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An Innovative Coastal Ocean

Observing Network (ICON)

PROGRAM ELEMENTS

Sea Surface Temperature

Ocean Color / Productivity

Surface Currents

Subsurface Currents

IUSS Reutilization

Meteorology

Ocean Forecasting

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ABOUT THE FIGURE:

This figure shows the elements of the observational array to be deployed during the ICON field program. The view is offshore Monterey Bay, with the various equipment locations overlaid on a satellite sea surface temperature image from the Advanced

1. Surface current vectors from the CODAR HF radar systems are shown

2. M1-M4 indicate the locations of the four surface buoy measuring current, marine optics, temperature and salinity, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric pressure.

3. The heavy black line is the boundary of the high-resolution numerical model domain to be used for assimilating the surface current vectors and other information.

4. The larger scale (NRL) model includes the entire west coast.