1. SEA-COOS The Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System A regional observing system for NC, SC, GA and FL H. Seim, E. Kearns, R. Weisberg, J. Nelson, F. Werner, C. Mooers, M. Fletcher, J. Thigpen, R. He

2. SE region is linked oceanographically and experiences similar forcing (winds and river runoff). A merged information system will help address scientific and societal issues Loop Current/ Florida Current/ Gulf Stream

3. SEA-COOS members (Feb. 2004) Founding members University of North Carolina Affiliates Naval Surface Warfare Center/USN University of South Carolina Skidaway Inst of Oceanography NAMOC/USN University of Miami CO-OPS/NOS/NOAA National Data Buoy Center /NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary/NOS/NOAA NCEP/NWS/NOAA University of South Florida NCSU (Sea Grant) South Carolina Sea Grant University of Georgia (Sea Grant) University of Florida (Sea Grant) Miami WFO/NWS/NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center/NMFS/NOAA South Carolina Department of Natural Resources NCDDC/NOAA Pending Affiliates Proposed Affiliates South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council Florida Marine Research Institute Coastal Services Center/NOS/NOAA Beaufort Marine Laboratory Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Florida Space Port Camp LeJuene Integrated Observing Network/USMarines SeaKeys Field Research Facility/USACE Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory/NOAA Jacksonville WFO/NWS/NOAA

4. The chairs of the working groups SEA-COOS funded institutional representatives and some external Other institutions, industries, agencies and organizations Coordination of region-wide components of system, open to external groups Governance model –formalizes coordination of activities Sat R.S waves

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6. SEA-COOS Over-Arching Goal To significantly increase the quantity and quality of environmental information from the coastal ocean of the SE U.S. and facilitate its use in a wide range of societal, scientific, and educational applications Initial Focus 1)physical ocean state estimation 2)Fisheries 3)Biogeochemical indicators

8. (Talk: Weisberg et al.)

9. (Poster: Edwards et al.)

10. Wellan Radar (WERA) initial testing on the West Florida Shelf (WFS) – Nick Shay, RSMAS.

11. WERA-ADCP Comparison from WFS deployment in 2003 (Shay)

12. Long-range CODAR in NE North Carolina (poster: Stearns, Muglia, Seim, Bane; UNC-CH)

13. Poster: Liz Williams and Ed Kearns University of Miami - RSMAS

15. Products portal – GIS-like but open-source and browser independent

16. First variable – winds Can pan and zoom without loss of resolution…

17. …even animate…

18. He and Weisberg – USF – studied ocean response to different wind forcing on WFS. Ocean model domain in relation to the EDAS grid and in-situ wind stations

19. A comparison between an OI blending of NOAA EDAS and observed winds with the observations at all WFS buoy and coastal stations sampled during a peak upwelling event on March 5 2001. He and Weisberg – USF – studied ocean response to different wind forcing on WFS.

20. EDAS wind forcing OA analysis (EDAS & Obs.) wind forcing Ocean model simulation improvements with OA wind analyses (Weisberg)

21. Beginning to compare EDAS and measured winds on a larger scale Magnitude of average difference in speed (Jan 13-Feb 10) m/s

22. And average difference in direction (largely offshore?) m/s

23. Now working to include additional variables…sea surface temperature next

24. Portal includes querying capability of all layers…

25. Also…. A cloud free SST product, designed to help with real-time modeling (Talk: He and Weisberg)

26. NPZD Model – Comparison with satellite ocean color data MODIS (daily image) and EFS-POM (synoptic field) Phytop. (mmol/m3)21-FEB Chl-a24-JAN-04 / 15:57GMT Source: USF/IMaRS Spatial res.: 1km (Talk: Fiechter and Mooers RSMAS)

27. M 2 Solution Elevation Difference Amplitude Ratio Est sol’n Amp -------------------------- > 1 NoEst sol’n Amp Phase Diff (in red) Est Phase - NoEst Phase >0 (Blanton)

28. RMS misfit for M 2, K 1 Amplitude (m)Phase (deg) NoEstEstNoEstEst M2M2 Deep.03 3.53.4 Shelf.14.024.92.2 Estuary.15.0313.62.8 K1K1 Deep.01 5.9 Shelf.01 4.7 Estuary.02.0115.19.3 (Blanton, Werner, UNCCH; Lynch, Dartmouth)

29. Forecast Period 5-8 October, 2003 Prior (Before D.A.) Posterior (After D.A.) Computed (m) Observed (m) Water level (Blanton, Werner, UNCCH; Lynch, Dartmouth)

30. Outreach/education/collaboration with : Federal agencies (by PIs) – to coordinate resource allocation and address national needs Management agencies (by Sea Grant and PIs) – to address regional need and impact policy decisions Non-scientific users (by Sea Grant/COSEE) – to address local need and increase stakeholders awareness of the system Broader science community (by PIs) – to increase scope of issues addressed by the system Private industry (by all) – to develop products and consider components that can be transitioned (poster:Thigpen et al.)

31. SEACOOS Summary Organizational structure established; working with SERA on greater regional engagement Multiple sensor platforms operating Initial data exchange standards adopted, and observation mergers underway Subregional modeling efforts coordinated and barotropic results on website Evaluation of model capabilities against observations underway Outreach user surveys initiated, working with regional COSEEs Big role in Interoperability demo (testing OGC-based exchange of GIS layers)