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Partnerships: IOOS delivers on its promise, through unmanned systems and more Gerhard Kuska IOOS Association MARACOOS (Mid-Atlantic IOOS)

Overview 1. Background 2. IOOS and unmanned systems 3. The right tool for the right job: Why is IOOS a useful construct for partnering? 4. Opportunities

The promise of partnership 2004 Final Report of the US Commission on Ocean Policy - Ch.26 – Achieving a sustained Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOs) - Promote strong partnerships through IOOS

Integrated Coastal Ocean Observing System (ICOOS) Act (P .L. No 111-11, March 2009) IOOS Overview Coastal Component 17 Federal agencies 11 regional associations Academia & Industry Global Component US contribution to GOOS 63% of the Global Climate Ocean Observing System completed Mission Areas Predicting Weather & Climate variability Support Safe & Efficient Transportation and Commerce Preparedness and Risk Reduction for Coastal Communities

Observing our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes IOOS Providing information to those who need it, when they need it Association • Non-federal umbrella organization for IOOS partners / regional associations • Advocacy • Coordination among regions • Common and Emerging Issues • Special Projects • It is an important partnership venue f IOOS

U.S. IOOS Enacted and President’s Budgets FY04-20

• 2005-06: Navy funded Glider Technology Centers Glider history and • 200x: IOOS Regional Associations provide glider observations and worked to advance the technology. IOOS partners • 2009: RU27: MARACOOS/Rutgers - Crossing the Atlantic • 2012: Held first national glider meeting • 2013: Established a National Glider Data Assembly Center (NGDAC) • 2014: Released a Glider Network White Paper • 2015: Established an IOOC Glider Task team • 2017: Established Underwater Glider User Group (UG 2 ) • 2019: Hosted International Glider Workshop

Certified National Network Why does it matter? All 11 regions have met the rigorous federal standards for governance and data management • National consistency while addressing unique and diverse regional needs • Ready access, and preserves data with transparency and documentation • Enhances efficient interagency coordination at the regional and national level

● National standard data format IOOS Glider DAC ● NDBC GTS Access ● NCEI Archive IOOS sponsors the glider Data ● QARTOD Manual Assembly Center for integrating and disseminating non-federal ● QA/QC tool data ● Delayed mode data upload tool Easy access to glider data for the entire nation All IOOS RAs are certified to the same data management standards as Federal Agencies https://gliders.ioos.us/

Glider Days by Year https://gliders.ioos.us/

Many themes to address stakeholder Climate/Ecosystem/Fisheries Management/Water Quality needs HABs Fish SoCal Niño CalCOFI Tracking Hypoxia Index Exercising Hurricane Forecasting the Response to Oil Spill Network Deep Water Alaska Horizon Offshore Wind

Examples of areas to fill gaps • Alaska - Marine mammals, fisheries • Northeast – Right whale, HABs • Great Lakes - HAB and hypoxia in Erie, SagBay and Green Bay • California - Marine heat waves and navigation, oil spill response, HABs and fisheries.

Glider partnerships Gliderpalooza 2014 through IOOS Group Gliders Demonstrating the 1 Memorial University 3 coordination / leveraging of 2 Dalhousie (OTN) 2 glider operations of multiple 3 Univ. of Maine 2 organizations with varying 4 Woods Hole Inst. 5 funding sources and missions 5 Univ. of Mass. Dartmouth 1 6 Teledyne Webb 3 7 NSF OOI 3 8 Rutgers Univ. 4 18 partner institutions 9 Univ. of Delaware 1 10 Univ. of Maryland 1 36 Gliders 11 VIMS 1 12 BIOS 1 Canada to the Gulf of Mexico 13 Skidiaway Inst 1 Summer through Fall 14 Mote Marine Lab 1 15 Univ of S. Florida 1 16 US. Navy 2 17 Univ. of Southern Miss. 1 18 Texas A&M 3 TOTAL: 36

Hurricane gliders IOOS-NOAA-Navy partnership Needs dictated by oceanographic features 4 IOOS RAs- Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Southeast and MidAtlantic NOAA AOML Objective is to improve ocean models to contribute to improved hurricane intensity forecasting

Advancing science as • Essential Ocean Features a benefit of Known to cause rapid intensification and de- ● operations intensification Occur close to populated and vulnerable coastlines ● Challenging for models to get right due to dynamic ● • Essential ocean features nature and limited observations Examples • Essential ocean processes Loop Current ● • Rapid intensification Atlantic Warm Pool ● • Rapid de-intensification Gulf Stream ● Mid-Atlantic Cold Pool ● • And there are still many unknowns to study, understand, and transition into operations

IOOS User Group Purpose: to strengthen international collaboration through community dialogue, exchanges of information, sharing of experiences, and development of best practices to support the glider community.

Education and workforce development • Undergraduate and graduate courses • Special summer courses • Interns/ Staff • Instilling in students/staff a culture of collaboration and partnering across institutions, disciplines, and regions

Why is IOOS • Partnership types and vehicles a useful construct • Providing UxS services and/or data for partnering? • R&D partnerships • Geographic considerations It is the right tool for the right job: • Communication and transparency • Agility, flexibility, and adaptability in partnerships • Entrepreneurial opportunities • Workforce development • CENOTE Act considerations • Setting and managing expectations for both partners

Opportunity: • Turn on the engine that is this consortium of The right tool at the groups that is: right time - Managing at the regional scale - Operating cost effectively - Demonstrating reliability and flexibility - Meeting federal standards - Nurturing relationships with local communities of stakeholders - Drawing in and leveraging the best experts across the country from academia, the private sector and government - Under the stewardship and guidance of NOAA

Opportunity areas - Operations - prepping, deploying, for partnering recovering underwater gliders - Working with the research community to transition new technology and services Develop and expansion is recommended in a number of - Serving as a testbed for innovating new areas: unmanned systems (primarily underwater gliders, but possibly also small aerial systems) - Testbed for new sensors - Data management - Operational support; for example, for models - Community of Practice - Education and workforce development - (And IOOS partners are strong research