Events & Activities
This is a compilation of recent and upcoming Knowledge Transfer activities and events of relevance to the CMOP community.
1. Ocean-observing systems. Various CMOP investigators participate actively in national and regional planning for ocean observing systems under development by NSF (ORION) and NOAA (IOOS, NANOOS, ORCOOS, and PACCOOS). Investigators involved in these activities include Antonio Baptista, Jack Barth, David Martin, Bruce Howe, Mike Kosro, and David Maier. Two major proposals that will significantly expand CMOP's involvement in these activities are under consideration or in development: a partnership with MBARI for the ORION Cyberinfrastructure Implementing Organization (PI: James Bellingham) and a partnership with NANOOS for Regional IOOS Development (PI: David Martin).
2. ELCIRC-SELFE Users Group. CMOP investigators Antonio Baptista and Y. Joseph Zhang have led the development of ELCIRC and SELFE, unstructured-grid computer models for 3D simulation of circulation and transport in natural water bodies. An ELCIRC-SELFE users group has convened annually since 2004. Institutions represented in recent meetings include: Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC; Portugal); National Taiwan University (Taiwan); Naval Research Laboratory; NOAA Coast Survey Development Laboratory; North Carolina State University; Texas Water Development Board; University of Maine; and Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
3. Scientific advisory service. Antonio Baptista currently participates in 2 scientific advisory activities: the Scientific Advisory Board of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program and the COMPASS planning committee for the workshop "Developing the Scientific Underpinnings of Ecosystem-based Management in Oregon: Fostering Communication and Collaboration among Marine Scientists."
4. SWAP radio network for UNOLS vessels. Research staff from OHSU and OSU have contributed to an informal national effort to develop a SWAP radio network that supports internet access for scientists on board UNOLS vessels cruising in coastal waters.
5. CMOP maintains a website for free public distribution of ELCIRC and SELFE (see Item #2 above) and supporting software tools (e.g., grid optimization and visualization). Contact baptista@stccmop.org.
6. CMOP has initiated discussions of collaboration opportunities with 2 of its industry partners: Intel Corporation and WET Labs. CMOP is also in discussions with a potentially new industry partner: The Boeing Company.
7. Collaborations with OHSU have for the last decade led to the publication by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries of pioneering tsunami inundation maps for coastal Oregon to be used by coastal planners for emergency response purposes. The science and rationale behind inundation maps - based on a new definition of risk - were developed, with publication of the maps expected soon.
8. Collaboration between OHSU and NOAA have led to the development of salmon physical habitat opportunity indices for the Columbia River estuary. Natural resource managers have adopted those habitat opportunity indices as a tool for evaluating management alternatives. CMOP scientists and students have developed the science and rationale behind a potential method to forecast Smolt-to-Adult Ratios (SAR) for salmon, based on physical characteristics of the Columbia River plume. The method, which is now undergoing peer review, would, if effective, allow improvement of SAR by time management of smolt releases from upstream of the first dam in the Columbia River.
9. In collaboration with WET Labs, CMOP will be announcing one undergraduate internship for 2007-8. Contact greenv@stccmop.org
10. CMOP scientists have undertaken a variety of research projects, including:
(a) Ocean observing systems. Various CMOP investigators participate actively in national and regional planning for ocean observing systems under development by NSF (ORION) and NOAA (IOOS, NANOOS, ORCOOS and PACCOOS). Investigators involved in these activities include Antonio Baptista, Jack Barth, David Martin, Bruce Howe, Mike Kosro and David Maier. Two major proposals that will significantly expand CMOP's involvement in these activities are under consideration or in development: a partnership with MBARI for the ORION Cyberinfrastructure Implementing Organization (PI: James Bellingham) and a partnership with NANOOS for Regional IOOS Development (PI: David Martin).
(b) Survival of juvenile salmon in the Columbia River plume. Various CMOP investigators are collaborating with NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center to determine how out-migrating juveniles of threatened and endangered salmon stocks are using the Columbia River plume as habitat.
(c) Salmon habitat in the Columbia River estuary. Various CMOP investigators are collaborating with NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center and the Portland District of the US Army Corps of Engineers to improve scientific understanding of salmon habitat needs and challenges in the Columbia River estuary.
(d) Operational forecasts for the Columbia River estuary and plume. Antonio Baptista and Y. Joseph Zhang are collaborating with NOAA's Coast Survey Development Lab to assess the feasibility of transitioning CMOP's forecasting capability in the lower Columbia River to NOAA for operational use.
(e) Evaluation of ELCIRC and SELFE for Texas estuaries. Y. Joseph Zhang is collaborating with the Texas Water Development Board to evaluate the suitability of ELCIRC and SELFE (described above) for routine use in Texas estuaries.
See also Publications.
- Seminars
Reading groups: Coastal Margin Observatories
Please let us know your suggestions for Knowledge Transfer activities and events by emailing CMOP at: Suggest Additions.