Advancing Gulf of Mexico Operational Forecasting with Application to Fisheries, Industry Safety, and Natural Hazards (GOFFISH)
Sponsor: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Collaborators
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada: Julio Sheinbaum, Sheila Natalí Estrada Allis, Karina Jimenez Mendez, Julien Jouanno
Florida A&M University: Steve Morey (Co-Principal Investigator)
Florida State University: Eric Chassignet (Lead Principal Investigator), Alexandra Bozec, Dmitry Dukhovskoy, Luna Hiron, Philippe Miron, Alan Wallcraft, Olmo Zavala-Romero
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Pierre Lermusiaux, Kyprianos Gkirgkis, Pat Haley, Chris Mirabito
North Carolina State University: Ruoying He (Co-Principal Investigator), Nabi Allahdadi, Nazanin Chaichitehrani, Peter Hamilton, Joseph Zambon, Haibo Zong
Scripps Institute of Oceanography: Bruce Cornuelle, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
University of California, Santa Cruz: Andrew Moore
University of Rhode Island: Kathleen Donohue, D. Randolph Watts, Aryan Safaie
University of South Carolina: Subrahmanyam Bulusu, Kate Seikel
Chevron: James Stear
Fugro: Grant Stuart, Ben Williams
Tendral: Ashwanth Srinivasan
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL): Gregg Jacobs, Clark Rowley, Prasad Thoppil, Corinne B. Trott
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Derrick Snowden, Pat Burke, Mandy Karnauskas, Hyun-Sook Kim, Matthieu Le Hénaff (University of Miami/CIMAS - NOAA/AOML), Avichal Mehra, Shachak Pe'eri
Funding Period
February 2022 - January 2027
Description
This project aims to achieve measurable and significant improvements in short- to medium-range (1- to 10-day), subseasonal, and long-range (3- to 6-month) prediction skill of sustained continuous operational forecasts of Gulf of Mexico ocean dynamics.
Project outcomes will support maritime industry safety by reducing risks associated with offshore oil and gas exploration and production, as well as enhancing fisheries management and hurricane/natural hazards forecasting. The GOFFISH Consortium will implement enhancements to established and next-generation GoM forecast systems operated by the U.S. Navy and NOAA, improvements in model utilization of observational data, and development of specific forecast products targeted toward end users in industry.
The GOFFISH Consortium, hosted by Florida State University’s Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS), draws upon the diverse expertise of 23 highly qualified investigators from 11 participating institutions, integrating partners from academia, the private sector, and the federal government.
Results
Work is in progress.
Project website: https://goffish.org/
