Massachusetts & Rhode Island Coastal Ocean Observing System

(MARICOOS)

Inundation ModuleDESIGN WORKSHOP

Terms of Reference

Why Are We Here?

MACOORA SubMACOORA Sub--RegionalRegional

NY Bight

Massachusetts & Rhode Island Bays and Shelf (MARIBS)

Mid

Atlantic

Coastal

Ocean

Observatory

Regional

Association

IOOS-SNEB A Subregional Observatory proposed for

the Southern New England Bight

1. Dec. ‘02 organizational meeting2. Feb. ‘03 white paper completed3. Mar. 13, 2003, User Meeting 4. Mar. 31, 2003, Ocean.US Summit5. Apr. 22, 2003, COASTMAP Demo6. Late 2003 Propose Pilot Project

SNEB

GoMOOS

Timeline of Organizational Activities

Point of contact:Malcolm SpauldingOcean EngineeringUniversity of Rhode IslandNarragansett, RI 02882Tel: 401-874-6666, Fax: 401-874-6837Email: Spaulding@oce.uri.edu

PROSPECTUS Massachusetts and Rhode Island Coastal Ocean Observing System

Coastal Inundation Module Design Workshop Hosted by the

School for Marine Science and Technology University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

at the Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center

Fall River MA

14-15 September 2006 CONTEXT The Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bays & Shelf (MARIBS) workshop in March 2005was our effort to identify our particular environmental issues that could be integrated into the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (MACOORA) agenda1. In December 2005 MACOORA was officially incorporated and a Board of Directors was established. In anticipation of imminent congressional funding for the construction of aregional Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS), MACOORA is supporting initiatives to advance coastal ocean observing systempreparedness in its sub-regions. In parallel, a UMass Dartmouth/UMass Boston collaborative has received initial funding from the Massachusetts John Adams Innovation Institute to establish a Center ofExcellence in Applied Ocean Observation Systems. Given the highly integrated nature ofthe Massachusetts and Rhode Island coastal ocean, it is natural to think that collaborationbetween these two initiatives makes sense. Thus they have joined to support this workshop.

FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING FORWARD The Massachusetts/Rhode Island Region MARIBS sub-region needs to be positioned to benefit, in concert with other MACOORA sub-regions, from anticipated future funding. The design for a Massachusetts and Rhode Island Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARICOOS) is a first step toward that goal. Given the limited and fragmented funding presently available to build ocean observation systems, we must design a MARICOOS that is composed of modules; each one able to address one or more of the most pressing sub-regional information needs2. The strategy is to begin building a basic system with one or two of the modules – to show the feasibility for new real-time information now! __________ 1 -MARIBS 15 March 2005 Workshop Report at http://www.smast.umassd.edu/ARCHIVES-save/MARIB. 2 – White Paper entitled “Massachusetts and Rhode Island Bays & Shelf (MARIBS) Coastal Ocean Observing System Design Workshop(s)” at http://www.smast.umassd.edu/MARIB.

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Massachusetts and Rhode Island Coastal Ocean Observing System MARICOOS Coastal Inundation Module Design Workshop

14-15 September 2006

FORMAT

• Focus: Coastal Inundation • Goal: To design a Coastal Inundation Module for a

MARICOOS (that could be built with existing assets). • Participants: A group of invited academic, public and private sector

stakeholders • Location: UMassD Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center (ATMC)

Fall River, MA

MARICOOS MARICOOS WORKSHOP WORKSHOP

INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIONINSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATION• Applied Science Associates, Inc.• Benthos, Inc. • Harvard• John Adams Innovation Institute• MA Coastal Zone Management• Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, RI• NavOceano, Bay St. Louis• NOAA National Weather Service/Taunton• NOAA Coastal Service Center• NOAA/NMFS Woods Hole, MA• UMass Boston• UMass Dartmouth• URI• US Geological Survey, Woods Hole• WHOI• WHOI Sea Grant

Agenda

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Coastal Ocean Observing System Coastal Inundation Module Design Workshop

hosted by School for Marine Science and Technology

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth at the

Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center (ATMC) Fall River MA on

14 & 15 September 2006

Thursday September 14, 2006 8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast 9:00 - 9:20 Welcome Louis Petrovic - ATMC Director

Avijit Gangopadhyay - SMAST Interim Dean & PI UMass CoE David Chapman - MACOORA Exec. Director Robert Kispert - JAII Representative 9:20 -9:40 Workshop Terms of Reference W Brown 9:40 -10:00 Plenary Talk – A Problem

Hayden Frank (NOAA/NWS) “Coastal Flooding in Southern New England”

10:00-10:40 Plenary Talks – Regional Ocean Observing System Assets - I • Historic Data Bases

B. Butman (USGS) 'Sea floor maps and other geologic information' J. Manning (NMFS)

10:40-11:00 Break 11:00-12:30

• Real-Time Measurements J. Trowbridge (WHOI)

"Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory" • DA Coastal Ocean Modeling Systems

R. Beardsley (WHOI) W. Brown (UMassD) “A Real-Time System for Nowcasting and Forecasting the Gulf of Maine Regional Response to Storm Forcing”

A. Gangopadhyay (UMassD) “Synoptic Ocean Forecasting and Data Assimilation, a Feature-Oriented Perspective: 1997--2006.”

12:30-1:30pm LUNCH

1:30 – 3:00 Plenary Talks – Regional Ocean Observing System Assets - II

• Data & Information Mgt Systems M. Incze (NUWC) “NITES II: Integrating Environmental and Tactical Data for the Decision Maker

P. Cornillon (URI)

• Inundation Information Production/Distribution K. Knee (ASA Inc.)

“Towards an Integrated Production and Distribution System for Inundation Modeling”

• Analysis/Forecasting Centers M. Zhou (UMassB)

“Mass Bay Operational Prediction”

F. Bub (NAVOCEANO) "Operational Ocean Modeling at the Naval Oceanographic Office: A Perspective"

3:00 – 3:30 BREAK 3:30 – 3:45 MARICOOS/Inundation Framework W. Brown 3:45 – 5:30 Plenary Discussion - MARICOOS System Definition 5:30 -6:30 Reception followed by Dinner

White’s Restaurant (adjacent to the Hampton Inn) - Colonial Room

Friday September 15, 2006 8:30 - 9:00 Coffee & Continental Breakfast 9:00 – 10:00 MARICOOS System Definition Recap & Discussion

– Identification of Existing Information – Information Gaps

10:00-10:30 Break 10:30 – 12:00 Proto-MARICOOS Inundation Module Design

– using Existing Assets 12:00 -12:30 Wrap-up & Adjourn 12:30 Lunch

MARICOOS Coastal Inundation Module Design Workshop

The Context

W. S. Brown – (13 September 2006)

Existing Pre-Operational Components of a Prototype MARICOOS/Inundation Run by Workshop Participants: A. QUASI-OPERATIONAL MODEL SYSTEMS

(1) Massachusetts Bay Operational System - General Purpose 3-D (ECOM_SI) (2) GoMOOS - General Purpose 3-D (POM) (3) UMassD - Hourly Barotropic Sea Level Nowcast/Forecast (QUODDY) (4) UMassD - Regional Meteorology (MM5) (5) ??

B. OCEAN MODEL SYSTEMS

(1) FVCOM (2) HOPS (3) ROMS (4) ??

C. QUASI-OPERATIONAL DATA SERVICE SYSTEMS

(1) GoMOOS (2) SMAST A web site serving hourly QUODDY sea level maps. (3) UMassB (4) ??

BUT THERE IS MUCH TO DO! |

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MARICOOS Coastal Inundation Module Design Workshop

The Context

W. S. Brown – (13 September 2006)

A FEW OF THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE WE NEED TO INTEGRATE:

(1) Existing coastal ocean model systems with “upcoast” and offshore larger scale “operational” model systems, such as the finite element ADCIRC;

(2) Surface wave models, such as SWAN, with large-scale surface wave data product

and existing coastal ocean model systems; (???) (3) Real-time NOS/PORTS sea level information with existing systems to obtain real-

time sea level "ground truth"; (????) (4) High-resolution coastal topography seamlessly with an existing (accurate) high-

resolution ocean bathymetry; (USGS products ?)

(5) An adapted version of an existing information management system with the

model and data acquisition systems; NITES II; OPenDAP; GoMOOS (6) Designate a dedicated computer on which to run the system.

(MACOORA/SURA a high performance Dell workstation (with LINUX) that is called SVERDRUP - for starters).

WHAT ELSE?