Operational Oceanography-CSIC

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Goal

- To review the activities carried out in physical oceanography due to the accident of the Prestige.

-To summarize on going research at CSIC in operational oceanography

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Outline

* INTRODUCTION

- Motivation

- Operational Systems

* ACTIVITIES

* ON GOING RESEARCH

* SUMMARY

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Introduction

MOTIVATION

* BENEFITS OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY- Civilian

- Fisheries- Marine rescue- Marine transport- Marine accidents-Prestige- Weather forecasts

- Military- Mine warfare- Antisubmarine warfare- Amphibious warfare

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Introduction

ObservationsObservations: - Sea Level - Currents - Temperature - Salinity - Wind

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS

Numerical models- Up to 24 hours predictions

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Activities

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Data Fusion Center

Cruise Data Drifters Overfligths

-T, S-Real TimeIEO-CSIC

-Lagrangian InformationCSIC-Univ.Vigo-IHP

- Oil slick positioningSASEMAR

-GIS, WEBCSIC

Modeling

-Real time modelingHarvard, IHP

Trajectories

-Affected areasNOAA, SACLANTC

DataData

Data

Forecasts

Forecasts

Operations

Meteo

-Forecasts Harvard, IHP

Operational

-Actions in affected areasSASEMAR

SOFT

DLRDatabaseSST data

MedatlasDatabase3D-temperaturefields

Satellite LearningSystemGenetic ProgrammedSystem

Analog ModelingInfers 3D temperature from SST

SST prediction

Inferred temperaturein the water column

On Going Research

Satellite based Ocean Forecasting System

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On Going Research

Autonomous Ocean Observing Systems

GlidersAUVs

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Summary

Operational Oceanography

DATA- Real Time Data-Initialization- Assimilation- Database-bathimetry-climatology- Quickly deployed ocean observing systems- Satellite communications- Data fusion

MODELS- Forecasts of local wind fields- Ocean-Atmosphere coupled models- Data assimilation capabilities- Error prediction

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