FOO 2023 - Forum for Operational Oceanography

Overview

The 2023 Forum for Operational Oceanography will be focussed on new developments and partnerships in operational oceanography.

Keynote speakers include:
Jonathan Barratt (CelsiusPro) who will provide the community with an insurance industry perspective on opportunities to help marine industries mange risks associated with significant/extreme events.

Alex Held (CSIRO) who will outline progress with the AquaWatch mission and the benefits that will flow for marine operations from developing a water quality/HAB forecasting capability.

Dr Claire Spillman is a Principal Research Scientist and leads the Seasonal and Marine Applications Team in Research at the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. Her current research is focused on seasonal forecasting for marine applications, particularly marine heatwave prediction, coastal hazards, and reef, aquaculture and fisheries management.The inaugural meeting of The Australian Forum for Operational Oceanography (FOO) was held in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21-23 July 2015.

Keynote

Parametric Insurance in the Blue Economy: A Pathway to Sustainability

Jonathan Barratt, CelsiusPro

Session 1: Innovations to understand Climate Risk

Session Chair: Jessica Benthuysen

When a Severe Tropical Cyclone comes knocking at the gate, hope for the best, but prepare for the worst!

Ben Hunt, Pilbara Ports Authority

Leveraging Predictive Tools for Effective Maritime Emergency Response: Case Studies from AMSA

Giovanna Lorenzin, Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Marine heatwaves – forecasting to enhance industry resilience

Alistair Hobday, CSIRO

A deep learning model for forecasting global monthly mean sea surface temperature anomalies

Ming Feng, CSIRO

Keynote

Operational seasonal prediction services to support marine end user decision making Insurance in the Blue Economy: A Pathway to Sustainability

Claire Spillman, Bureau of Meteorology

Session 2: Evolution of wave and current data and their application in operational oceanography

Session Chair: Diana Greenslade

Mapping sea surface currents using areal imagery is operational oceanography?

Albert Zulberti, The University of Western Australia

Two decades of surface current observations using drifters

Charitha Pattiaratchi, The University of Western Australia

Investigating Data Assimilation Methodologies for Improved Swell Prediction Accuracy

Marzieh H. Derkani, The University of Western Australia

Surface Waves Working Group update

Salman Saeed Khan, CSIRO

Session 3: New developments promoting operation oceanography

Session Chair: Helen Beggs

ANCOMS of capabilities under consideration – ocean circulation, sea state and weather, climate, atmosphere and ecosystems

Emlyn Jones, CSIRO

Connecting land and sea: developing coastal research infrastructure for Australia

Michelle Heupel, IMOS

A Shared Environmental Analytics Facility for Cockburn Sound

Luke Twomey, WAMSI

A global to port scale operational wave forecast with a focus on Australia and New Zealand coasts

Henrique Rapizo, MetOcean Solutions

Next generation techniques for high resolution coastal modelling

Ivica Janekovic, The University of Western Australia

A Patchwork of Potentiality: Developing a global network of uncrewed surface vehicles for the Global Ocean Observing System

Ruth Patterson, Elysium EPL

Development of a real-time HAB detection and forecasting system in South Australia’s seafood capital

Mark Doubell, SARDI

Session 4: Updates and lessons from existing operational partnerships

Session Chair: Edward King

Regional And Coastal Oceanography Experiences From Talisman Sabre 2023 a Severe Tropical Cyclone comes knocking at the gate, hope for the best, but prepare for the worst!

Vanessa Hernaman, CSIRO

Advances in Bureau’s ocean forecasting services

Gary Brassington, Bureau Bluelink Team

The CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas 2022: a new marine climatology for Australia

Rebecca Cowley, CSIRO

SWOT

Benoit Legresy & Gabriela Semolini-Pilo, CSIRO

The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre: Overview

Marcus Haward, Blue Economy CRC and University of Tasmania

Keynote

Developing AquaWatch

Alex Held, CSIRO Spillman, Bureau of Meteorology

Session 5: Updates and lessons from existing operation partnerships (Continued)

Session Chair: Nicole Jones

Fishing for ocean data – An industry and IMOS partnership

Veronique Lago & Moninya Roughan, UNSW Zulberti, The University of Western Australia

Using stochastic models to improve predictions of internal tide-driven currents and temperature

MD Rayson, The University of Western Australia

Introducing a high-resolution south-eastern Australia coastal ocean forecast (SEA-COFS) using advanced data assimilation

Colette Kerry & Moninya Roughan, UNSW

Roadmap for Operational Wave Modelling at the Bureau of Meteorology

Stefan Zieger, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Argo Australia – Achievements and outlook

Gabriela Semolini-Pilo

Session 6: Data Stewardship

Session Chair: David Antoine

From the Ocean to the Cloud – Now and the Future of capabilities under consideration – ocean circulation, sea state and weather, climate, atmosphere and ecosystems

Mark Rehbein, IMOS

AusSeabed

Iain Parnum, CMST

New ocean remote sensing products and opportunities for operational oceanography

Helen Beggs, Bureau of Meteorology

Data sharing – opportunities and pitfalls

Greg Williams, RPS MetOcean