U S IOOS National Glider Network Zdenka Willis

® U. S. IOOS National Glider Network Zdenka Willis Director, US IOOS Program Office 1

U. S. IOOS: Program Overview WHO WHAT Observation Data Management Modeling & Analysis Research & Development Education WHERE Global Coastal (EEZ to tidal waters) WHY: 7 Societal Goals, 1 System Predictions of climate change and weather Safety and efficiency of maritime operations Forecasts of natural hazards Improve homeland security Minimize public health risks Protect and restore healthy coastal ecosystems Sustain living marine resources Enables Decision making and Science 2

US Efforts • Navy: 150 Gliders Operational; Glider Operation Center, Naval Oceanographic Office • Office of Naval Research: Research efforts through University partners: Rutgers, Scripps, University of Washington • NOAA: 2 offices (NCCOS, Climate Observation Division) fund university partners; Scripps, MOTE, USF • US IOOS Program Office (in NOAA); funding data management effort, national glider plan, and IOOS Regional Associations • NSF: Ocean Observatory Initiative and other University Partners, primarily WHOI and University of Washington • Environmental Prediction Agency: Funding US IOOSMARACOOS • NASA: Calibration of Aquarius satellite; university partners • BOEM: Supports US-IOOS AOOS/University of Alaska glider operations; also some Gulf of Mexico work 3

Why IOOS: A Growing Enterprise Summary of Glider Days for 2008 -2012 Glider-days of data collected annually by glider operators. (Glider-day = 1 glider in the water collecting data for 1 day) 4007 Glider-days completed outside of the EEZ 890 Glider-days supported by IOOS PO 349 2009 4739 1132 337 2010 4944 1329 990 2011 5740 1663 772 2012 6292 1793 715 6807 3163 Year 2008 – 2012 Totals 25722 * Glider Days provided with support from Federal Agencies including NSF, ONR, NOAA, EPA, state and local governments and private foundations. 4

Glider Missions Climate/Ecosystem/Fisheries Management/Water Quality HAB Cal. COFI The So. Cal Niño Index Hurricane Forecasting Fish Tracking Response to Oil Spill Deep Water Horizon Alaska 5

National Science Foundation – Ocean Observatories Initiative Coastal Node Gliders 6

HMS Challenger Mission Rutgers Plan for the Challenger Mission: International Education Program for Sustained at-Sea Robotic Global Omni-Presence Slibo – Drifter Challenger – back in action Rutgers University/IOOS Partner 7

National Glider Network Where are Gliders deployed today! V 1 Comments being Adjudicated 8

Data Management • Will stand up a DAC in 2013 • National standards to ease exchange of data from regional glider operators • Real-time distribution • Quality control • Archiving 9

Data Management Efforts • Net. CDF file format: – – • • GROOM/EGO; IMOS; IOOS - similar completely harmonizing is achievable IOOS optimized for web services distribution via THREDDS Data Server Trajectory CF Discrete Sampling Geometry – a must for IOOS baseline IOOS is also working Trajectory. Profile Discrete Sampling Geometry. Proposal: Volunteers from each of the major groups to harmonize the file formats where possible GTS Distribution – IOOS formed working group to address a BUFR template – Funding NDBC to write encoding software for GTS distribution in two phases: 1) net. CDF to TESAC (the older Traditional ASCII Code form which is set to expire 2014) 2) BUFR based on a TBD template created by the JCOMM Task Team on Table Driven Codes – Derrick is a member of TT-TDC and has asked the Chair, Dave Berry from Southampton Oceanography Centre to consider Gliders as a top priority. – Bob Keeley, former head of JCOMM Data Management Programme Area and TT-TDC is on contract to NOAA/CPO/COD and COD has agreed to lending some of Bob’s time for consultation and advice • Proposal: Request commitment to this effort and participation. Require interfacing the IMOS/GROOM/IOOS and the GTS responsible nodes at the national weather services (Bo. M/UKMET/NDBC respectively). 10

Glider Integration is Possible “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things … and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. ” Opportunity to forge a new path by harmonizing our data efforts 11