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Recent Committee Activities Blueprint Assessment (completed) US IOOS: Independent Cost Estimate (underway) Certification Criteria (call for comments) Stakeholder Engagement IOOS/IOOC Town Hall meetings Contact us: Mean flux of carbonTRANSCRIPT
Interagency Ocean Observation Committee
• The Integrated Coastal & Ocean Observing System Act of 2009
Interagency Ocean Observing Committee Lead Federal Agency (NOAA) and IOOS Regional Integrated Coordination Entities
• IOOC Members and Staff Three Co-chairs (NOAA, NASA, NSF) 17 Federal Agencies Staff at Ocean Leadership
IOOC Responsibilities (there are many!)
• Identify required observation variables
• Identify coverage gaps.
• Prepare long-term and annual plans
• Obtain an independent cost estimate.
• Develop an annual coordinated budget.
• Establish DMAC standards.
• Develop certification standards for non-
federal assets
Dec 7, 2011 SST Anomaly (satellite + in-situ)
Central role of IOOS Office
Recent Committee Activities
• Blueprint Assessment (completed)• US IOOS: Independent Cost Estimate (underway)• Certification Criteria (call for comments)• Stakeholder Engagement
• IOOS/IOOC Town Hall meetings
Contact us:[email protected]
Mean flux of carbon
Global Ocean Observing System
• ~8000 Platforms , NOAA contributes about half of the in-situ system• 13+ systems (Argo, tide gauges, moored buoys, drifting buoys…)• ~100 countries coordinating observing efforts• Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
Trend & Variability of Global Upper Ocean Heat Content
• Why it matters• Necessary to close the planetary energy
balance• Determine what fraction of heat trapped by
greenhouse forcing is sequestered in the ocean
• Warming of the ocean is a major contributor to global sea level rise
Johnson et al, Ocean Heat Content, Global Oceans Chapter, BAMS State of the Climate, 2010
•New Challenges• Observing deeper in the oceans (current Argo design is
limited to 2000m)• Knitting together changes of the global and coastal oceans
Right These Dynamic Sea level changes are associated with changes in the mean current structure
Top Average dynamic sea level anomaly averaged over 12 IPCC models
•Ongoing Challenge• Improve observing global
ocean circulation (e.g. AMOC) and its impacts
Last Thoughts
• Numerous ocean observing assets and systems – many addressing specific needs and challenges
• Importance of integrating ocean observing systems– required to address many societal needs (e.g. sea
level rise, oceans role in climate, marine ecosystems, etc)
• Partnerships are critical– Global ocean observing system would not be possible
without support of many nations