National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce and Coastal Environments (CSR) CSR Scott Glenn, Hugh Roarty Rutgers University Washington DC – April 21, 2009

Building a Regional Ocean Observatory for the Middle Atlantic Bight: Our View from the COOLroom Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield, Robert Chant, Josh Kohut, John Manderson, Janice McDonnell, Cisco Werner, John Wilkin Plus Research Staff & Students Cape Cod Cape Hatteras New Jersey

CODAR NetworkGlider FleetL-Band & X-Band Satellite Receivers 3-D Nowcasts & Forecasts Rutgers University - Coastal Ocean Observation Lab Operations, Data Fusion & Training Center

What is a glider? Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Propels itself without a propeller Moves slowly through the water collecting data as it goes

CTD Fore Hull Altimeter Air Bladder Control Board Science Payload Bay Fin CowlingAft Hull Buoyancy Pump Antenna (Iridium, Freewave, GPS & Argos) Anatomy of a Glider

Buoyancy pump in  the glider pulls in 0.5 L of water Glider begins to dive downward Push pump out  glider inflects and begins to climb to the surface one dive and one climb is called a ‘yo’ When surfacing to connect glider inflates air bladder How gliders “fly”

Slocum Electric Glider Communication Iridium Antenna ARGOS and FreeWave Antennas

Flight to Halifax – Long-Duration Test Flight – Winter Storm Lithium Batteries & DigiFin Tuckerton Endurance Line to Halifax Endurance Line >25 Foot Significant Wave Height in StormWinter Storm Crosses Glider Path

Collaborative Campaign Science in the Middle Atlantic Bight: The Shallow Water 2006 Joint Experiment (SW06) 62 Moorings 7 Ships 1 Aircraft 10 Gliders >12 Satellites 3 Ground- stations 48 Senior PI’s & PM’s

Collaborative Campaign Science in the Middle Atlantic Bight: The Shallow Water 2006 Joint Experiment (SW06) 62 Moorings 7 Ships 1 Aircraft 10 Gliders >12 Satellites 3 Ground- stations 48 Senior PI’s & PM’s HiSeasNet Communication

Sustained Observatory Operations from Multiple Locations McDonald’s WiFi My Living Room – Glider Recovery in Hawaii

Building an International Community Exciting the Next Generation in Science and Engineering

Mission Complete: Scarlet Knight is the first underwater robot to cross an ocean basin 221 Days 7,409 km 11,000 Dives 11,000 Climbs Energy Equivalent of 8 minutes power for lights on the Rockefeller Center Tree. Tuckerton, New Jersey, USA Baiona, Galicia, Spain

Mission Complete: Scarlet Knight is the first underwater robot to cross an ocean basin A hero’s Welcome, December 9, 2009

Autonomous Underwater Gliders Since 1999

International Constellation of Satellites – Since 1992 X-Band (installed 2003) L-Band (installed 1992) IRS-P4 OCM – Chlorophyll India FY1-D ch7:ch9 China Global Regional Local MODIS United States

A)CODAR HF Radar Network B) D) E) F) C) G)H)I)J)

WRF Weather Forecasting Daily Cycles

MVCO/CBLAST SW06 LaTTE ESPreSSO / MARCOOS Delaware NENA Cuba to Grand Banks (nested within HyCOM or Mercator) MAB-GoM (Hatteras to Halifax) Hudson River Coupled Regional Ocean Models (ROMS) for Research and Operations (Physics, Bio-optics, Ecology, Sediment Transport)

30 Co-PIs, 20 Institutions, 10 States Regional Priorities: 1)Safety at Sea – Search and Rescue 2) Ecosystem Decision Support – Fisheries 3) Water Quality 4) Coastal Inundation 5) Offshore Energy MARCOOS The Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System NWS WFOs Std Radar Sites Mesonet Stations LR HF Radar Sites Glider AUV Tracks USCG SLDMB Tracks NDBC Offshore Platforms CODAR Daily Average Currents Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras: ~1000 km Coastline

Success Stories – Making a Difference Optimizing HF Radar for SAR using USCG Surface Drifters Art Allen U.S. Coast Guard Scott Glenn Rutgers University and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System

Press Release for HF Radar Data going to USCG SAROPS

Ship Detection Oleander track Loveladies 5 MHz Tuckerton 5 MHz 13 km

Littoral Expeditionary Autonomous PowerBuoy (LEAP)