Monitoring for Restoration Ocean Leadership 2012 Public Policy Forum
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Monitoring for Restoration Ocean Leadership 2012 Public Policy Forum The Science of Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Restoration W. C. Boicourt University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory
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Monitoring for
Restoration
Ocean Leadership2012 Public Policy Forum
The Science of Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Restoration
W. C. BoicourtUniversity of Maryland
Center for Environmental ScienceHorn Point Laboratory
Monitoring for
Restoration
Ocean Leadership2012 Public Policy Forum
The Science of Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Restoration
W. C. BoicourtUniversity of Maryland
Center for Environmental ScienceHorn Point Laboratory
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Monitoring For a Purpose: Restoration
To track and adapt restoration efforts To justify costs and show progress
toward goal Science crucial to the outcome
Efficiency and Effectiveness: do it smarter
Continual Information in the presence of short-term variability
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How do we do it? Ensure science is integral component
Sentinel Measurements Analysis
Provide continual assessment and updates even in a highly variable system
Exploit New Technology Satellites Robots Models
Share the load
Example: Dead Zone: 2010
N. Rabalais
Fisheries
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Fisheries
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Richardson et al., 2009
Dead Zone: Chesapeake BayDissolved Oxygen
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800
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Maximum Sustained Wind Speed (10m)
NHC Best TrackNHC ForecastWarm SST (RTG only)
Date
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d S
peed (
kts
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RU-WRF Atmospheric Forecast Model
Example: Hurricanes
NOAA
Example: Oil Spill
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Monitoring For a Purpose: Restoration
To track and adapt restoration efforts To justify costs and show progress
toward goal Science crucial to the outcome
Efficiency and Effectiveness: do it smarter
Continual Information in the presence of short-term variability
Cooperative Enterprise
