Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association

OutlineSurvey

Web sites (urls)Data and data streamsAudiencesChallengesFocus Areas

LogoTag Line Preferences

Survey: Ocean Information Products for Users

Survey created Oct. 10, 2008 and closed Jan. 6, 2009

46 respondents answered at least one question

Approximately 50% of respondents completed most questions

Analysis notes “skipped” or “blank” questions

Survey: web sites

Do you currently have a web site(s) that serves ocean observing system information for others to use?

Response Count

Yes 26

No 17

Skip 3

Survey: types of data

What kinds of ocean observing system data (from hardware, to software, to models) do you use to construct the web site(s)?

Type Count Percent

Data 69 62%

Model 20 18%

Software 22 20%

Survey: data streamsWhat percent of the time is the critical data

and/or information used to populate your website available?

Data Stream Reliability CountPercent

95%-100% (Excellent) 41 51%90%-95% (Very Good for many applications) 19 24%75%-90% (Good for many applications) 18 22%50%-75% (Poor for many applications) 2 3%<50% (Unacceptable for critical information) 1 1%

Survey: data streams

Data Stream ReliabilityGrant

Funding

Other Funding Source

95%-100% (Excellent) 17 13

90%-95% (Very Good) 7 975%-90% (Good) 6 1250%-75% (Poor) 1 1

<50% (Unacceptable) 1

Which data streams depend on grant funding to you or your institution?

Survey: data streamsExample data streams characterized as excellent, 95%-100% reliable

1 Delaware Environmental Observing System (Coastal Weather Stations)

2 Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (Wave Buoys)

3 Long-term data from Chesapeake Bay Program sites

4 National Data Buoy Center (Wave buoys and National Ocean Service stations)

5 NWS Wind Data

6 Stevens IT, HRECOS

7 US Army Corp of Engineers (Wave Buoys)

8 US Geological Survey (Tide Gauges)

9 USGS Tidal Data: Great South Bay

10 USGS/NERRS hydrological, 3 stations

Survey: targeted users of web site(s)Category* Total

scientists 17

non-specific public (citizens, public, general) 10

government 9

recreation 7

commercial interests (boaters) 5

managers (resource, ecosystem, undefined) 5

emergency managers 4

NWS & weather modelers 4

educators 3

*Free responses were categorized after completion of survey*Top nine categories out of seventeen are shown

URL User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4emolt.org Ocean

circulation modelers fishermen    

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

stormy.msrc.sunysb.edu

National Weather Service

U.S. Coast Guard

NY City Department of Environmental Protection NOAA

po.msrc.sunysb.edu/GSB

Scientists interested in Great South Bay

general public interested in Great South Bay    

http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/currentmapping/

Anyone interested      

Survey: working with users

  Evaluated user success with product

No Yes

Developed product with 

user

No9 4

Yes6 6

*25 respondents completed these questions

Survey: challengesWhat user need do you think is important

that is not currently being met?Data visualization (4)Communicating inundation risk (2)Water quality and HABs forecasts (2)Finer scale forecasting for recreational boating

safetyUser-friendly challenges

Survey: challenges

Limitation by category* Count

IT or web support/capacity/expertise 15user identification/user needs identification 6data formats/transmission 5time 4collaboration/interaction 3staff 3

List your 3 major limitations to developing a user product web site. DO NOT include “Funding” as one of the limitations.

*Free responses were categorized after completion of survey.*Categories in which Count < 3 not listed

Survey: challengesList any challenges you have to delivering

these products.Data synthesisResources and timeTrained peopleContinuous, sustained IOOSPaucity of observing buoysUser understanding

Survey: Focus Areas

MACOORA focus issue Count*

Product supporting coastal inundation 9

Product supporting maritime safely 11

Product supporting water quality 14

Product supporting Ecosystem Based Management-Fisheries 10

*Some products listed in multiple categories

List web-served ocean information products that support any of the four MACOORA focus issues.

Logo preferences

Tag Line Preferences

Ocean Information for a Changing World

Ocean Observing for Decision Making

Next steps…Website Institution State

stormy.msrc.sunysb.edu SUNY SB NY

www.stevens.edu/maritimeforecast Stevens NJ

www.eyesonthebay.net MD DNR MD

www.cbl.umces.edu CBL - UMCES MD

http://ais.maritimedelriv.com/ Maritime Exch. For Del. Riv. & Basin DE

po.msrc.sunysb.edu/GSB SUNY SB NY

http://www.deos.udel.edu Univ. Del. DE

chsd.vims.edu/realtime VIMS VA

dune.seagrant.sunysb.edu/nycoast NYS Dpt. State NY

hrecos.org NYS Dpt. Enviro. NY

www.mwra.state.ma.us/harbor/html/bhrecov.htm Mass. Water Resour. Author. MA

www2.vims.edu/bridge/search/bridge1output_menu.cfm?q=oos VIMS VA

http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/currentmapping/ Old Dominion VA

http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/data.htm Del Riv Basin Comm DE

www.smast.umassd.edu/modeling/products/ Univ. Mass. MA

http://www.smast.umassd.edu/OCEANOL/ Univ. Mass. MA

http://hpl.umces.edu/AIMS/ HPL - UMCES MD

Survey: data streamsWhat data streams listed earlier depend on

grant funding to you and your institution and thus risk being discontinued?

Data Stream Funding Count Percent Grant Funding to you or your institution 32 40%Other Funding Source 35 43%(blank) 14 17%

Survey: data streams

Examples of reliable data streams (Excellent, 95%-100% reliable)

Examples are funded by grants to institution or other funding sources

1 Delaware Environmental Observing System (Coastal Weather Stations)

2 Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (Wave Buoys)

3 Long-term data from Chesapeake Bay Program sites

4 National Data Buoy Center (Wave buoys and National Ocean Service stations)

5 NWS Wind Data

6 Stevens IT, HRECOS

7 US Army Corp of Engineers (Wave Buoys)

8 US Geological Survey (Tide Gauges)

9 USGS Tidal Data: Great South Day

10

USGS/NERRS hydrological, 3 stations

Survey: non-academic usersDo any of the web sites listed earlier provide

products for non-academics?

Response Count

Yes 21

No 5

Skip 20*

*17 “SKIP” responses said they did not have a web site earlier in survey