OpenIOOS.org produces several provisional products available to scientists, coastal managers, and other end users 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:

Wave Forecast -

• WaveWatch3 wave model 48-hour forecast. Model and observed buoy-data comparison is available.

Water-level forecasts -

• ADCIRC water-level model 84-hour forecast. Model and observed tide- station data comparison is available.
• ELCIRC water-level model 72-hour forecast for the Chesapeake Bay.

Additionally, real-time data-integration demonstrations are available with data from ocean observing systems throughout the United States :

• Sea surface temperature map
• Sensor Observation Services

When the National Hurricane Center issues a Forecast Advisory for a severe storm, OpenIOOS.org automatically generates and continuously updates animation of the storm track in the Wave and Water-level forecast products. Forecast to observed data comparisons are available. Historic data on select past storms is also available from 2005 to the present season.

Click on images to view historic data on past storms (including tracks, storm details, wave height and water level).

OOSTethys is a grassroots community initiative led by SURA and MMI partners. It is an open-source, software development and SOA implementation effort to advance the “system of systems” concept for ocean sciences. The OOSTethys partners are engaging in an OGC Interoperability Exeriment called “OCEANS IE”.

Sample implementations of the OOSTethys SOS services can be viewed on OpenIOOS.org:

• SOS - Google maps
• SOS - Mapserver

Visit OOSTethys.org for more information on the project.

SCOOP infrastructure has been used by partners throughout the East Coast to build prototype decision support tools:

GoMOOS produces Coastal Flooding and Erosion Tool using SCOOP WW3 and ADCIRC models. This is a prototype of integrated data forecasts for water level and wave height to predict flooding and splash-over events.