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New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System

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Integrated system ofobserving

sensors andforecastmodels

TO OBSERVE

TO PREDICT

TO COMMUNICATEWeather

Currents

Water Level

Salinity

Temperature

Waves

Water Quality

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1967 2011

Bathymetry:

Over 1M soundings!

One high-resolution 3D model grid:150,680 water cells.

From 7.5km to

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A fully automated system of systems

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Model engine:

General Circulation Model dynamically coupled with Surface Wind-Wave model

Input forcing:

Tides (O+F)

Storm Surge (O+F)

Winds (O+F)

Waves (O+F)

Heating and Cooling (O+F)>200 Rivers and Streams (O+F)

Major Dischargers (H)

(O): Observed

(F): Forecasted(H): Historic

Prog

nostic variables:

Water level.

3D Temperature, Salinity, Currents.

Significant wave height and wave period. + Chromophoric CDOM WQ

NYHOPS Forecasts and MARACOOS observations in

Google Earth

What is forecast

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3D Transport and Diffusion of CDOM provided by NYHOPS forecasts.

Map by Google

Base Flow

BF

Treatment

Plants

Diffuse UV light attenuation,

normalized to incubation bottle

Passaic

Hackensack

Raritan

Hudson

NY

HARBOR

NYC

Compiled by Nickitas Georgas 2010

Model Output:

Allochthonous CDOM fluorescence and concentration

Labile DOC and DIC from CDOM photolysis

CDOM absorption at 355nm

Diffuse attenuation of downw. irradiance at 300nm

Allochthonous CDOM fluorescence

Allochthonous CDOM concentration (biomass)

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Surface currents in NY/NJ 3D Current profiles Wave Forecasts Tidal Hudson Currents/T/S/Sound Speed profiles

Static Data Download pages UUV/Shipborne Mobile data

Colored DOM Forecasts Acoustic Transmission Loss

Google Currents

Stevens Storm Surge Warning SystemOPENDAP/THREDDS ncWMS

NOAA HAZMAT GNOME feeds

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New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System

CURRENT APPLICATIONS

Collection and monitoring of water

parameters around the Lower HudsonRiver area.

Use with Passive Acoustics Diver

Tracker system.

Testing of autonomous control

algorithms and applied underwater

technology.

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NYHOPS in EDS/SAROPS

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IMTT Oil Spill Drill Bayonne, NJ, Sep 14 2010

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