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2 CONTENTS: EXAMPLE: THE CHESAPEAKE BAY INTERPRETIVE BUOY SYSTEM (CBIBS) SUSTAINABILITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF REAL-TIME OBSERVATIONS NUTRIENT AND OTHER MONITORING IN CBIBS NEW PROJECTS LESSONS LEARNED

3 CBIBS WAS ORIGINALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE NOAA CHESAPEAKE BAY OFFICE AS A COMPONENT OF THE CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH CHESAPEAKE BAY NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL DURING SYSTEM DESIGN, CONSIDERABLE EFFORT WAS PUT INTO CONVENING REGIONAL AND USER-BASED FOCUS GROUPS LEADING TO NUMEROUS CONSENSUS PARTNERSHIPS.

4 USED INPUT TO DEVELOP LOCATIONS PLATFORMS INSTRUMENTATION PRODUCTS

5 PRESENTLY 10 BUOYS S IN CBIBS SN S SUSQUEHANNA AN SN SIX FT KNOLL AN ANNAPOLIS UP GR UP UPPER POTOMAC GR GOOSES REEF PL POINT LOOKOUT PL SR STINGRAY POINT J JAMESTOWN N NAUTICUS (NORFOLK) VCU SR FL FIRST LANDING [ VCU RICE CENTER, JAMES R] J N FL

6 INSTRUMENTATION Water Quality METEOROLOGY 10 MINUTES data collected AIR TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY using WIND SPEED WIND GUST WETLabs WIND DIRECTION BAROMETRIC WQM PRESSURE WAVES MAXIMUM WAVE HT 60 MINUTES SIGNIFICANT WAVE HT MEAN WAVE HEIGHT MEAN WAVE PERIOD MEAN WAVE DIRECTION CURRENTS 60 MINUTES NEAR-SURFACE SPEED NEAR-SURFACE DIR MEAN OF UPPER 5 M OR TO THE BOTTOM; INDIVIDUAL 1 M BIN DATA ARE ARCHIVED WATER QUALITY 60 MINUTES TEMPERATURE CONDUCTIVITY / SALINITY DISSOLVED OXYGEN CHLOROPHYLL A

7 IN ADDITION TO THE INTERPRETIVE CONSIDERATIONS THAT INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CBIBS, WE WERE GUIDED BY THE COASTAL STRATEGY FOR GOOS, CALLING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO DETECTING AND PREDICTING CHANGES IN

8 GOOS PRINCIPLES SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS ESSENTIAL VARIABLES AND PHENOMENA OF INTEREST SUBSYSTEM STRUCTURE

9 SUSTAINABILITY BROADEN THE USER BASE

10 SUSTAINABILITY: THE POWER OF REAL-TIME DATA: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT >15,000 MOBILE APP DOWNLOADS OCTOBER 28-30, 14,067 UNIQUE VISITORS 1,199,671 TOTAL WEB HITS

11 SUSTAINABILIT Y: OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

12 SUSTAINABILITY: COMMUNITY SUPPORT

13 MONITORING EXAMPLES CHLOROPHYLL / DO NITRATE HYPOXIA NEW INITIATIVES

14 BUOY DATA USED FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION RAN STORY IN BAY DAILY ON 8/20/2010 ABOUT ELIZABETH RIVER DO PROBLEMS SPIKES IN CHLOROPHYLL/ALGAE FRO AUG 6-14 COINCIDED WITH OBSERVE MAHOGANY TIDES CORRESPONDING SPIKES IN DO FRO AUG 6-14 INDICATE HIGH LEVELS O PHOTOSYNTHESIS 14 A FEW DAYS LATER AS ALGAE BEGAN TO DECOMPOSE DO PLUMMETED TO UNHEALTHY 2-3 MILLIGRAMS PER LIT

15 SUSQUEHANNA CBIBS BUOY

16 CBIBS SUSQUEHANNA NITRATE MONITORING

17 CBIBS SUSQUEHANNA NITRATE MONITORING

18 REAL-TIME TMDL ESTIMATION / TRACKING HYPOXIC VOLUME FORECASTING 162,028 KG / DAY (USGS) 6.1 KM 3 HYPOXIC VOLUME 161,270 KG / DAY (CBIBS) SCAVIA (2013)

19 REAL-TIME BOTTOM WATER QUALITY DOMINION GOOSES REEF (GR) OFF THE MOUTH OF THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVE N, W

20 BOTTOM (12 M) DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION GOOSES REEF CBIBS BUOY

21 NEW INITIATIVE: BASIC OBSERVATION BUOY (BOB) PRO-BOB? IN A BOX (BOBB) PARTNERSHIP WITH CBIBS/MARACOOS, HACH HYDROMET, WASHINGTON COLLEGE (MD) CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY SCIENTIFIC QUALITY, RUGGED, AFFORDABLE, REAL-TIME, TURNKEY OBSERVING BUOY FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COMMUNITIES, RIVERKEEPERS, NGOS, CROWDSOURCING APPLICATIONS

22 BASIC OBSERVATION BUOY (BOB) SCIENTIFIC QUALITY HACH HYDROLAB MS5 (DS5X) / OTT NETDL 500 T, S, DO, TURBIDITY, PH, (CHLA, ) AFFORDABLE EST. STARTING < $6000 WITH COMMS AND SENSORS RUGGED PROFESSIONALLY DESIGNED OPEN WATER BUOY TURNKEY OPERATION ( IN A BOX ) SIMPLE ASSEMBLY FROM STANDARD COMPONENTS PRE-PROGRAMMED W/ GPRS COMMS DATA THROUGH HACH, MARACOOS, LOCAL SERVICES (E.G. CHESAPEAKE COMMONS)

23 BASIC OBSERVATION BUOY (BOB) FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COMMUNITIES, RIVERKEEPERS, NGOS, CROWDSOURCING APPLICATIONS

24 NEW INITIATIVE: FOREMAN S BRANCH TRIBUTARY MONITORING PLATFORM PARTNERSHIP WITH SEABIRD SCIENTIFIC COASTAL, HACH HYDROMET, WASHINGTON COLLEGE (MD) CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY 5200 ACRE CHINO FARMS ASSOCIATED WITH WASHINGTON COLLEGE CES AND COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

25 FOREMAN S BRANCH (CHESTER R., EASTERN SHORE, MD) TRIBUTARY MONITORING PLATFORM TARGETED NUTRIENT MONITORING IN TRIBUTARIES

26 FOREMAN S BRANCH TRIBUTARY MONITORING PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH SEABIRD SCIENTIFIC COASTAL, HACH HYDROMET PLATFORM WILL PROVIDE REAL-TIME NUTRIENT (N, P) AND WQ INFORMATION USING HIGH-ACCURACY INSTRUMENTATION (SUNA NITRATE, CYCLE-P PHOSPHATE, T, S, DO, CHLA, TURBIDITY, PH) SIMILAR TO SATLANTIC LOBO MODEL

27 LESSONS LEARNED DESIGN A SYSTEM (NOT A COLLECTION OF ASSETS) CONSIDER THE GOOS / US IOOS PRINCIPLES MAXIMIZE AND ENGAGE THE USER BASE EMPHASIZE DATA AND PRODUCT DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE INVEST IN SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW SENSORS, APPLICATIONS, AND PRODUCTS

28 THE CREATION AND SUCCESS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY INTERPRETIVE BUOY SYSTEM IS THE RESULT OF THE EFFORTS OF MANY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING: THE CONSERVATION FUND THE CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE US COAST GUARD AIDS TO NAVIGATION TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE US INTEGRATED CHESAPEAKE OCEAN BAY, OBSERVING ESPECIALLY SYSTEM BMC BEN BROWN MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DOMINION POWER FOUNDATION NOAA NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER TUCKER PIERCE AND TELLUS APPLIED SCIENCES NAUTICUS MUSEUM, NORFOLK, VA US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MR. MARK BUSHNELL NOAA CHESAPEAKE BAY OFFICE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF CBIBS, INCLUDING ERIC STENGEL, JAMES SPILSBURY, CJ PELLERIN, JILL BIERI, DOUG LEVIN, KIM COURANZ, BILL BRADLEY, ANDREW LARKIN, STEVE GIORDANO, JAY LAZAR, PEYTON ROBERTSON, AND SEAN CORSON. DOUG WILSON CARIBBEAN WIND LLC ANNAPOLIS MD OCEANOGRAPHER CONSULTANT ON OCEAN AND COASTAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS PROJECT COORDINATOR IOCARIBE-GOOS

29 THANKS ALSO TO SEABIRD SCIENTIFIC HACH HYDROMET FOR THEIR COLLABORATION IN DEVELOPING NEW SENSORS AND APPLICATIONS DOUG WILSON CARIBBEAN WIND LLC ANNAPOLIS MD OCEANOGRAPHER CONSULTANT ON OCEAN AND COASTAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS PROJECT COORDINATOR IOCARIBE-GOOS

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