Southern California Bight – February 23 - March 5, 2018
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P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, S. Jana, C. Kulkarni, J. Coulin, C. Mirabito, A. Gupta, W.H. Ali, A. Dutt MSEAS |
T. Peacock, C.M. Royo, A. Rzeznik, R. Supekar MIT ENDLab |
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Center for Ocean Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Deep Sea Mining Project Main Page
The PLUMEX 2018 Deep-Sea-Mining Real-Time Sea Experiment occurs in the Southern California Bight region from February 23 to March 5, 2018.
Our MIT-MSEAS group specific objectives for PLUMEX are to: (i) forecast the regional multi-resolution ocean fields and their probability, using our MIT-MSEAS PE modeling system and ESSE methodology; (ii) utilize these fields and our Lagrangian methods to forecast plume flow maps, Lagrangian transports, and coherent sets, and their associated uncertainties; and (iii) provide quantitative guidance on ocean dynamics, optimal sediment plume deployments, and optimal adaptive sampling. We thank all of the PLUMEX team members for their inputs and collaboration.
This research is sponsored by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative.
Real-time MSEAS Forecasting
- MSEAS Ocean Forecasts
Real-Time Forecast Estimates of Present (06 Mar 1800Z) Environmental Conditions Gulf of Santa Catalina (GSC) Domain (0.5 km resolution, Implicit-2-way Nested) Off San Diego GSC Southern Section (0.5 km resolution) 0m Temperature 2m Vorticity 140m Temperature 140m Velocity 140m Temperature Temperature Salinity 
Southern California (SC) Domain (1.5 km resolution, Implicit-2-way Nested) San Clemente Island California Current Section (1.5 km resolution) 0m Temperature 2m Vorticity 140m Temperature 140m Velocity 140m Temperature Temperature Salinity 
Nowcast and Forecast Products
with dynamics descriptionsAnalyses and Forecasts Issued On February 2018 March 2018 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 Ocean Physics Horizontal Maps Central Forecast X X X X X X X X X X X Plumes Area Central Forecast X X X X X X X X Operational Vertical Section Central Forecast X X X X X X X X X X X Sediment Transport and
Coherent StructuresHorizontal Maps Central Forecast X X X X X X 3D Maps Central Forecast X X X X - MSEAS-processed atmospheric forcing flux forecasts:
NCEP NAM 3km February/March 2018 Daily average wind stress, E-P, heat flux, and SW Radiation MSEAS-processed NCEP Flux Forecast snapshot plots X X X X X X X X X X X Forecast snapshot plots 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5
- HF Radar data:
HF Radar February/March 2018 Velocity Snapshots 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 24-hour Average Velocity X X X X X X X X X X X - Latest SST Images (processed from NASA JPL)
- Bathymetry and Model Domain
- Additional information
- Current position of R/V Sally Ride
Acknowledgements: We thank Matthew Alford from Scripps for his close collaboration in this project, and his group and Scripps personnel for providing CTD, ADCP, and plume data from R/V Sally Ride. We thank our partners from Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for their collaboration. We wish to thank Matthew Pyle, Eric Rogers, Geoff DiMego, and Arun Chawla of NCEP for help and support for atmospheric forcing data, NOAA for supplying buoy data, NASA JPL for supplying SST data, and the Coastal Observing Research and Development Center (CORDC) and Scripps for supplying HF Radar data.
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Data sources
- Ocean synoptic
- The Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)
- National Data Buoy Center Real-Time & historical data from moored buoy & C-MAN stations
- California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)
- Ocean historical/climatological
- NOAA/NOS tidal elevation stations
- CO-OPS current station data (historical)
- The Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP)
- Data sets & products NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
- World Ocean Database (WOD)
- Atmospheric forcing
- Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Real-Time Forecasts
- National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) products:
- North American Model (NAM) (3 km resolution):
- Navy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) products:
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