History of SMCC drifter production

–eMOLT (Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps)

–3 parties: SMCC, GoMLF, NOAA–Evolution of designs/technology–Science resulting–How the system works (after break)

www.emolt.org

Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps:a cooperative research project

Jim Manning, Mike Faulkingham, Clayton Philbrook, JohnSr Chipman, Brad Parady, Sooky Sawyer, Brian Tarbox, Wayne Lamborghini, Fred Penny, Dick Carver, Ricky Alley, Woody Post, Ray Gilliam, Lucas Chioffi, Parkhurst Matt, Druin John,Billy Lister, Russell Brewer, George Sprague, William Bond, Oscar Look, Peter Cheney, Mitchell Brett, Roger Chipman, Bob Colbert, Jason Day, Walter Day, Bro Cote, Arnie Gamage, Todd Jesse, David Johnson, Steve Keane, Chad Mahoney, Bobby Martin, Bob Buffington, Grant Moore, Kurt Oehme, Marc Palombo, John Peabody, Stevie Robbins, Skip Ryan, Jon Shafmaster, Jay Smith, Billy Souza, Jim Tripp, George Stover, Bob Baines, Leroy Bridges, Alex Brown, Dave Casoni, Pat White, John Carver, RobRoy Campanale, John Haviland, Mike Tupper, Mike Tufts, David Spencer, Ralph Backman, Dave Kandrick, Bob Marcella, Paul Bennett, Jimmy Violet, Scott Christopher, Tim Handrigan, Norbert Lemieux, Jon Carter, Brian Mclain, Billy Anderson, Bobby Ingalls, Jack MerrillIII, Ted Bear, Denny Colbert, John MelquistSr, Bill Doherty, Emmett Carroll, Nick Lemieux, Brian Cates, Jeremy Cates, Steve Rosen, Mattie Thomson, Bobby NuddJr, Peter Flanigan, Joe Golter, Kurt Martin, Jeff Brown, Mike Dassatt, Clive Farrin, Shane Carter, Jeff White, Dan Miller, Jeff Alberts, Therese Sauvageau, Phil Mason, Tom MacVane, Bruce Fernald, MarkWells, Pete Mason, Elliott Thomas, Randy Newcomb, Zach Whitener, Mike Oconner, John Grey, Rob Connelly, DJ Davis, Mike Marchetti, Erin Pelletier,Patrice McCarron, Dave Casoni, Clare Grindal

Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps (eMOLT)

• 2001- Temperature

• 2002- Salinity

• 2003- Database Management

• 2004- Surface Current (drifters)

• 2006- Telemetry

• 2008- Bottom Current (moored)Funded by the Northeast Consortium

(See Manning & Pelletier 2009 J. Operational Oceanography)

Juvenile Lobster Settlement Sampling Sites

(Wahle et al. Bigelow Labs)

New England lobstermen deploy student-made, satellite-tracked drifters

Phase IV – Drifters(Summer 2004)

Three parties involved2003-present

• SMCC (Tom)

• Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation (Erin)

• NOAA (JiM)

Our Goals

• Maximize– Deployments– Student involvement

• Minimize– Redundant development– Cost

• Maintain– standards

History of SMCC drifter production

–eMOLT (Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps)

–3 parties: SMCC, GoMLF, NOAA–Evolution of designs/technology–Science resulting

Evolution of designs/technology

• Commercial drifters used prior to 2003

• 4 drifters made at SMCC:– CODE Davis-style “rachel” surface drifter– WOCE-style “kara” drogued drifter – “paul” estuarine drifter– “xxxx” barrel drifter

• 4 transmitters used on these drifters

See eMOLT photo gallery at:

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/epd/ocean/MainPage/lob/pic_links.html

History of SMCC drifter production

–eMOLT (Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps)

–3 parties: SMCC, GoMLF, NOAA–Evolution of designs/technology–Science resulting

Applications funded thus far:

•Lobster larvae advection•Harmful Algal Bloom advection•Zooplankton (whale food) advection•Educational demonstrations•Invasive crab dispersal•Transient eddy formations•Fish larvae (salmon,cod) advection•Power plant effluent dispersal•Clam acidification

Animations 2003-2008drifters

(see Manning et al. 2009 Drifter Observations of the Gulf of Maine coastal current. Continental Shelf Research.)

How the system works

• companies involved w/satellite service

• service we (SMCC,GoMLF,NOAA) provide

• 3 steps you take to get data

• kit part list and construction manual

• costs

Companies Involved:

• AXONN: manufactures transmitters

• COMTECH (formerly AeroAstro): service provider

• GLOBALSTAR: runs the satellite

• waterproof transmitters

• provision transmitters w/satellite companies

• phone and email support

• customized googlemap displays

• bulk purchase of hard-to-find parts

• compile R&D on new components/methods

• automatic delivery to data to IOOS

• integrate MATE & non-MATE deployments

Services we provide

How the system works

• companies involved w/satellite service

• service we (SMCC,GoMLF,NOAA) provide

• 3 steps you take to get data

• Kit parts list and construction manual

• costs

Steps to get your data...

• Program transmitter w/PC

• Visit NOAA website* to:– enter deployment info– view tracks & download– enter recovery info

* demo later today

How the system works

• companies involved w/satellite service

• service we (SMCC,GoMLF,NOAA) provide

• steps you take to get data

• Kit parts list and construction manual

• costs

COSTS

• Rachel Kit $700 (barrel drifters less)– 1/3 parts, 1/3 labor, 1/3 overhead/support

• Satellite Fees– $30/transmitter to provision– $2.50/mth/transmitter service fee– $0.15/fix (~$100/mth for hourly positions)

• Additional cost– shipping, labeling, extra sensors (p.e. Garmin)

Workshop Stationsstep task time instructor location tools used

1 programming trackers Joe computer room laptops, dongles

2 cutting PVC pipe and fiberglass sparsMon Chuck? vise, skill saw, measuring tape

3 drilling holes in pipe and spars Mon Rachelle? drill press roomdrill press, template

4 cutting sails Mon Jim? razor blade, measuring tape

5 glue sleeves in sails Mon Kara? lawn vinyl glue

6 filling pipes w/2-part foam buoyancy Mon Tom? 2-part foam

7 laminated labels on pipes Mon Eve Joe computer room8 putting trackers to sleep Mon Eve Jim computer room laptops, dongles

9 mounting trackers Tue early Morn Jim lawn10 Practicing assembling drifters Tue late Morn All lawn flat heads

11 packaging for US Mail Tue Kara? address labels, tubes

where:

Step 11 only needed for those flying home

Steps 2,4,5 and 11 require tables

Mon Aftn

laminator

pvc glue, cordless

Review of topics presented yesterday

–eMOLT (Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps)

–3 parties: SMCC, GoMLF, NOAA–Evolution of designs/technology–Science resulting–How the system works

Our Goals

• Maximize– Deployments– Student involvement

• Minimize– Redundant development– Cost

• Maintain– Standards– Quality control

Today’s Presentations

• methods to:– forecast tracks– program transmitter– register your deployments/recoveries data– distinguish between “ID” and “ESN” – access/download real-time & archived data– process, visualize, animate your data – encourage offshore vs inshore– connect with local modelers & mariners

Steps to Forecasting Tracks... (optional)

• Contact your computer science department

• Find your local MATLAB guru

• Install “njtbx” package from sourceforge.net

• Email james.manning @ noaa.gov and ask for latest code for accessing circulation model output and tracking particles through publically-available netCDF ocean forecast fields

Programming Transmitter

• You will execute a 2-3 click java routine to communicate with your transmitter

• This routine uses a wireless USB “dongle” which we will supply to each institution

• we will install this java routine along with the dongle driver on your laptops today (if you like) after this talk

• I will now demonstrate the program

Programming transmitter

- Dongle pass key:- AD5D5KMSI48PLC

- Click “search for transmitters”

- Select the transmitter you want and scroll down

- Click “Other standard configuration” and change to 24/day

- Click configure and wait

Turning off transmitter

- Highlight the unit you want to turn off

- Under “Mode”, click “inventory”

- Click “configure”

Registering deployments• Visit website fill in form with:

– ESN– Deployment date and time (GMT)– Deployment latitudes (DDMM.M)– Deployment longitude (DDDMM.M)– Drogue depth (meters)– Drifter type (p.e. rachel, paul, kara, ...)– Deployer's name– Project's acronymn (p.e. GOMTOX, SNECRI)– Project Principal Investigators email contact (if

you want emailed confirmation)

Registering Recoveries• Visit website • http://gisweb.wh.whoi.edu/cgi-bin/ioos/drift/prompt_deployment.cgi

• fill in form with:– ESN– deployment ID (if known)– recovery date and time (GMT)– recovery latitudes (DDMM.M)– recovery longitude (DDDMM.M)– recoverer's name– click on “adrift” or “aground” when recovered– notes on drogue status, condition, etc.

“Deployment ID” Convention * digit 1-2 = year

* digit 3 = month

* digit 4-5 = latitude

* digit 6-9 = longitude

* remaining digits = consecutive deployment number

EXAMPLE: 099410712 is the 2nd drifter dropped in September 2009 at approximately 41N and 71W

Note: All drifters dropped Oct-Dec have a month code of "0"

Note: Deployment ID is different from “Electronic Serial Number” and can be entered on ComTechAA’s commercial site

Electronic Serial Number (ESN)

• distinct for each transmitter

• can be your code for the physical drifter– Although some investigators may want to

attach multiple transmitter to the same drifter and label the physical drifter with letter codes like “A”, “B”, etc

Where are we in “today’s presentations”?

• methods to:– forecast tracks– register your deployments/recoveries– distinguish between “ID” and “ESN”– access/download real-time & archived data– process, visualize, animate your data – encourage offshore vs inshore– connect with local modelers & mariners

Accessing your data(demo of three websites)

1) Commercial (https://sensor.aeroastro.com/portal/index.php)

2) NOAA realtime3) NOAA archive Both NOAA sites can accessed from SMCC site:

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/drifter/

(Alternatively, you can have the data automatically emailed, sent to ftp site, or you can query it when you want. To do this, you must email Jim or Joe with the email or ftp site.)

Long messy MATLAB Code for processing, visualizing, animating tracks

• fixfix.m is code to quality controls data according to speed and accelerations criteria

• axtrack.m is code to generate static plots of tracks and velocity time series

• animate.m is code to incrementally loop through a time period, generate ppm frames, execute ppm2fli

(Note: in the process of migrating to Python)

... on the advantage of offshore vs inshore deployments

• Time, energy, and $$$ to deploy, monitor, recover, refurbish, redeploy, and log multiple shallow water (estuarine) deployments is far greater than a single offshore (coastal current) deployments unless you have a devoted crew who is ready and willing to chase drifters ashore

Connect with your local:

• Numerical circulation modelers

• NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing Sytem (IOOS) Regional Association

• Fishermen Associations

• Harbor Masters Associations

• US Coast Guard

• Beachcomers (keep database of contact info & provide feedback)

Summary of Today’s Presentations

• methods to:– forecast tracks– program transmitter– register your deployments/recoveries data– distinguish between “ID” and “ESN”– access/download real-time & archived data– process, visualize, animate your data – encourage offshore vs inshore– connect with local modelers & mariners

Future

• Real-time telemetered bottom temperature

• Internally-recording bottom currents

• Bio-degradable drifters

• Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystems Organization (CAMEO) proposal?

Should we submit CAMEO proposal?• Priority#1: “Development of strategies and

methodologies for comparative analyses that can be applied consistently across spatial and temporal scales and ecosystems, and that facilitate the design of decision support tools for marine populations, ecosystems and habitats.”

• Priority#2: “Models that are geographically and temporally portable, and that incorporate assessment of modeling skill, are particularly encouraged.”

Some things yet to do today

• Install software w/Joe• Setup your future “billing account” with Joe• Setup your “access account” with Joe• Drill 4 holes in your coupling• Widen slot if you want bag your transmitter• Mount your transmitter on coupling• Label your pipe w/”Drift Study”• Pack one “dongle” per institution

eMOLT Phase V: “Realtime Temperature”

eMOLT Summary• Cooperative research w/fishermen works• >100 sites w/hourly bottom temp for multi-years• >100,000 kms drifter tracks surface current• Analysis underway:

– Validating circulation models– Moored bottom-current prototype development– Investigating effects of environment on catch

• eMOLT.org serves database • Integrating with “Northeast Regional Association

Coastal Ocean Observing System (NERACOOS)”

Related Projects

• Ventless Traps Projects (GoMLF, MA-DMF,ME-DMR)

• Settlement Trap Projects

• Fisherman Scientist Research Society

• NEFSC Ecosystem Assessment Program

• NERACOOS

emolt.org has link to oceanography website

www.nefsc.noaa.gov/epd/ocean/MainPage

• Water Column Profiles (CTD)

• Groundfish Surveys (Trawls) w/oceanography

• Shiptrack (Hull-mounted sensors)

• Temperature & Salinity (by region/layer)