Canada
Northwest Association
Of Networked Ocean
Observing Systems
(NANOOS)
http://www.nanoos.org
compiled by J. Barth, OSU
WA
Seattle
Puget Sound
Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems
Potential partners:
Oregon State University
University of Washington
Western Washington University (Shannon Pt.)
Humboldt State University
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (UO)
Oregon Graduate Institute (OHSU)
Clatsop Community College
Washington Depts. of Ecology, Natural Resources
Oregon Depts. of Fish and Wildlife, Environmental Quality
Oregon Dept of Land Conservation and Development
NOAA Fisheries (NWFSC, AFSC)
US EPA, USGS, US Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
West Coast Seafood Processors Association
Washington and Oregon Sea Grant
Washington State Ferries
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team
California Coastal Commission
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal
Oceans (PISCO)
Puget Sound, WA
CORIE: Columbia River Estuary
South Slough Estuary, OR
Long-Term Hydrographic
Sections
Long-Term Shelf Moorings
HF Radar Array
Data assimilating ocean circulation model
Nested regional circulation
models
NANOOS activities to date:
• Participation in April 2003 NEPTUNE
Pacific Northwest Workshop
• Received $100K planning grant from NOAA CSC
• Pacific Northwest Regional Ocean Observing System Workshop
23-24 October 2003, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
- signed a charter establishing NANOOS
- appointed an Interim Steering Committee:
David Martin (UW/APL)
Jan Newton (WA Dept of Ecology)
Jack Barth (OSU)
Antonio Baptista (OGI/OHSU)
Mike Kosro (OSU)
- governance workshop to be held
~ April 2004
Pacific Coastal Observing System (PaCOS)
(formerly ACCEO – Alliance for California Current Ecosystem Observations)
“A plan for an observing system for the US EEZ of the Pacific Coast
that supports the fishery resources, protected species, and
ecosystem responsibilities of NOAA Fisheries.”
Chair: William Fox, Office of Science &
Technology
Coordinators: John Hunter (SWFSC)
and Elizabeth Clarke (NWFSC)
Canada
United States
Mexico
Pacific Coastal Observing System (PaCOS)
Activities to Date:
• Formed Board of Governors
• Board of Governors meeting, 30 June – 1 July 2003 (Scripps)
• Science Planning Meeting, 3-5 September 2003 (Seattle)
• design an optimal observing system
• working groups day 1
• highly migratory species and coastal pelagic species
(albacore & bluefin tuna, sharks, mackeral, anchovies, etc.)
• groundfish (hake, rockfish, flatfish, etc.)
• protected species (salmon, marine mammals, turtles, birds)
• working groups day 2
• “fish”
• “environment”
• Draft plan in progress
CenCOOS
Central California Ocean Observing System
• In concept, expands the Monterey Bay Crescent
Ocean Research Consortium (MBCORC) to
include institutions between Pt. Conception and
the Oregon border
• Hopes to build on previous, and coordinate with,
ongoing programs including ICON, CIMT,
NEOCO, SiMON, AOSN, CalCOFI, SCOPE, CICORE and PISCO
MBCORC
• UC Santa Cruz Institute of Marine Science
•Monterey Bay Office, U.S. Geological Survey
•California Department of Fish and Game
•Oiled Wildlife Rescue/Rehabilitation Facility
•Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
•University of California Sea Grant
•National Undersea Research Program
•Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
•Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, CSU
•Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research
Reserve
•California State University, Monterey Bay
•University of California, Monterey Bay
Science and Technology Center
•Naval Postgraduate School
•Naval Research Laboratory
•Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center
•Monterey Bay Aquarium
•Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
•NOAA, NMFS Pacific Fisheries
Environmental Laboratory
•NMFS, Santa Cruz Laboratory
•Marine Protected Areas Center
Activities to Date
• Meeting held 3/10/03, prior to Ocean.US
workshop – Invited MBCORC institutions plus
Cal Poly, Bodega Bay Marine Lab, SFSU,
Stanford. Resolution was drafted for delivery
to the workshop by F. Chavez (MBARI) and
M. McManus (UCSC).
• Proposal submitted to NOAA by M. McNutt
(MBARI) and G. Griggs (UCSC) and L.L.
Martin (UCSC) on behalf of CenCOOS for
"Leadership in Coordination of Ocean
Observing". This was funded and an
advertisement for a regional coordinator
recently went out. (6 applicants to date)
Partial list of ocean observing activities in the CenCOOS region
NCAHOOtS
Northern California High Resolution Ocean Observing Systems
A Planning letter to the
California State Coastal Conservancy
In response to an RFP to create
COCM: Coastal Ocean Current Monitoring Program
Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis (BML, UCD) (L. Botsford & S. Williams)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO) (M. Moline)
California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) (D. Fernandez)
CODAR Ocean Sensors (D. Barrick)
Humboldt State University (HSU) (G. Crawford & D. Thoney)
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) (F. Chavez & J. Ryan)
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) (J. Paduan, S. Ramp, & L. Rosenfeld)
Oregon State University (OSU) (M. Kosro)
Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, NOAA (PFEG, NOAA) (S. Bograd & F. Schwing)
Romberg Tiburon Center, San Francisco State University (RTC, SFSU) (N. Garfield)
San Francisco Marine Exchange (A. Steinbrugge)
University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) (John Largier)
University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) (C. Edwards, R. Kudela, K. Laws, M. McManus, J. Vesecky)
US Geological Survey, Menlo Park and Santa Cruz, CA (USGS) (M. Noble)
COCM: Coastal Ocean Current Monitoring Program
First State Proposition 40 and then supplemented by Proposition 50
mandated $7.5 and $13.5 million for implementing coastal monitoring.
The California State Coastal Conservancy is tasked with distributing and
managing the money.
The initial CSCC COCM RFP was for planning letters to establish
interested parties.
July 15, 2003: initial planning letters were due
3 were submitted, one from N. Cal, two from the south.
November 15, 2003: invitation to submit full proposals.
May 15, 2004: Full proposals due to CSCC
Initial funding
levels limited
the scope of
the possible
observatory.
NCAHOOtS
is choosing to
use Surface
Current
Mapping
to establish
the backbone,
supplemented
with other
technologies as
money becomes
available.
Standard and high resolution systems are proposed for between the
existing Bodega and Monterey arrays
Our goal is to have both standard
and long range surface current
mapping capabilities in the region
from Bodega to Pt Sur since this
is the area with the largest potential
for a major accident
A huge caution: the COCMP RFP is only for infrastructure, not
Operations!
It will provide the BACKBONE, but….
Unfortunately, the coastal zone is littered with start-up monitoring
efforts, many of which have foundered from lack of operational
funds. For this effort to be successful, the end users of the products
must recognize the need for sustained operations.
The main challenge is to identify and engage the stakeholders
to build a system which will meet the needs of the local, state, and
federal regulators who will utilize the products generated by
NCAHOOtS.
Southern California Coastal Ocean
Observing System
• SCCOOS Consortium Members are working together
to develop an integrated coastal ocean observatory
within the Southern California Bight
– for scientific purposes; and
– for the benefit of society
• SCCOOS will address environmental issues
spanning local, regional, state, national and
international interests, including coastal hazards,
marine life resources, and water quality.
www.sccoos.org, www.sccoos.ucsd.edu
SCCOOS Consortium Members
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• California State University, Los Angeles
• Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior
de Ensenada
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California,
San Diego
• Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Southern California
* recent board action to add SCCWRP
SCCOOS is committed to producing a
governance structure that:
1) recognizes the expertise, leadership,
effectiveness and proven track record of the
research community in implementing and
sustaining long term observation programs
2) formally engages a recognized body of agency
end-users as advisors
3) employs a strong project development
component that actively engages with end-user to
develop new customers, products, services,
opportunities as well as feedback from existing
end-users.
17 and 18 of September 2003