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Tsunami Evacuation Mobile App Update
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NANOOS released a major update of its Tsunami evacuation smartphone app (NVS-TsunamiEvac) for both iOS and Android. The new version receives push notifications from the National Tsunami Warning Center that may include information statements on distant earthquakes, tsunami advisories, watches, or warnings. With notifications enabled the messages are pushed directly to your phone.
These improvements are important for local residents and visitors to the Pacific Northwest coast concerning potential distant tsunami threats. But always remember, for local tsunami threats from a local earthquake, long-duration (3-5 minutes) earthquake shaking will be your only warning.
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NANOOS is pleased to present the JISAO Seasonal Coastal Ocean Prediction of the Ecosystem (J-SCOPE) experimental April-initialized forecast for the 2020 upwelling season. This forecast for Washington and Oregon coastal waters is referenced by state and tribal resource managers, who worked with J-SCOPE partners on its development.
According to the forecast, bottom oxygen is projected to be lower than normal in Washington and Oregon shelf waters over the upwelling season and throughout the fall, and bottom aragonite saturation state, Ω, indicating ocean acidification conditions, is forecast to be undersaturated throughout the upwelling season with the exception of supersaturated conditions in shallow coastal regions of Washington early in the upwelling season.
J-SCOPE, a partnership led by Dr. Samantha Siedlecki (U Conn), is funded by NOAA OAP and MAPP and presented by NANOOS.
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After a 3-month COVID-19 related delay, the OOI Endurance Array cruise sailed on July 3, 2020 on the RV Thompson. During the cruise, moorings that were deployed in Fall 2019 were recovered and replaced with moorings that include newly calibrated sensors. These moorings will be recovered and replaced again in Spring 2021. Data are available through OOI and on NVS. Follow the Endurance Array team on Instagram.
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On 2-4 July, a team from UW redeployed the Cha'ba mooring and NEMO moorings off the coast of La Push, WA, from the R/V Robertson. Data are available in near real-time on NVS
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Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Endurance Array glider data collected along the Newport Hydrographic Line (44.65°N, 124.5-128°W) are now available for 2019 through early 2020 via a new NVS glider app. The app includes figures showing temperature, salinity, and bio-chemical data for individual east-west transects as well as links to the IOOS Glider DAC where users can download these data.
This collaboration between OOI and NANOOS builds upon previous work to include near real-time OOI mooring observations in the NVS Data Explorer.
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The Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) recently deployed a wave buoy in northern Washington waters, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), a NANOOS member, to monitor sediment transport around the Elwha River and Port Angeles. This will be a much welcome asset to the region for many applications.
Important to coastal navigators and planners, CDIP buoys measure wave height, period, and peak direction, as well as water temperature. Data from this asset and other CDIP buoys are available via NVS.
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| NANOOS Welcomes CRITFC as Observing System Partner |
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NANOOS is pleased to announce the transfer of operations for the Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction (CMOP) from the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC). CRITFC, a NANOOS member, will continue to provide long-term Columbia River estuary observations, forecast modeling, and data management services for application to fisheries management, shipping, aquaculture, weather forecasts, public utilities, and search-and-rescue to make operational decisions.
CRITFC coordinates fisheries policy and technical services for the Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla, and Nez Perce tribes. Former CMOP Director Antonio Baptista notes, "...the tribes are in an outstanding position to expand and bring a centuries-long perspective to what we started decades ago."
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