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Technical Program
Real time monitoring and forecasts of:• Weather - surface ocean winds, air temperature,
visibility.• Oceanic conditions - currents, waves, temperature,
salinity, density.• Environmental quality - water clarity, turbidity,
nutrients, dissolved oxygen.• Ocean biology - algal biomass, productivity,
community structure.
A Cooperative Utility
Serves all of Gulf of Maine: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Including:• Marine industries• Research institutions• Government agencies• Educational institutions• Private companies• Nonprofits
MembershipResearch/Education:Bedford Institute of OceanographyBigelow Laboratory for Ocean ScienceDalhousie UniversityMaine Maritime AcademyRutgers UniversityUniversity of MaineUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of New EnglandUniversity of New HampshireUniversity of Rhode IslandWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marine Industry:Bath Iron WorksHorizon Marine, Inc.Maine Lobstermen AssociationPortland Pipe Line CorporationSatlanticAtlantic Pilotage AuthorityEastport Port AuthorityFederal Marine TerminalsPenobscot Bay & River Pilots Assn.RD InstrumentsSaint John Marine PilotsSaint John Port Authority Government:
Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesMaine State Planning OfficeMass. Coastal Zone ManagementMass. Water Resources AuthorityStellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Nonprofit:Gulf of Maine AquariumIsland InstituteNew England Aquarium
Maritime Shipping Industry
3,500 transits/year50 million tons
202,000 transit hours$43 million ops.
Each 1% savings in time =$500,000/yr
Commercial Fishing Industry
Time and safety
Av. value per fishing day = $4.1 million
“…I check for the official gale warnings, then go to the [GoMOOS] web site to see if the wind is actually blowing now. I can get a day’s work in…”--Scalloper from Stonington, Me.
Connecting Fisheries to Physical Environment
Aquaculture siting--dissolved oxygen--salinity--sea surface temp.--currents
Stock assessment--chlorophyll/productivity--circulation
Climate change
Oil Spill Contingency Planning, Prevention, and Recovery
Julie N – 180,000-gal. spill, Portland HarborSeptember 1996
Real-time Wind Waves Currents;Circulation models
US Coast Guard:
2nd largest user of GoMOOSweb site
6000 SAR missions/year500 saved lives28 lives lost/year
4% success rate after 2 hours1% inc. in SAR effectiveness = 6 additional saved lives/year
Search and Rescue
Wastewater Management
New Boston Harbor Outfall• Boundary conditionsfor nutrients• Dissolved oxygen
Helps meet costlymonitoring requirements
Alexandrium tamarence: Agent of paralytic shellfish poisoning (red tide)
Experimentaltechnologies
Future: Red Tidepredictive index
Photo credit: Larry Fritz
New Frontier for Resource Managers: Biological Observations
EstimatedAnnual Potential Benefits for 5 Sectors: GoMOOS
Search and rescue (lives saved)Oil spill mitigationEfficiencies in commerical fisheriesRecreational fishing daysMaritime transportation – vessel operating costs
$33+ million per year
Source: Kite-Powell and Colgan, 2001, for NOAA
Estimated Costs of a Regional Coastal OceanObserving System, based on GoMOOS Experience
Capitalization (over 2-3 years) +/- $12 million 10 – 13 buoy locations 4 CODAR units Prediction system Data management system
O&M +/- $4 million/yr.
Thanks! to Federal Agency Partners
Office of Naval Research – capitalization & technologyNavy METOC – wave model, customized weather forecastsNOAA – National Ocean Service – coastal applications Coastal Services Center – technical assistance NESDIS – satellites & data archive
National Weather Service – marine weather NMFS – fisheries data
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