Coastal Services Center

Central and Northern California Projects

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Regional System for Observations and Decision Support in Central and Northern California Bays and Coastal Waters

Date project initiated: October 1, 2007

Principal Investigator:
John L. Largier
Bodega Marine Laboratory
University of California Davis
PO Box 247
Bodega Bay, CA 94923
(707) 875-1930
jlargier@ucdavis.edu

Brief project summary:
The project will develop the Central and Northern Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) in open and semi-enclosed bays in the region including San Francisco Bay, Monterey Bay, Bodega Bay, Humboldt Bay, and Morro Bay. The focus will be on water temperature and salinity and relating these changing conditions to ecosystem and human health. This effort will link with state-sponsored HF-radar mapping of surface currents and numerical modeling of San Francisco and Monterey Bays and also the Gulf of Farallones. The temperature and salinity data will be the basis of specific decision-support indices directed toward harmful algal blooms, contamination, and integrated ecosystem assessment.

 

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