FOO 2019
The third Forum for Operational Oceanography was held on the 15-16 October 2019, at the Pullman Albert Park Melbourne.
The program had two major themes, with the following topic areas:
- Opportunities for operational oceanography to drive the development of Australian marine industries
- Next generation ocean remote sensing
- In situ ocean observing, especially near real time
- Ocean modelling and forecasting
- Big ocean data
- Marine renewable energy
- Risks to Australian marine industries and the role of operational oceanography in helping to manage them
- Climate risks
- Operational uncertainties (e.g. swell, wind waves, internal waves, surface currents)
FOO 2019 was sponsored by these organisations
Theme 1 – The Australian Forum for Operational Oceanography
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FOO Surface Waves Working Group – current activities and future plans
Mark Hemer, CSIRO
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15 priorities for wind-waves research
Diana Greenslade, Bureau of Meteorology
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FOO Surface Currents Working Group – current activities and future plans
Craig Longmuir, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)
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Overview of Forum activities since FOO 2017
Tim Moltmann, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Theme 2 – Opportunities for operational oceanography
to drive the development of Australian marine industries
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The UK ocean prediction community
John Siddorn, UK Met Office
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NERA’s oceanography products
Tim Duff, National Energy Resources Australia (NERA)
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The Wave Climate of the Southern Ocean
Qingxiang Liu, University of Melbourne
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The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission: Opportunities and challenges
Shane Keating, University of New South Wales
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Ocean Current: New opportunities in satellite SST
Madeleine Cahill, CSIRO
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Operational Oceanography in support of marine traffic
Roger Proctor, Tidetech
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Precise positioning for the maritime sector
Anna Riddell, Geoscience Australia (GA)
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New Generation of Wave Forecast Models, Made in Australia
Alexander Babinin, University of Melbourne
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The Blue Economy CRC
Irene Penesis, University of Tasmania
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Measuring waves and winds from Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV)
Ryan Carlon, Liquid Robotics
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Using machine learning to improve operational wave forecasts
Jeff Hansen, University of Western Australia
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Evaluation of a machine learning framework to forecast storm surge
Daryl Metters, Queensland Department of Environment and Science
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Critical Thresholds for Data Sharing on the North West Shelf of Australia
Greg Williams, RPS MetOcean
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The feasibility of tidal energy within Australia’s future energy mix
Irene Penesis, University of Tasmania
Theme 3 – Risks to Australian marine industries and the
role of operational oceanography in helping to manage them
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Application of oceanography and meteorology to improve design and operation of offshore and onshore structures – what next?
Jim Stear, Chevron/ International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
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Design Tropical Cyclone Wind and Waves for North Western Australia
Jeff Kepert, Bureau of Meteorology
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Integrating physical and statistical models: a Bayesian approach to predictive uncertainty quantification of solitons
Edwards Cripps, University of Western Australia
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Innovative Wave Transformation Algorithm for Improved Short-term Wave Forecasting
Sean Garber, Baird Australia
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Using ocean models for safety and mission success in an operational environment: a Navy perspective
Joanne Haynes, Department of Defence
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The development of the New Zealand Ocean Operational Forecast System
Joao Marcos Azevedo Correia de Souza, MetOcean Solutions (NZ)
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Bluelink ocean forecasting session (combined presentation)
Edward King, CSIRO
Barbra Parker, Department of Defence
Gary Brassington, Bureau of Meteorology
David Griffin, Matthew Chamberlain and Uwe Rosebrock, CSIRO
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Management of climate risks to Australia’s blue economy
David Karoly, NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub
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Using seasonal forecasting to manage impacts of extreme ocean temperatures on marine industries
Clair Spillman, Bureau of Meteorology
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Operational products supporting the future management of the Great Barrier Reef
Richard Brinkman, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Sea state verification
Frans Schlack, Pilbara Ports Authority
Resources from Talks
Theme 1: The Australian Forum for Operational Oceanography
Surface Waves Working Group
Information on the FOO Surface Waves Working Group and membership: https://www.foo.org.au/priorities/surfacewaves/
Paper: Greenslade et al 15 priorities for wind-waves research: An Australian perspective: https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0262.1
Surface Currents Working Group
Information on the FOO Surface Currents Working Group and membership: https://www.foo.org.au/priorities/surfacecurrents/
Theme 2: Opportunities for operational oceanography to drive the development of Australian marine industries
John Siddorn - The UK ocean prediction community
National Partnership for Ocean Prediction: http://oceanprediction.org/
Tim Duff - NERA's oceanography products
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) Website: https://www.nera.org.au/
Qingxiang Liu - The Wave Climate of the Southern Ocean
Bababin et al Waves and Swells in High Wind and Extreme Fetches, Measurements in the Southern Ocean: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00361/full
Shane Keating - The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission: Opportunities and challenges
AuSWOT website: https://auswot.org/
MANTAS (MApping oceaN Topography at Submesoscales) Consultation Paper information (open for consultation): https://auswot.org/activities/
Madeleine Cahill - IMOS OceanCurrent: New opportunities in satellite SST
IMOS OceanCurrent website: http://oceancurrent.imos.org.au/
Anna Riddell - Precise positioning for the maritime sector
Positioning Australia website: https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/positioning-navigation/positioning-australia
Irene Penesis - University of Tasmania
Blue Economy CRC website: https://blueeconomycrc.com.au/
The Australian Tidal Energy (AUSTEn) project - http://www.austen.org.au
Theme 3: Risks to Australian marine industries and the role of operational oceanography in helping to manage them
Jim Stear - Chevron/ International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
IOGP - Our Future Climate - https://www.iogp.org/our-future-climate/
Joanne Haynes - Department of Defence; and the Bluelink Team
Bluelink - https://wp.csiro.au/bluelink/
Joao Marcos Azevedo Correia de Souza - MetOcean Solutions (NZ)
O'Callaghan et al Developing an Integrated Ocean Observing System for New Zealand
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00143/full
New Zealand Ocean Data Network - https://nzodn.nz/
David Karoly - NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub
IPCC Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere - https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/home/
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