FOO 2019
Overview
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
Presentations
Theme 1 – The Australian Forum for Operational Oceanography
Theme 2 – Opportunities for operational oceanography
to drive the development of Australian marine industries
The UK ocean prediction community of capabilities under consideration – ocean circulation, sea state and weather, climate, atmosphere and ecosystems
NERA’s oceanography products
The Wave Climate of the Southern Ocean
The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission: Opportunities and challenges
Ocean Current: New opportunities in satellite SST
Operational Oceanography in support of marine traffic
Precise positioning for the maritime sector
New Generation of Wave Forecast Models, Made in Australia UK ocean prediction community of capabilities under consideration – ocean circulation, sea state and weather, climate, atmosphere and ecosystems
The Blue Economy CRC
Measuring waves and winds from Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV)
Using machine learning to improve operational wave forecasts
Evaluation of a machine learning framework to forecast storm surge
Critical Thresholds for Data Sharing on the North West Shelf of Australia
The feasibility of tidal energy within Australia’s future energy mix
Theme 3 – Risks to Australian marine industries and the
role of operational oceanography in helping to manage them
Application of oceanography and meteorology to improve design and operation of offshore and onshore structures – what next? of capabilities under consideration – ocean circulation, sea state and weather, climate, atmosphere and ecosystems
Design Tropical Cyclone Wind and Waves for North Western Australia
Integrating physical and statistical models: a Bayesian approach to predictive uncertainty quantification of solitons
Innovative Wave Transformation Algorithm for Improved Short-term Wave Forecasting
Using ocean models for safety and mission success in an operational environment: a Navy perspective
The development of the New Zealand Ocean Operational Forecast System
Bluelink ocean forecasting session (combined presentation) of capabilities under consideration – ocean circulation, sea state and weather, climate, atmosphere and ecosystems
Management of climate risks to Australia’s blue economy
Using seasonal forecasting to manage impacts of extreme ocean temperatures on marine industries
Operational products supporting the future management of the Great Barrier Reef
Sea state verification
Looking Ahead
Citing This Work
If you would like to use any of the above, please use the following information:
[author/s], presentation at the Forum for Operational Oceanography (15 – 16 October, 2019) at the Pullman, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia.
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/