1. Super-Regional Modeling Testbed to Improve Models of Environmental Processes for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Coasts Elizabeth Smith Coastal Research Program Manager Southeastern Universities Research Association MACOORA Annual Meeting 2010 Steven’s Institute of Technology October 28-29, 2010 Super-Regional Modeling Testbed to Improve Models of Environmental Processes for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Coasts Elizabeth Smith Coastal Research Program Manager Southeastern Universities Research Association MACOORA Annual Meeting 2010 Steven’s Institute of Technology October 28-29, 2010 Super-Regional Modeling Testbed

2. SURA’s Mission: To advance nuclear physics, information technology, and facilitate better understanding of coastal and environmental phenomena that impact our lives. Super-Regional Modeling Testbed

3. Recommended by the IOOS Modeling and Analysis Steering Team (Mooers, MAST Chair) The testbed will allow scientists to share models, observations and tools needed to elucidate, prioritize and ultimately link models so they can be used in an interoperable manner. The objectives are to: Evaluate and improve research models; Evaluate/improve models already in operational use; Assess system performance of models; Develop a blueprint, and facilitate the transition of promising models/tools/metrics to Federal operational centers; Super-Regional Modeling Testbed

4. 1.$4 million grant from NOAA, through IOOS, to SURA 2.One-year demonstration project to create a testbed to evaluate models and improve marine predictions of coastal inundation and hypoxia 3.64 individuals, 20 Universities, Industry and direct involvement by the primary Federal operational Centers 4.Goal: to determine “best practices” for comparing models, identify the metrics, and develop a blueprint for transition to operations Super-Regional Modeling Testbed …....at a glance

5. Super-Regional Modeling Testbed

6. Testbed Advisory and Evaluation Group (TAEG) – led by Rich Signell, USGS Testbed Teams Coastal Inundation Rick Luettich, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Shelf Hypoxia John Harding, Mississippi State University Estuarine Hypoxia Carl Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science/ College of William&Mary Cyberinfrastructure Eoin Howlett, Applied Science Associates IOOS & SURA Sharing “Management”

7. Coastal Inundation in Gulf of Maine & Gulf of Mexico Team Lead: Rick Luettich, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill Participants: Bedford Inst. Ocean; LSU; NOAA/NCEP, NHC, CSDL; UNC-CH; VIMS/Wm & Mary; Notre Dame; U South Florida; U Florida; U Mass.-Dartmouth; USACE Super-Regional Modeling Testbed Models: SLOSH, FVCOM, SELFE, ADCIRC, SWAVE, unSWAN, WWIII

8. Model grid for Scituate, Massachusetts

9. IT Support for Super Regional Coastal Modeling Test Bed Queen Bee SURA has secured High Performance Computing resource allocations on TeraGrid (NSF) and LONI systems (500,000 service units to date) and has assisted researchers with initial access. Super-Regional Modeling Testbed Inundation testbed for the Gulf of Mexico

10. Estuarine Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay Super-Regional Modeling Testbed Team Lead: Carl Friedrichs, VIMS Participants NOAA/NOS/CSDL, NOAA/NCBO, EPA, USACE MARCOOS Ches. Res. Consort. Univ. Colorado Univ. Maryland VIMS/Wm & Mary Rutgers Univ. Old Dominion Univ Models CBOFS, CH3D, ROMS, ChesROMS, EFDC, SELFE, FVCOM

11. Shelf Hypoxia Gulf of Mexico Super-Regional Modeling Testbed Team Lead: John Harding, MSU/Northern Gulf Inst. Models ROMS, CSDL- NGOM, NCOM, GoM HyCOM Participants Dalhousie University Naval Research Lab Mississippi State NOAA/NOS/CSDL VIMS/Wm & Mary Texas A & M Univ. Delaware Florida State Univ.

13. Cyberinfrastructure Support for All Modeling Teams Team Lead: Eoin Howlett, Applied Science Associates Participants Applied Science Asc Deltares USA Inc. Texas A & M Gulf of Maine R.I. VIMS/Wm & Mary U. Alabama-Huntsville University of Florida U.S. Army Corps Eng. UNC-Chapel Hill GCOOS, SECOORA, NERACOOS Model Testbed Web site with Model Catalog

14. The Testbed teams are working together to improve models that forecast inundation and hypoxia for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – Super-Regional Modeling Testbed and will be ready to transfer the “lessons learned” to address new environmental research questions and to expand existing knowledge to new geographic regions.

15. Questions? Thanks… Liz Smith lsmith@sura.org testbed.sura.org Super-Regional Modeling Testbed