Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System Highlights Next Five Years Challenges- where CeNCOOS needs help
Developed Web Data Portal and Web Services (2013) Web data portal developed by data Partner Axiom Data Science provides mapbased access to legacy and real-time data from CeNCOOS and other sensors. Web services allow other computers to query and retrieve this data.
Launched Trinidad Glider Line launched in 2014 (with NANOOS and SWFSC) Principal investigator is Jack Barth at OSU Subsurface observations (mixed layer depth and thermocline properties) critical to understanding California Current Trinidad sensors include: Temperature Salinity Oxygen Fluorescence Optical backscatter
Ocean acidification monitoring at Hog Island Oyster Company in Tomales Bay in 2015 (grant w/ SCCOOS, NANOOS, AOOS, PACIOOS) Anthropogenic CO2 enters the ocean where it lowers ph and reduces the saturation state Low aragonite saturation state threatens oysters and other shellforming organisms Conditions are expected to worsen, also natural variability CeNCOOS, SCCOOS, other RA s support ocean acidification monitoring at shellfish growing sites and other locations Burkolator (right) at HIOC measures pco2 and total dissolved inorganic carbon, and thus saturation state
High Frequency Radar Getting Long in the tooth (installed 2006-2008) Treasure Island site abandoned, need to move (also Pescadero, Ft. Funston need relocation) Moss Landing antenna vandalized June 2016 Pt. Sur long range- unsatisfactory up-time (Internet connectivity issue)
Priorities, by strategic plan element: 1. Observations: Maintain the existing observing system 2. Data Become a certified regional association 3. Modeling Assimilate real-time observations Expand coupled biological modeling 4. Products *Products for decision-makers, identified via partnerships *Real time indices (ocean health, sanctuary conditions reports) Next Five Years: IOOS Grant, $2.1M/yr Spending by category Extramural 65%, program 35% Spending by activity category $625k HFR $400k Shore stations $100k Gliders $150k Modeling
Next Five Years: Maintaining current activity not trivial! Only the pole remains- MLML receive antenna after vandalism, June 2016 OA2 mooring damaged during winter storm
Next five years: Contribute to OA network
Next five years: Biodiversity Observing The MBON project (marine biodiversity observing network) will add legacy data and new edna-based observations and add analytical capabilities Harmful algal bloom (algae and mammal strandings), flow cytobot, and animal tagging will provide additional sources of species census data
Challenge: Level funded Federal Support Federal extramural research and NOAA budgets have not been growing Sequesters and continuing resolutions have constrained Federal discretionary spending CeNCOOS and SCCOOS were de-scoped to near-level funding in the first year of the new award $ CeNCOOS IOOS Award (includes pass-thru s) 2400000 2200000 2000000 1800000 1600000 1400000 1200000 1000000 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Year Which one or two issues do you think should be the top priority for the Federal Government (NBC News May 15-19, 2016): 26 National security, terrorism 21 Deficit, government spending 16 Health care 15 Climate change 8 Immigration 6 Religious, moral values 5 Other (vol.) 1 All equally (vol.) 1 Unsure
Challenge: Massive changes in the coastal ocean are forecast by 2100 due to global warming, sea level rise due to melting ice, and decrease in surface ocean ph