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Title: The Coral Reef Early Warning System CREWS Network OARAOML


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The Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS)
Network (OAR/AOML)
NOAAs Coral Reef Conservation Program
A CREWS Station is a "smart" meteorological
and oceanographic monitoring platform installed
near coral reef areas, configured with artificial
intelligence software, to ensure the gathering of
high quality data and the eliciting of automated
alerts when specified environmental conditions
occur (e.g., those thought to be conducive to
coral bleaching) Part of NOAAs Coral Reef
Ecosystem Integrated Observing Systems (CREIOS)
effort to install up to 18 stations at all major
U.S. coral reef areas (Puerto Rico, USVI, Guam,
American Samoa, etc.) by 2010, as well as key
international research sites (e.g., Mexico,
Philippines, Australia, Zanzibar, Belize,
Jamaica, Bahamas, etc.)
Parameters measured Air temperature, wind
speed and direction, barometric pressure, PAR and
UVR above and below the water, sea temperature
and salinity (near-surface, near-bottom)
Optional Underwater Web cam, pCO2, fluorometry,
tide level, PAM-fluorometry, transmissometry,
nutrients, acoustic monitoring,, etc.)
...and information synthesis products
Automated surface-truth validation for NESDIS
satellite temperatures, coral bleaching alerts,
data quality alerts and matching patterns as
proscribed by biologists, oceanographers and the
public (fish invertebrate spawning, migration,
bloom conditions, good fishing and/or diving
conditions, etc.)
Contact Jim.Hendee_at_noaa.gov
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Raw and quality-controlled data are placed on a
database server for online retrieval.
The user chooses a station name, year and date
range, and parameters of interest. To retrieve
the data, the user presses the Submit button at
the bottom of the page.
The data are returned in a separate Web page.
Instructions are given at the bottom of the page
for saving in various formats.
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3-Dimensional Decision Table--Coral Bleaching
Expert System
The CREWS Inferencing System
Artificial intelligence software screens all
incoming data for proper ranges for time of day
and season of year, and for conditions conducive
to specific events, such as coral bleaching.
Tens of thousands of permutations of parameters
can be screened in near real-time, utilizing a
3-dimensional matrix as an environmental decision
support tool. Automated Web and email alerts of
the modeled (predicted) events allow researchers
to be on site for sampling and research of the
predicted event (e.g., coral bleaching).
marine environmental monitoring to support
research and marine sanctuary management
Contact Dr. Jim Hendee (Jim.Hendee_at_noaa.gov)
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Overview of the CREWS Project at
NOAA/OAR/AOML by James C. Hendee, Ph.D July 19,
2004 Integrated Surface Observing Systems (ISOS)
Meeting Asheville, NC   The mission of the Coral
Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) project,
managed by OAR/AOML, is to provide long-term
hourly data and information products, such as
predictions and alerts, from key U.S. and
important foreign coral reef areas for the
benefit of making informed decisions concerning
environmental management.  This of course is
right in line with NOAA's mission to monitor and
predict events in the marine and atmospheric
environment.   The key concern of coral reef
managers has been that there is no long-term
database of basic environmental parameters upon
which to make informed decisions.  The CREWS
Network is growing over the next decade to meet
this need for major areas that need management
decisions.  These areas include Puerto Rico, the
US Virgin Islands, the Florida Keys, the Hawaiian
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Marianas Islands, the Bahamas,
Jamaica, Belize, Mexico, the Philippines,
Austalia, Zanzibar and other areas.   The next
generation of the CREWS Network inferencing
software actually begins to provide a method for
truly integrating data from disparate data
sources, as long as those sources are connected
by the Internet.  The platform not only provides
a common locus for integration, but also makes
decisions on these data, utilizing powerful
artificial intelligence software.  This data
collection and inferencing software is currently
in use by most of the U.S. Government's most
critical decision makers  NASA, CIA, FBI, NSA,
NRO, DOD, FAA, USAF, USN, DOE, Joint Cheif's
Decision Support Group, etc.  We will begin using
this architecture for purposes of integrating
coral data from many Line Offices under NOAA's
new Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing
Systems (CREIOS) program.  This goal is of course
perfectly in line with the Integrated Ocean
Observing System (IOOS) mission, and can actually
serve as a good model under which that program
and the ISOS program can proceed.
marine environmental monitoring to support
research and marine sanctuary management
Contact Dr. Jim Hendee (Jim.Hendee_at_noaa.gov)
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