# Presentation: 005206

## NOAA Ocean Satellite Data CourseLogistics and ObjectivesOregon State University August 22-24 2006

**NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course****Logistics and Objectives****Oregon State University **August 22-24 2006

## Acknowledgments

**Acknowledgments**

***Special thanks to ***
***Stan Wilson and John Pereira (NESDIS)***
***NOAA’s Satellite Research & Operations (R&O) project***
***Ted Strub, Dudley Chelton and Peter Strutton (OSU)****** ***
***Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS)***
***OSU Department of Geosciences’ Digital Earth Classroom***

## Agenda

**Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 Morning**
- COAS Classroom, 193 Burt Hall
**  ****8:30****	****Introduction to the course - logistics and objectives*****Cara Wilson***
**  ****9:00 ****	****Overview of ocean remote sensing and IR specifics and applications*****Ted Strub***
**10:00****	****Break**
**10:15****	****Visible, ocean color specifics and applications*****Peter Strutton***
**10:45****	****Passive and active microwave: ****SST, altimetry, scatterometry specifics and applications*****Dudley Chelton***
**12:00****	****Satellite applications within Fisheries and Marine Sanctuaries*****Cara Wilson***
**12:30****	****Lunch (on your own) **

**NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course**** **

## Agenda

**Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 Afternoon**
**Digital Earth Classroom, Department of Geosciences, 210 Wilkinson Hall **
***Dave Foley, Luke Spence, Carlos Rivero and Cara Wilson***
**	****2:00-5:30 ****	****Lab **
**Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006 **
** **
**	****8:30-12:00 ****	****Lab **
**	****12:00-1:30 ****	****Lunch (on your own) **
**	****1:30-5:00   ****	****Lab **
**Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 **
**	****8:30-12:00 ****	****Lab **
**	****12:00-1:30 ****	****Lunch (on your own) **
**	****1:30-3:00   ****	****Lab**
**	****3:00-? ****	****Informal wrap-up (at Bombs Away over beer?) **

**NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course**

## Handouts

**NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course**

**Handouts **
- Textbook: “An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing” by Seelye Martin
- “Ocean Colour & Fisheries” chapter from upcoming IOCCG (International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group) report
- “Fisheries and Satellite data” bibliography
- Evaluation Forms

## Applicants & participants

**NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course**

**Applicants & Participants  **

- 62 applications received for 30 spots
- 31 participants selected (1 ‘auditing’)

| Division | # Applicants | # Selected |
| --- | --- | --- |
| NOS | 10 | 6 |
| NMFS/A | 9 | 4 |
| NMFS/NE | 4 | 4 |
| NMFS/NW | 12 | 4 |
| NMFS/SE | 8 | 4 |
| NMFS/SW | 11 | 4 |
| NMFS/PI | 5 | 4 |
| NMFS/S&T | 2 | 1 |
| Non-NOAA | 1 | 0 |

## NOAA Ocean Satellite Data CourseBackground & Objectives: The R&O (Research & Operations) project 

**NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course****Background & Objectives: ****The R&O (Research & Operations) project **

## Senate language in the FY05 Budget

**Senate language ****in the FY05 Budget**

- NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC PFEL

- NOAA’s mission is to fly operational satellites, but little of the sensor technology developed by NASA has been picked up by NOAA
***“******Provide NOAA the capability to transition NASA remote sensed ocean measurements into operational products for the user community”***
- Observations explicitly mentioned: *“ocean winds from ****scatterometers******...****sea level...from ****altimeters****, and...****ocean color****”*
- Initially a one-year $4M level of effort in FY05, with no assurance for continuation, it was continued in FY06 at $4M

**Notes:**
Taken from R2O Tiger Team powerpoint presentation

## Research & Operations (R&O) Tiger Team

**Research & Operations (R&O) Tiger Team**

- NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC PFEL

**Membership**:Stan Wilson and John Pereira, leads, NESDIS **Cara Wilson and Kenric Osgood, NMFS****Rick Stumpf, NOS**Al Powell, NESDIS/STAR
- Fred Toepfer, Kevin Schrab, NWS
- Bob Atlas, Mike Johnson, and Ants Leetmaa, OAR
**FY06 Structure:**Team broken into three tasks, which have additional members: SSH – Ants Leetmaa, lead (Lucas Moxley, NMFS/PIFSC)SVW – Bob Atlas, lead (Dave Foley, NMFS/SWFSC)Ocean Color – Rick Stumpf, lead (Cara Wilson, NMFS/SWFSC)
**FY06 Funding:**Specific projects received funds in late May 2006

## The Bottom Line... 

**The ****Bottom**** Line...**** **

- NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC PFEL

- NOAA will be taking over the operational acquisition of major satellite measurements such as SSH, ocean color and surface winds.
- In support of this, NOAA needs to demonstrate the ***operational use of these data****** ***within the agency.
- NMFS and NOS are the two NOAA LOs involved with the operational use of oceanic satellite data (ie non weather).  **For the open ocean, NMFS is the only LO.****  **

## Question...

**Question...**

**The high temporal and spatial resolution of satellite data, and its continuity, make satellite data an important tool for monitoring and characterizing marine ecosystems. Satellite data will become increasingly more important as NOAA implements ecosystem approaches to management.  **
**But currently the full potential of satellite data has not been realized within NMFS, or within fisheries science more generally. **
**Why is satellite data underutilized within NMFS, and what can be done to take advantage of the wealth of information this data can provide?****  **

## Some Issues

**Some Issues**

**Satellite data can be difficult to access, manipulate and process, particularly for people who have never used it before. **
**Work required to get relevant parameters can be cumbersome, ie:**** • primary productivity from chlorophyll**** • fronts locations from SST fields**** • climatologies required to generate anomalies  **
**Timeseries of satellite data are relatively short compared to most fisheries datasets.**
**People too busy with their regular workloads to find time to familiarize themselves with new analyses.**

## NMFS R&O FY05 Project

**NMFS R&O FY05 Project**

**Facilitate access to multiple satellite data sets to meet fisheries & IOOS needs ****	****• NMFS Satellite group established****	****• Fisheries & Satellite data “road tour” to NMFS labs****	****• Primary productivity product on ERD LAS**

## NMFS R&O FY05 Project

**NMFS R&O FY05 Project**

**Facilitate access to multiple satellite data sets to meet fisheries & IOOS needs**

** ****Three primary results: **
**Establishment of internal NMFS-satellite working group **
**A series of informational seminars given at all 6 Fisheries Science Centers during the summer of 2005 (and continued into 2006...)**** **
**Access provided to global time-series of satellite-derived primary productivity, SSH and geostrophic currents via new Coastwatch West Coast Data Browser, the Oceanwatch Live Access Server (LAS) and by OPeNDAP technology at NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD **
** **

## NMFS Satellite Group 

**NMFS Satellite Group **

**Established Jan 2005 **
**Satellite POCs for each science center ****(appointed by lab director) **
**	****	****AFSC****	****	****Jeff Napp (Seattle) ****	****NEFSC****	****Jay O’Reilly (****Narragansett****) ****	****	****NWFSC****	****Bill Peterson (****Newport****) ****	****PIFSC****	****Jeff Polovina**** (Honolulu) ****	****	****SEFSC****	****Tom Leming**** (****Mississippi****)****	****	****SWFSC****	****Cara Wilson**** (****Pacific Grove****)****	****S&T****	****	****Kenric Osgood (Silver Spring)****	**

***POC also a CoastWatch PI ***
***Labs outside of the regional HQ laboratory***

## Outreach

**Outreach**

**	****AFSC****	****	****Seattle, WA****	****Jun  7, 2005****	****SWFSC****	*********	****La Jolla, CA****	****Jun 15, 2005****	****	****PIFSC****	****	****Honolulu, HI****	****Jul 18, 2005****	****SEFSC****	*********	****Miami, FL****	****Jul 26, 2005****	****NEFSC****	****	****Narragansett, RI****	****Aug  2, 2005****	****NWFSC****	****	****Newport, OR****	****Aug 16, 2005****	****AFSC****	*********	****Juneau, AK****	****Jan 31, 2006 ****	****	****NEFSC****	*********	****Woods Hole, MA****	****Mar 10, 2006****	****NMFS HQ ****	****  Silver Spring, MD****	****Mar 13, 2006**** ****	****NESDIS HQ****	****  Silver Spring, MD****	****Mar 14, 2006****	****SWFSC****	*********	****Santa Cruz, CA****	****Jun 20, 2006 **
**	****NMFS Stock Assessment Workshop****	****Apr 19, 2006 **
- 	* NMFS Satellite POC not at this lab**	**

- Most travel funded by the R&O project

## SWFSC OceanWatch LAS at ERD 

**SWFSC OceanWatch LAS at ERD **

- NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC PFEL

- http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov

**Primary Productivity **

**OPeNDAP has been identified by IOOS as DMAC standard**

**Notes:**
Has both near real-time and delayed, science-quality satellite fields
Calculated primary productivity will be available by the end of Aug 2005 

## NMFS R&O FY06 Projects

**NMFS R&O FY06 Projects**

**Satellite data training****	****• 4 NMFS scholarships to 2-week Cornell class****	****• 3-day course for 30 NMFS/NOS participants**
**Develop satellite climatologies**
**Alaska satellite data browser **
**Ocean color frontal products**
**NASA/NOAA workshop in May 2006 on integrating satellite data into fisheries management**

## Alaska Satellite Browser

**Alaska Satellite Browser**

**a NOAA R&O funded project**

- Per request from AFSC, a new satellite browser for the Alaska region was developed at NMFS/SWFSC ERD, based on the existing west coast CoastWatch browser
- Sea ice data will be included
- Different map projections, better suited to high latitudes, will be used

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

## Frontal Products

**Frontal Products**

**SST Front Probability**

- Oceanic fronts are associated with zones of elevated primary and secondary productivity and fishery grounds
- Coastal and offshore fronts can serve as “seed banks” for harmful algal blooms
- Project underway (O’Reilly and Belkin) to develop monthly climatology of CHL and SST fronts, 1997-2006

**a NOAA R&O funded project**

## NASA/NOAA Workshop

**NASA/NOAA Workshop**

- NASA/NOAA invitational workshop on applications of satellite data in ecosystem management and modeling, as used by NOAA Fisheries
- May 3-5 2006 at MBARI
- 42 participants, from NASA, NMFS, NESDIS, NOS
- 5 projects developed that will be funded by NASA
- R&O funded travel costs for all NOAA participants

**Funding by NOAA’s R&O project**

## Cornell Summer Class on Satellite Data 

**Cornell Summer Class on Satellite Data **

- 2 week course taught by Bruce Monger, aimed at giving biological oceanographers and marine biologists the training needed to make easy and effective use of the available satellite data sets.
- 4 scholarships awarded to NMFS participants to attend the course (June 2-17, 2006).
- In FY07 will try to secure 6 scholarships (one per NMFS science center).
- Course is entirely IDL-based.

**Funding by NOAA’s R&O project**

## NMFS R&O FY07 Projects?

**NMFS R&O FY07 Projects?**

**Satellite data training****	****• scholarships (6) to 2-week Cornell class****	****• another 3-day satellite course Mar 26-30, 2007**

**Other Ideas???....**
**feel free to contact me at cara.wilson@noaa.gov**

- Dependent upon NOAA’s R&O project receiving another congressional earmark

**Fundamental objective:**
**Provide NOAA the capability to transition NASA satellite ocean measurements into operational products for the user community**

## Future Special Session 

**Future Special ****Session **

**Special Session on *****Satellite Applications in Fisheries and Ocean Management ***
**AFS Annual Meeting **
**San Francisco, CA, Sept. 2–6 2007 **
**or **
**ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting**
**Orlando, FL, March 2–7 2008**

## Agenda

**Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006 Morning**
- COAS Classroom, 193 Burt Hall
**  ****8:30****	****Introduction to the course - logistics and objectives*****Cara Wilson***
**  ****9:00 ****	****Overview of ocean remote sensing and IR specifics and applications*****Ted Strub***
**10:00****	****Break**
**10:15****	****Visible, ocean color specifics and applications*****Peter Strutton***
**10:45****	****Passive and active microwave: ****SST, altimetry, scatterometry specifics and applications*****Dudley Chelton***
**12:00****	****Satellite applications within Fisheries and Marine Sanctuaries*****Cara Wilson***
**12:30****	****Lunch (on your own) **
**  ****2:00****	****Lab, 210 Wilkinson Hall  **

**NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course**** **