American Master Mariners

20. Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group

21. Pacific Northwest Salmon Center

22. Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

23. Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.

NANOOS Governing Council Members 1/2010

NGO Federal/State/Local Government

Industry

Academia/ResearchTribal Government

The NANOOS GC selected five areas from among results of numerous regional

workshops as the highest regional priorities because

“these issues represent those having the greatest impact on PNW citizenry and

ecosystems and, we believe, are amenable to being substantively improved with the

development of a PNW RCOOS”: • Maritime Operations • Ecosystem Impacts, including hypoxia and HABs • Fisheries• Mitigating Coastal Hazards• Climate, including ocean acidification

These priorities were put forth in our NANOOS proposal and are being addressed by the development of our regional coastal ocean observing system (RCOOS).

Stakeholder Priorities

NANOOS RCOOS

Current mappingShelf moorings

Beach/shorelinemonitoring

Estuarymonitoring

Circulation models

Shoreline changemodels

Data Management& Communications Education/Outreach

NANOOS RCOOS Conceptual Design

NANOOS RCOOS: 2007-2009 Implementation

Map 1a: Existing Observing Assets

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PNW Ocean Observing Systems Design

The NANOOS Visualization System

Serves cruise data

Serves buoy data

Buoys:Buoys outfitted with pCO2:

– Murdock Charitable Trust grant to UW (NOAA partners):Buoy off La Push, WA, going in summer 2010

– UW-NOAA collaboration: HCDOP-NANOOS “ORCA” profiling buoy in southern Hood Canal (Twanoh) since July 2009

– Partnership-funded UW-NOAA collaboration: HCDOP-NANOOS “ORCA” profiling buoy at Duckabush moving to Dabob Bay, moving spring 2010

Existing profiling moorings

Existing profiling buoys in Puget Sound

ORCA buoysORCA buoys

4 buoys, 4 locations…

1) North of HC Bridge2) Hama Hama River3) Hoodsport4) Sister’s Point

“O.R.C.A.”

Oceanic Remote Chemical-optical Analyzer

Picture by: Wendi Ruef

Part of NANOOS Observing System

http://orca.ocean.washington.edu

Deep chlorophyll

max

Strong stratification

Water column current profile

Hypoxia at depth

Nitrate profile

NOAA’s pCO2 sensors on the UW - NANOOS profiling “ORCA” buoy in Hood Canal.

Data are relayed in near-real-time to UW and NOAA.

UW – NOAA collaboration to measure ocean acidification:

ORCA sensorPackage pCO2

equilibrator

The variability is associated with both physical and biological processes.

A longer record is needed to assess whether the area is a net source or sink for CO2.

Air

Water

Surface water CO2 values are extremely variable in Hood Canal

Existing profiling moorings

Planned profiling moorings

Planned surface moorings

Existing surface moorings

Plan for buoys in Puget Sound

Collaboration of UW and Intellicheck Mobilisa

Add pCO2 sensors

Science Issues• WA coast is under sampled, physical dynamics are

poorly resolved

• WA coast has seasonal hypoxia, strong inter-annual variation, but dynamics are different than off OR

• WA coast has a harmful algal bloom (HAB) “hot-spot” at Juan de Fuca eddy

• WA coast impacted by ocean acidification, as is whole Pacific coast

• Current model accuracy is limited by data input

Murdock Charitable Trust

Award for observing assets

Expected on-line 2010

• Provides an “Ocean Acidification” theme page on NANOOS web that has near real-time OA status data and informational material on OA, what is known, what is being done, and educational videos from lead scientists on OA

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NANOOS User Product Examples

NANOOS User Product Examples

• Provides plots of near real-time surface temperature and currents off OR coast that is relevant and optimized for tuna fishing fleet. These are now known locally as the “Tuna plots”.

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• Provides a “Google”-based interactive map interface that allows public and managers to access tsunami evacuation routes for the Oregon coast. Next steps include working with Washington emergency officials to integrate evacuation maps developed for the Washington Coast

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NANOOS User Product Examples

• Provides notification to the shellfish industry on near real-time water quality conditions so that they may strategize their growing activities (e.g., harvest, seeding, etc)

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NANOOS User Product Examples

• Provides “one-stop-shopping” to mariners and others on tide, currents, and weather conditions

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NANOOS User Product Examples

Theme pages

Live: Content development stage:

Planning stages:

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Coastal Change and Flood Hazards Tsunamis Beach Safety Marine Spatial Planning

Climate Change as a Coastal Hazard El Nino/La Nina Maritime Operations Fisheries

NANOOS Observer

May 24, 2010

NVS iPhone Application

NANOOS Mobile iPhone App

•Provides unprecedented convenience to a diverse set of users allowing mobile access and viewing of real-time regional ocean-observing information.

NANOOS Visualization System (NVS) for the Web

Future Featuresuser-centered asset viewing by geospatial location

(GPS), user-defined event alerting by area or individual

asset, and sophisticated search for sensor asset & data

discovery.

Assets on Google Map

Sensor Data Values

Trends and Forecasts