# Presentation: 153671

## West Coast CoastWatchNode Report 2005

**West Coast CoastWatch****Node Report 2005**

**CoastWatch Node Manager’s Meeting, 11-13 October 2005, Pacific Grove, CA**

## West Coast CoastWatch Node

**West Coast CoastWatch** **Node**

**Cara Wilson ****	****Node Manager**
**Dave Foley  ****	****Node Coordinator**
**Luke Spence ****	****Operations Officer **
**Bob Simons ****	****Products Manager****	**

**Environmental Research Division**
**(formerly PFEL)**
**NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC**
**Pacific Grove, CA**

***Special thanks to Lynn DeWitt and Roy Mendelssohn at NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD***

## Outline

**Outline**

**Brief history **
**What’s new in FY05 **** » OceanWatch Live Access Server **** » New CoastWatch Data Browser Tool**
**Project highlights in FY05**
**Summary**

## West Coast Regional Node History

**West Coast Regional Node History**

- 1993 	Started operating at NMFS/SWFSC in La Jolla, CA under Mike Laurs
- Ron Lynn becomes node manager, Rich Grosgvor node coordinator
- Apr. ‘03  	Moved to NMFS/SWFSC/PFEL (now ERD)Dave Foley (coordinator) & Mike Laurs (manager)
- Jan. ‘05 	Mike Laurs retires, Cara Wilson new node manager
- Jan. ‘05	Bob Simons (Products Manager) andLuke Spence (Operations Officer) join the WCRN team

## WCRN Data Access 

**WCRN Data Access **

## Ocean Watch LAS

**Ocean Watch LAS**

- http://las.pfeg.noaa.gov/OceanWatch.html

**Near Real Time                    Delayed, Science Quality **

**SST**
- AVHRR, 11 km, global
- AVHRR, 1.25 km, west coast
- GOES, 5.5 km, West. Hemi.
- MODIS, 5 km, global
**Chlorophyll**
- SeaWiFS, 1.25 km, west coast
- MODIS, 1.25 km, west coast
- MODIS, 5 km, global
**Winds**
- QuikSCAT, 0.25°, global
**SSH **
- JASON, 0.25°, global

**SST**
- AVHRR Pathfinder, 0.1°, global
- AVHRR POES, 0.1°, global
-  **Chlorophyll **
- SeaWiFS, 0.1°, global
- MODIS, 0.05°, global
- OCTS, 0.1°, global
**Winds**
- ERS-1&2, 1°, global
- QuikSCAT, 0.5°, global
**SSH**
- AVISO, 0.25°, global

## Live Access Server (LAS)

**Live Access Server (LAS)**

- http://las.pfeg.noaa.gov/OceanWatch.html

**Allows for one-stop data browsing**
**Can transparently serve any data set on any other LAS**
**Can transparently serve any data set that is OpenDAP/DODS enabled**
**Can output digital data in a variety of formats**
**Meets preliminary IOOS DMAC “suggestions”**

***Special thanks to Lynn DeWitt and Roy Mendelssohn at NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD***

## New CoastWatch Browser

**New CoastWatch Browser**

- ~ 31 different users per day
- ~ 20 web pages served per user
- 95% of web pages served in < 2 seconds (including cached web maps and maps generated on-the-fly)

- http://coastwatch.pfel.noaa.gov/coastwatch/CWBrowser.jsp

## New CoastWatch Browser

**New CoastWatch Browser**

- http://coastwatch.pfel.noaa.gov/coastwatch/CWBrowser.jsp

## New Browser - Datasets

**New Browser - Datasets**

- SST, 1 km
**SST, 11 km**
******SST **
- Pathfinder SST
- GOES SST
- NASA Aqua Chl-*a*
- OSU Aqua Chl-*a*
- SeaWiFS Chl-*a*
**Zonal Wind**
**Merid Wind **
**Div Wind**
**Mod Wind**

**Zonal Wind Stress **
**Merid Wind Stress**
**Mod Wind Stress**
**Stress Curl**
**Ekman Upwelling **
**Zonal Ekman **
**Merid Ekman **
**Mod Ekman**
- Front Probability

**Bolded datasets are all available by OPeNDAP**

## New Browser - Options...

**New Browser - Options...**

**Multiple set map regions or user defined**
**Different units available:****	****Chlorophyll: kg/m****3**** or mg/m****3****?****	****Temperature: °C or °F?****	****Wind: m/sec or knots? ****	****Upwelling: m/sec or m/day?****	****Divergence: sec****-1**** or 10****6**** sec****-1****?**
**Composite data: 1, 3, 8 or 14 days**
**Overlay bathymetry **
**Overlay vector data (wind or ekman current)**
**Change color palette (14 available)**
**Scale can be linear or log **
**Min/max range easily changed**

## New Browser - File Formats

**New Browser - File Formats**

**•****.asc** - ESRI ASCII grid file (portable into GIS)
**•****.grd** - GMT .grd file, also a valid NetCDF file
**•****.hdf** - Hierarchical Data Format file, works with the CoastWatch Data Analysis Tool (CDAT)
**•****.mat** - Matlab binary file
**•****.nc** - NetCDF binary file, compliant with COARDS, CF-1.0, THREDDS ACDD and CWHDF metadata specifications
**•****.xyz** - tab-separated ASCII file
**OPeNDAP **access for most datasets
**FGDC** - .xml file with FGDC metadata

## New Browser - Summary

**New Browser - Summary**

- Demonstrates the viability of accessing data from remote sites, notably via OPeNDAP servers
- Distributes data *in several formats*, not just pretty pictures
- User always presented with all, and only, the valid options
- Browser options contained on one page
- Good quality, instant feedback (a map) given about data
- Customizable maps
- Works on all browsers and all operating systems
- Was built relatively quickly by one person (many kudos to **Bob Simons**!), using only open-source software
- Provides metadata
- Is fast!

## New Browser - Impacts

**New Browser - Impacts**

**Designed to accommodate emerging west coast regional association of IOOS**
**Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) has asked if they can have the code to implement this system for their region**

## WCRN Correspondance Statistics

**WCRN Correspondance Statistics**

**Private**

**Unknown**

**Students**

**Fishers**

**Total: 49 **
**(about 1/week)**

**Research**

## Recent and Near-Future Additions

**Recent and Near-Future Additions**

**Primary productivity**	*Wilson, R2O*
**GOES frontal probability index**	*Mavor, CIOSS*
**Chlorophyll anomalies**	*Kudela (UCSC), Stumpf (NOAA/NOS)*
**Wind field anomalies (stress, curl etc...)**	*Chelton, CIOSS*
**Extended 1km SST**	*Strub, CIOSS*

## Some Project Highlights

**Some Project Highlights**

**Ghostnet**
**Marine Protected Areas (MPA)**
**TOPP (Tagging of Pacific Pelagics) **
**BloomWatch**
**Cruise Support**

## Ghostnet Program - Rationale 

**Ghostnet Program - Rationale **

- Minimize navigation hazards
- Reduce wasteful “Ghost fishing”

- Protect endangered species

- Maintain healthy coral reef ecosystems

**Notes:**
Contributed by Dave Foley, NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD

## Ghostnet Approach 

**Ghostnet Approach **

**Satellite data to identify convergence zones**
- Infer with Ocean Color, SST, vector winds
- Observe with specially tasked SAR
**Aircraft to confirm presence of debris****1**
- Designating “hot spots”
- Deploy drifting buoys to track debris fields2
**Interdiction with ships already on station**2
- Possible use of helicopter to optimize collection
*1**D. Foley and L. Spence from WCCW participated in these flights *
*2**Planned for FY06*

**Notes:**
Contributed by Dave Foley, NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD

## Using oceanographic data to define Marine Protected Areas

**Using oceanographic data to define Marine Protected Areas**

- NMFS/SWFSC/ERD*F. Schwing, D. Foley, P. Stegmann, **S. Bograd, D. Palacios, C. Wilson*
- NOS/MBNMS*H. Price, C. King, J. Pederson*
- NPS *J. Paduan*

## Marine Protected Areas (MPA)

**Marine Protected Areas (MPA)**

**Upwelling: water with T < 12°C**
**Front: gradient > 0.05°C per km**
**Offshore: water with T > 15°C**

## MPA Characterization

**MPA Characterization**

**Winter ****	****Spring **
**Summer ****	****Fall **

## Front Probability

**Front Probability**

- July 8-17, 2005

- July 8-17, 2004

- Maps from new browser,
- Dataset courtesy of Chelton, CIOSS

## TOPP

**TOPP**

- Animal track over bathymetry

- Animal track over GOES SST

## Bloom Watch

**Bloom Watch**

**July 10-Sept 16, 2005**

## Cruise Support

**Cruise Support**

**Peter Franks (Scripps) ***HAB cruise in CA bight *
**Liz Clarke (NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC) ***Groundfish survey & assessment*** **
**Cynthia Tynan (WHOI) ***Hecata Bank suspected toxin poisoning survey *
**Rosenfeld, Murphree, Collins (NPS) ***Quarterly teaching cruises*
**Rich Charter (NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC) ***CALCOFI egg counting cruises for stock assessment*
**Barbara Block (Stanford/HML) ***Semester-at-sea teaching program** *
**Veerstra (Airborne Technologies Inc.) and NOAA ***GhostNet aerial surveys of debris in the N. Pacific*

**(not a complete list...) **

## Looking Forward...

**Looking Forward...**

## Looking Forward...

**Looking Forward...**

- MODIS Aqua 250m “Sediment Loading”

## Summary

**Summary**

**New & improved data delivery systems, designed to accommodate RA/IOOS requirements, and based on user feedback and requests:  **** » OceanWatch Live Access Server **** » New CoastWatch Data Browser Tool**
**Continued responsiveness to user needs through adding new products and supplying customized products in support of fishery-related research cruises**
**To quote the admiral, “our people are our most valuable assets” – the phenomenal improvements to WCRN services wouldn’t have been possible without Dave Foley, Bob Simons and Luke Spence **