Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

Dr. Yonggang Liu is a physical oceanographer expertized in coastal ocean circulation patterns, dynamics, and interactions, previously in the Asian Marginal Seas & the Northeast Pacific coasts, and presently in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (West Florida Shelf). He diagnoses ocean processes by integrating various types of oceanographic data obtained from coastal ocean observing systems, satellites, and numerical models, and develops and applies novel data analysis methods in meteorology and oceanography. He is also interested in applying oceanography to environmental issues of societal importance, such as modelling the trajectories of the Deep water Horizon oil spill and the red tide. Heather Kerkering is the Director of the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS), overseeing operations of the largest region in the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Ms. Kerkering holds a Masters in Environmental Management from Duke University and a B.A. in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia. In 2005, she launched the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. In her decade with ocean observing systems, she has participated in numerous regional, national, and international initiatives. She has been an active Board member of the IOOS Association since 2005. Dr. Robert H. Weisberg is a physical oceanographer engaged in ocean circulation and ocean atmosphere interaction studies in the tropics, on continental shelves, and in estuaries. His research presently emphasizes the West Florida Shelf and the interactions that occur between the shelf and the deep ocean and between the shelf and the estuaries. Through his Ocean Circulation Group he maintains a coordinated program of real-time, in-situ measurements, analyses, and numerical circulation models aimed at describing and understanding the processes that determine WFS water properties. Applications include harmful algal blooms, fisheries, hurricane storm surge, waves and other topics of societal concern, most recently the tracking of oil spilled from the Deep water Horizon well.

• Preface1. Introduction to Coastal Ocean Observing Systems: Advances and Syntheses2. National Ocean Observing Systems in a Global Context3. The Importance of Federal and Regional Partnerships in Coastal Observing4. Basic Tenets for Coastal Ocean Ecosystems Monitoring5. The Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms through Ocean Observing: The Development of the Caifornia Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring and Alert Program6. Sustained Ocean Observing Along the Coast of Southeastern Australia: NSW-IMOS 2007-20147. Projeto Azul: Operational Ocean Observation and Forecasts in an Active Oil and Gas area of Southeastern Brazil8. Zooplankton Data from High-Frequency Coastal Transects: Enriching the Contributions of Ocean Observing Systems to Ecosystem-based Management in the Northern California Current9. The IMOS Ocean Radar Facility, ACORN10. How Are High Resolution Wave Observations and HF Radar Derived Surface Currents Critical to Decision-Making for Maritime Operations?11. Observing Frontal Instabilities of the Florida Current Using High Frequency Radar12. Fine Scale Tidal and Subtidal Variability of an Upwelling Influenced Bay as Measured by the Mexican High Frequency Radar Observing System13. Effect of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Noise Energy on WERA Performance Using the "Listen Before Talk" Adaptive Noise Procedure on the West Florida Shelf 14. Ocean Remote Sensing Using X-band Shipborne Nautical Radar - Applications in Eastern Canada15. Estimating Nearshore Bathymetry from X-band Radar Data16. Wind, Wave and Current retrieval utilizing X-Band Marine Radars17. Glider Salinity Correction for Unpumped CTD Sensors Across a Sharp Thermocline18. Sensors for Ocean Observing: The Optical Phytoplankton Discriminator19. Observing System Impacts on Estimates of California Current Transport20. Assimilation of HF Radar Observations in the Chesapeake-Delaware Bay Using the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) and the Four Dimensional Variational (4DVAR) Method21. System-Wide Monitoring Program of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System: Research to Address Coastal Management Issues22. Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Observing Systems in Support of Science to Inform Decision Making: Case Studies for the Southeast23. One System, Many Societal Benefits: An Efficient, Cost-effective Ocean Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico