National Data Buoy Center Presentation to GCOOS Regional Board of Director’s Meeting March 4, 2010 Helmut Portmann, Director

National Data Buoy Center Weather Forecast Offices/ River Forecast Centers Emergency Managers Public National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NCDC, NODC, NGDC) National Centers for Environmental Prediction NDBC Data Assembly Center NWS Global Telecommunication System (GTS) Operational Bulletins DATA COLLECTIONDATA DELIVERY IOOS Partners Platforms HF Radars Oil & Gas Platforms NDBC & other NOAA observations Electrolyte to Satellite to Website To provide a real-time, end-to-end capability beginning with the collection of marine atmospheric and oceanographic data and ending with its transmission, quality control and distribution. Tsunami Warning Centers

NWS/NDBC Ocean Observing System of Systems Weather Buoys that have in place for > 30 Years

NDBC’s Ocean Observing Systems 111 met/ocean buoys 4 ocean/waves buoys 49 C-MAN stations 39 DART stations 55 TAO buoys + 4 current profiler moorings 500+ Voluntary Observing Ship vessels

Standard 3m & 6m Buoys

Other NDBC Platforms: DART ® Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) 39 Stations Since March 2008 ~230 Ship Days - Contract or NOAA Vessel

Other NDBC Platforms: TAO Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Climate Buoys 55 equatorial Pacific buoys 4 Ocean Current Profilers ship days a year Typically a NOAA vessel

Active reimbursable partners National Marine Sanctuary Program Kennedy Space Center U.S. Marine Corps Goddard Space Flight Center Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Coast Guard NOS/NWLON and other NOAA Obs Independent IOOS observing partners Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Stevens Institute (NJ) International SeaKeepers Society Long Island Ferry Boat University of South Florida Louisiana State University Texas General Land Office University of Connecticut Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium UNC and UNC-W Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Caro-COOPS Scripps Institution of Oceanography Forrest Oil Chesapeake Bay Observing System Shell Oil Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Inst Oregon State University University of Southern Mississippi Growth of Data Assembly Center Million of Observations Total Observations flowing through DAC

From the IOOS Business Plan- “Initial integration efforts on six of seven Core IOOS variables describing ocean and coastal conditions: Sea Surface Temperature; Salinity; Water/Sea level; Currents; Ocean color; Surface Waves; and Surface Winds Delivery of these variables may use one or more of the following Core DIF Standards” Station Growth ( ) (nb. 8% growth June-December 2008)

Oceanographers, meteorologists, IT specialists, programmers Observations ingest, processing, analysis Data processing and QC algorithm development for new systems Observation dissemination and web display Management of station configuration and metadata Data Assembly Center

Number of IOOS Partner Stations Reporting NOS Availability Reporting 205 Missing 17

Percent of Stations Reporting 82%92%76%

Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Platforms

NDBC Letter to RA’s (2005) Due to FY05 budget, we are able to add some Salinity, ADCP and Directional Wave sensors to existing buoys. What are your priorities? What else do you want to tell us? Coordinated Response desired.

GCOOS Response (2005): Directional Waves Note: Compilation of responses received, no regional arbitration/validation (Corpus Christi), (Galveston) –Source: Buzz Martin, TABS 42038, (note: disestablished) (N. Mid Gulf) –Source: Greg Stone SGOF1 (Tyndall AFB Tower) –Source: Steve Morey, FSU LKWF1 (Lake Worth) –Move to Pt. Everglade entrance –Source: Alex Soloviev (Nova Southeastern)

GCOOS Response: ADCP/Salinity Florida Keys in general (Muller-Karger (USF), et al) DRYF1, SANF1, SMKF1, LONF1, MLRF1, FWYF1 need ADCP (Priority order by M-K) 42040, 42039, 42036, 42003, CDRF1, 42014, EGKF1, DRYF1, SANF1, SMKF1, LONF1, MLRF1, FWYF1, KTNF1, SGOF1, BURL1 need Salinity (Priority order by M-K) “Mesohaline” areas (Tom Soniat, Oyster Disease) (Corpus Christi), (Galveston) –Source: Buzz Martin, TABS 42038, (note: disestablished) (N. Mid Gulf) –Source: Greg Stone SGOF1 (Tyndall AFB Tower) –Source: Steve Morey, FSU (Corpus Christi), (Freeport) (Matt Howard, TAMU) LKWF1 (Lake Worth) –Move to Pt. Everglade entrance –Source: Alex Soloviev (Nova Southeastern)

GCOOS Response: Other Do a good comparison of buoy vs. subsurface ADCPs (Van Waddell) Coordinate a Fugro-GEOS pilot project buoy with NDBC (Ralph Rayner) Offer to help with Lake Worth Instrumentation (Nova Southeastern U.)

GCOOS and NDBC Future Plans Work with IOOS to develop a more formal process for the RAs to submit requirements for ocean observations on NDBC weather platforms Review 2005 GCOOS priorities with GCOOS Board of Directors – possibly resubmit NDBC Director’s 2005 letter