1. Monitoring for Restoration Ocean Leadership 2012 Public Policy Forum The Science of Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Restoration W. C. Boicourt University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory Monitoring for Restoration Ocean Leadership 2012 Public Policy Forum The Science of Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Restoration W. C. Boicourt University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory

2. 22 Monitoring For a Purpose: Restoration For a Purpose: Restoration To track and adapt restoration efforts To track and adapt restoration efforts To justify costs and show progress toward goal To justify costs and show progress toward goal Science crucial to the outcome Science crucial to the outcome Efficiency and Effectiveness: do it smarter Efficiency and Effectiveness: do it smarter Continual Information in the presence of short-term variability Continual Information in the presence of short-term variability

3. 33 How do we do it? Ensure science is integral component Ensure science is integral component Sentinel Measurements Sentinel Measurements Analysis Analysis Provide continual assessment and updates even in a highly variable system Provide continual assessment and updates even in a highly variable system Exploit New Technology Exploit New Technology Satellites Satellites Robots Robots Models Models Share the load Share the load

4. Example: Dead Zone: 2010 N. Rabalais

5. Fisheries 5

6. Fisheries 6 Richardson et al., 2009

7. Dead Zone: Chesapeake Bay Dissolved Oxygen

8. RU-WRF Atmospheric Forecast Model Example: Hurricanes

9. NOAA Example: Oil Spill

11. 11 Monitoring For a Purpose: Restoration For a Purpose: Restoration To track and adapt restoration efforts To track and adapt restoration efforts To justify costs and show progress toward goal To justify costs and show progress toward goal Science crucial to the outcome Science crucial to the outcome Efficiency and Effectiveness: do it smarter Efficiency and Effectiveness: do it smarter Continual Information in the presence of short-term variability Continual Information in the presence of short-term variability Cooperative Enterprise Cooperative Enterprise