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GLERL 2005 Milestone Reports
< GLERL 2005 Milestone main page
GOAL: Ecosystem
Scientist: Dr. Stephen B. Brandt (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood.
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM1: Extent of ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems explored, mapped, characterized, and inventoried and publicly available.
OAR Performance Measure: Increase number of near-real time aquatic observation systems in regional ecosystems to adequately assess the Environmental Conditions.
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone: Development of a Universal, High Speed Buoy System for Coastal Observations. Complete the development of a buoy data acquisition, transmission and deployment system that can be used operationally for Coastal Observations. Demonstrate real-time data access and display and system integration advantages made possible with a wireless internet buoy design. (Stephen Brandt and Steven Ruberg, GLERL)
Purpose: Provide real-time, continuous observations of physical, chemical, and biological parameters during the 2005 International Field Years on Lake Erie (IFYLE) program field season and provide a web-based display of environmental parameters.
Efforts and Results (to date): The high-bandwidth buoy network deployed in support of the IFYLE program provided real-time, continuous observations of physical, chemical, and biological parameters during the 2005 field season. The system is currently being used to provide a web-based display of environmental parameters affecting the onset of hypoxia in the central basin of Lake Erie. With the present configuration, the buoy network can provide ecological model initial conditions and model validation. Real-time observation systems were deployed at two sites in western and central Lake Erie during 2005 providing operational observations in support of NWS marine forecasts and scientific data for the IFYLE program and other Lake Erie environmental research programs. All observing system data is currently displayed on a website at www.noaa.glerl.gov/obs. GLERL received funding for two additional buoys in 2005 under the NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program. The wireless internet-based GLERL design was transitioned to the University of Michigan Space Physics Research Lab for further development and assembly. The buoys were deployed at the Lake Erie central basin observing system node in September 2005 where they are currently being integrated into the observing system network. The Ohio State University’s Supercomputing Center is currently developing a real-time, environmental database management system providing access to IOOS data by researchers, managers, and the public. The high-bandwidth system is currently operating at a data rate of up to 2 Megabits/s and a range of 15 miles.
Customer(s): NWS marine forecasters, IFYLE researchers, and the public
Cause Factors (if milestone not met):
N/A
Revised Completion Date (if milestone not met):
N/A
Last updated: 2005-10-07 mbl