PO11A:
Advances in Operational Oceanography: Modeling, Product Services, and Skill Assessment I


Session ID#: 9560

Session Description:
Real-time marine forecasting products based on numerical ocean models have being widely used by a variety of applications ranging from guiding maritime transportation, planning recreational activities, and supporting hazard and emergency responses. Advances in observation technology, modeling and assimilation capabilities, probabilistic techniques, and visualization tools have made marine forecasts more reliable, dissemination more timely, and products more user friendly. This session will provide a forum for real-time applications of ocean forecasting based on hydrodynamic, ecological, and/or integrated land-air-ocean-wave coupled modeling systems. Abstracts from the following key areas are encouraged: (1) real-time maritime applications and products employing new techniques; (2) tools and metrics for forecast performance; (3) probabilistic forecasts for observation network and decision risk assessment; (4) advances in product visualization; (5) challenges in maintaining and improving real-time systems; (6) transitioning research to operations. This session will promote discussions on research requirements to meet the operational needs of real-time ocean forecasting and product improvements.
Primary Chair:  Andrea C Mask, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Chairs:  Aijun Zhang, NOAA, NOS/CO-OPS, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Avichal Mehra, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States and Charlie N. Barron, Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Moderators:  Andrea C Mask, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Avichal Mehra, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Avichal Mehra, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States and Andrea C Mask, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Index Terms:

1910 Data assimilation, integration and fusion [INFORMATICS]
1922 Forecasting [INFORMATICS]
4255 Numerical modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4564 Tsunamis and storm surges [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems
  • OD - Ocean Observing and Data Management

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

PO11A-01
Overview of Operational Global Ocean Forecasting at the Naval Oceanographic Office (92196)
David Alvin Rosenfield, NAVOCEANO, Ocean Prediction, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
PO11A-02
The Use of the Regional Navy Coastal Ocean Model (RNCOM) by the US Navy in Operational Oceanography (92104)
Jeffery Todd Rayburn, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
PO11A-03
Verification and Validation of COAMPS: Results from a Fully-Coupled Air/Sea/Wave Modeling System (88792)
Travis Smith1, Richard Arthur Allard2, Timothy J Campbell3, Philip Y Chu3, James Dykes3, Luis Zamudio4, Sue Chen5 and Sasa Gabersek5, (1)Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (5)Naval Research Lab Monterey, Marine Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States
PO11A-04
National Plan to Expand NOS’ Operational Modeling Capabilities (87544)
Aijun Zhang and Patrick Burke, NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS, Silver Spring, MD, United States
PO11A-05
A Real-Time California Coastal Ocean Nowcast/Forecast System: Skill Assessment, User Products, and Transition from Research to Operations (92498)
John D Farrara1, Yi Chao1, Fei Chai2 and Hongchun Zhang3, (1)Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
PO11A-06
Surface Current Skill Assessment of Global and Regional forecast models. (89503)
Arthur Addoms Allen, US Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue, New London, CT, United States
PO11A-07
Validation and Inter-comparison Against Observations of GODAE Ocean View Ocean Prediction Systems (92154)
Jinshan Xu1, Fraser J M Davidson1, Gregory C Smith2, Youyu Lu3, Fabrice Hernandez4, Charly Regnier5, Marie Drevillon5, Andrew Ryan6, Matthew Martin6, Todd D Spindler7, Gary B Brassington8 and Peter R Oke9, (1)Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John's, NF, Canada, (2)Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (3)Bedford Inst of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, (4)IRD/Mercator Ocean, Ramonville St Agne, France, (5)Mercator Océan, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, (6)Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, (7)IMSG, College Park, MD, United States, (8)Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (9)CSIRO, Hobart, Tasmania, SA, Australia
PO11A-08
Scientific assessment of accuracy, skill and reliability of ocean probabilistic forecast products. (90106)
Mozheng Wei, John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Clark David Rowley, John C. Stennis Space Center, Oceanography Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Charlie N. Barron, Naval Research Laboratory SSC, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Patrick J Hogan, John C. Stennis Space Center, Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
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