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The global need for sustainable development has never been greater. Solutions to provide food, water, energy and economic security to a growing global population that is increasingly coastal will necessarily involve the ocean. Every coastal country should be able to monitor their own waters, share their data as appropriate, and respond to actionable forecasts and information that supports a sustainable...
The new and emerging use of Slocum gliders in oceanographic data collection has brought about a progressive new way to record in-situ oceanic data. This piece of technology has been used by the Rutgers University Department of Marine Science through over 400 deployments, including a deployment during Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012. Data being collected during this deployment was done by Slocum...
18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive state-level estimates of disease burden and risk factors over time. Such comprehensive estimates have not been available so far for all major diseases and risk factors...
Japan has entered the era of super-ageing and advanced health transition, which is increasingly putting pressure on the sustainability of its health system. The level and pace of this health transition might vary across regions within Japan and concern is growing about increasing regional variations in disease burden. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015)...
A paper was presented at OCEANS '15 on a new way of increasing the resiliency of a High Frequency radar network through the use of bistatic measurements. This was modeled on the Mid Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) High Frequency Radar network. The bistatic operating system is a recent feature of the SeaSonde HF radar. The bistatic capability is a viable way...
A paper was presented at OCEANS'12 by the authors on a similar topic. The original paper was more of a formulation of ideas for automated quality control of HF radar data with only a listing of potential tests. This paper lays out the framework for the quality assurance methods and quality control tests for the entire data processing chain. The paper also synthesizes a number of papers that have been...
Ocean Environmental data is a key component utilized by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) when developing and executing a search and rescue mission. The Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) became operational with the USCG in 2007 and is the main tool for developing search and rescue mission plans. This tool utilizes environmental data (wind, ocean currents, etc.) to estimate the...
Integrated ocean observations from Hurricane Irene (2011) reveal widespread and significant ahead-of-eye cooling (at least 5°C and up to 11°C) as it crossed the seasonally stratified continental shelf of the Mid-Atlantic Bight of North America. Buoys and gliders deployed in the storm allow the detailed evolution of the surface temperature to be examined at select points, revealing 76%–94% of the total...
Mitigating and adapting to climate change while the global human population continues its projected growth will be the dominant choice challenge confronting the present generation of undergraduates over their professional lifetimes. Today's students should be prepared to develop solutions that will involve the sea, but life-changing at-sea research experiences for undergraduates are limited. The rapid...
The Slocum Glider is an instrument of efficiency and getting more out of less. When looking at getting the most distance out of a single battery, it is important to consider many different variables. Horizontal speed and flight path planning can both play a part in being able to achieve flight across ocean basins. With the ability to change a glider's velocity, a pilot could determine the quickest...
In July 2014, BOEM issued the NJ Proposed Sale Notice of nearly 344,000 acres designated for offshore wind (OSW) energy development. The BOEM lease auction is expected to take place during the current year. The OSW developer(s) who win the lease(s) will submit their development application to the NJ Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU). These applications must include a wind resource assessment and...
Operating remote platforms such as gliders in extreme events will continue to provide insightful measurements and observations. In parallel advancement, sensor development and integration will bring new sensors to AUV's that will help scientists answer questions they didn't have the means to observe prior.
The Mid Atlantic Bight continental shelf has one of the largest summer temperature gradients in the world, with near bottom temperatures below 8C and peak surface temperatures over 28C. This is largely due to the summer Cold Pool, remnant winter water that is generated on the northern MAB and transported southward along the continental shelf in spring and early summer. During tropical cyclones that...
Oceanic forecast models are imperative to understand the Earth's ocean. Current oceanic forecasts assimilate satellite sea surface height and temperature data along with temperature and salinity profiles from Argo networks of over 3000 drifters. Even though assimilation of these datasets are reliable, they have limitations because areas that provide critical data to ocean forecast models are often...
Ocean wave conditions impact many ways in which humans interact with the ocean, from the safety of recreation at the beach to the viability of offshore operations. Wave conditions are also topical from a research perspective, controlling processes such as coastal erosion and ocean mixing. Therefore, being able to characterize wave conditions on broad spatiotemporal scales is extremely valuable. A...
Underwater autonomous gliders have transitioned from exotic experimental systems to becoming a standard platform capable of collecting data over a critical range of spatial and temporal scales in the ocean. The data are proving to be extremely valuable for addressing a wide range of basic and applied research questions. These communities are growing from distributed research and/or education groups...
Increasing the resiliency of High Frequency radar measurements has been a priority within the community for the past several years. One method to increase resiliency is through the use of a bistatic radar configuration, which is unique to the SeaSonde HF radar. This is achieved by separating the transmit and receive stations and then linking them through the Global Positioning System (GPS) reference...
The Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) is operated in 26 regions of the United States including New York/New Jersey Harbor. This system provides observations and predictions of water level, currents, salinity and meteorological parameters that are used by mariners to safely navigate the coastal waters. HF radar surface current measurements are a new data product available in three of...
High frequency (HF) radar networks are operated in different regions around the world for use in monitoring ocean surface currents and coastal wind dynamics. These networks are individually composed of multiple HF radar surface current monitoring systems, each installed at a different coastal research site. The data derived from these networks is used to study coastal currents, offshore wind, oil...
The ephemeral nature of sea breeze makes it a challenging phenomenon to study. The sea breeze is an important wind resource that could potentially be harnessed to enhance coastal wind energy development. It is also an important force in coastal ocean dynamics and warrants further study. It would be convenient and inexpensive to study the sea breeze with HF radar, over broad spatial and temporal scales,...
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