Operational Oceanography

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Operational Oceanography
At CSIC_IMEDEA Prestige oil spill - data -
numerical models - data assimilation - spill
trajectories - feedback
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Goal of presentation

• - To review the activities carried out in
  physical oceanography due to the accident of the
  Prestige.
• -To summarize on going research at CSIC in
  operational oceanography

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Outline

• INTRODUCTION
• - Motivation
• - Operational Systems
• ACTIVITIES
• ON GOING RESEARCH
• SUMMARY

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Introduction

• MOTIVATION
• BENEFITS OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY
• - Fisheries
• - Marine rescue
• - Marine transport
• - Marine accidents oil slicks such as
  Prestige
• - Weather forecasts
• - Marine recreation activities
• - Water quality
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Introduction
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS

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CSIC Prestige Operational Activities at
CSIC_IMEDEA
Trajectories
Meteo
-Affected areas NOAA, SACLANTC
-Forecasts Harvard, IHP
Operations
Forecasts
Operational
Modeling
-Actions in affected areas SASEMAR
Forecasts
Data Fusion Center
-Real time modeling Harvard, IHP
-GIS, WEB CSIC
Data
Data
Data
Drifters
Overfligths
Cruise Data

• -T, S
• Real Time
• IEO-CSIC

-Lagrangian Information CSIC-Univ.Vigo -IHP
- Oil slick positioning SASEMAR
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On Going Research
Madrid, January 10th-2003

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On Going Research
Autonomous Ocean Observing Systems

Gliders AUVs
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DATA IEO input
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DATA CSIC (ICM, IIM, IMEDEA), UPC
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DATA ARCHIVE CSIC_IMEDEA GIS
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DATA oil slicks SASEMAR
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Results CSIC_IMEDEA
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Results CSIC_IMEDEA

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Summary
Operational Oceanography

DATA - Real Time Data-Initialization-
Assimilation - Database-bathimetry-climatology -
Quickly deployed ocean observing systems -
Satellite communications - Data fusion
MODELS - Forecasts of local wind fields -
Ocean-Atmosphere coupled models - Data
assimilation capabilities - Error prediction
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