HR: 11:15h
AN: OS32A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Real-Time Distribution of Oil Platform
Ocean Current Data in the Gulf of Mexico
AU: * Conlee, D
EM: Don.Conlee@noaa.gov
AF: National Data Buoy Center, 1100 Balch Blvd, Stennis Space Ctr, MS 39529 United States
AU: Cooper, C
EM: CortCooper@chevrontexaco.com
AF: ChevronTexaco, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd, SanRamon, CA 94583 United States
AU: Lugo-Fernandez, A
EM: alexis.lugo.fernandez@mms.gov
AF: USDOI Minerals Management Service, 1201 Elmwood Parkway Blvd, New Orleans, LA United States
AB: The U.S. Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) has issued a Notice-to-Lessees (NTL) requiring operators in the Gulf of Mexico to monitor and report, via an open web site, current measurements on production platforms and drilling rigs operating in water depths greater than 400m. The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) will be receiving these observations and making them available via the NDBC website in much the same manner as observations from the predominantly academic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOS). The data will also be available in the originally submitted binary form. The data will come primarily from acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP), and will also be reformatted and inserted into the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). The timely availability of a significantly increased source of current profile data should open opportunities for advances in ocean analysis, forecasting, and other value-added products by all sectors of the oceanographic community for all interests in the Gulf of Mexico region. Industry (represented by the Offshore Operators Committee), MMS, and NDBC have established a working group to address the Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) of these observations. NDBC will initially perform limited range checks developed by the working group via automated algorithms. The updated details of this fast-developing reporting system and the initial QA/QC procedures will be given.
DE: 4200 OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL
DE: 4263 Ocean prediction
DE: 4500 OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly