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Ocean Observing in Newfoundland &
Labrador- Some Practical
Applications
Ocean Observing in Newfoundland &
Labrador- Some Practical
ApplicationsMaritime Collaboration Summit
Nov 18, 2009 – San Diego
Government of CanadaNational Fisheries Aerial Surveillance ProgramGovernment of CanadaNational Fisheries Aerial Surveillance Program
• General:– Private sector maritime surveillance
program– Complete, turn-key service– Delivered by Provincial Aerospace Ltd.– 24/7/365 operations– 8,000 airborne maritime surveillance hours
per year– Many countries use private sector
companies to create or augment maritime domestic enforcement presence
• Major Mission Equipment:– Multimode military radar– Gyrostabilized forward looking infrared– Tactical data management system– Real time SATCOM/Swiftbroadband– Nighttime ship identification– 6-pairs of mark-II human eyeballs
• Missions:– Fisheries, pollution, illegal migration,
search & rescue, counter narcotics, sovereignty, support to military operations, etc.
Ice & Environmental MonitoringNorth Atlantic Oil Production and Exploration IndustryIce & Environmental MonitoringNorth Atlantic Oil Production and Exploration Industry
• Background:– Exploration and production activities
conducted in ice infested waters (pack ice and icebergs)
– Significant threat to safety at sea operations
• Provincial Aerospace Ltd. Provides:– Program comprises ice detection,
mapping, reporting and management– Fixed wing ice reconnaissance
services using special missions configured aircraft
– Missions executed on a daily basis during the ice season (March – June)
– Ice management includes tracking, drift prediction and where necessary towing/deflection
– Also includes site specific weather forecasting and observations, all tracked electronically
Polar View – Satellite–based Ice ObservationPolar View – Satellite–based Ice Observation
More than 80 partners from 16 countries
Program ManagerC-CORE
Euro- Russian Arctic Node
Manager: met.no
North American Node
Manager: C-CORE Baltic NodeManager: FMI
Antarctic NodeManager: BAS
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Estonia
France
Finland
Germany
Iceland
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Russia
United Kingdom
USA
Funded mainly through ESA,Managed by C-CORE
WWW.POLARVIEW.ORGWWW.POLARVIEW.ORG
ServicesSafetyShippingOffshore operationsHunting and fishing
Water and EnvironmentWater resources managementFlood forecastingHydropower managementPollution transport
Adapting to Climate ChangeShippingOffshore operationsHunting and fishingWater resources managementFlood forecastingHydropower management
User ConcernsSea Ice and IcebergsHigh-resolution ice chartsMedium-resolution ice chartsSea ice thickness chartsIce forecastsFloe edge mapsIceberg detection reportsGlobal sea ice products
River and Lake IceIce classification mapsIce cover change mapsAnnotated imageryIce conditions historyFreeze-up/melt-onset timing
Glaciers and SnowGlacier facies maps Mass-balance modelling reportGlacier velocity mapsSnow cover mapsSnow water equivalent
Applied Ocean Observation supporting
‘Better Information….Better Decisions’
The SmartBay Vision The SmartBay Vision
“Simple access by all stakeholders to data and information in support of effective
management and sustainable development of coastal ocean areas and the safety and
security of life at sea.”
or simply put:
Better Information….Better Decisions
Why Placentia Bay?Why Placentia Bay?
• Economic importance– Year round activity– Fishery, oil and gas, transportation, tourism, new
heavy industry proposed and under development. – 2nd to Vancouver in value of goods shipped– Over 500 fishing enterprises
• Environmental sensitivity– Brander-Smith Report (1990), Transport Canada
(2008)– 30+ years without a major incident– 1200 tanker movements/yr. – 320 Mbbls
• Rapidly becoming the Province’s industrial heartland
– Location of choice for new heavy industry
Photo: Newfoundland LNG LimitedPhoto: Newfoundland LNG Limited
90 x125 kms
Fundamentals of SmartBay
Fundamentals of SmartBay
• Access to static and dynamic/real time data from a variety of sources
• Focus on applications of the technology• Outputs must be readily accessible and practical
– in other words useful to all potential end users • Applications from research to practical
Better Information….Better Decisions
Value Added ProductsValue Added Products
• General weather synopsis
• High Resolution forecasts for areas of interest
– SmartBay is the first commercial application of the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) hi-res. forecast model in Canada
• Prediction of wind, waves, air, sea temperature, precipitation, icing potential
To come
• Current circulation model
• Spill trajectory modeling
Catalyst for Ocean Innovation Catalyst for Ocean Innovation
•Test-bed and demo. site for new technologies – buoys can accommodate additional instrumentation
•Data source for other commercial and R&D initiatives
•An operational ‘laboratory’ supporting innovation and training through applied R&D with industry, government and academia
www.SmartBay.ca