Prince William Sound Field Experiment 2009

what's happening RIGHT NOW?
our ocean data portal

Go to the Ocean Portal to see the latest ocean, wind and weather forecasts. These forecasts are based on AOOS data being collected right now using a suite of new platforms.

User's Guide for the Portal

model nowcasts and forecasts

access field experiment data
in near real time

sound predictions and google earth

google earth visualization in prince william sound

Check out the new Google Earth product developed by Applied Science Associates (ASA) using real-time ocean data from Sound Predictions.

Open the link using Google Earth and zoom into Prince William Sound.

See wind speed and ocean current forecasts from several data sources, and drifter simulations using model data compared to data from real drifters.

Improving Our Ability to Observe and Forecast Changes in Alaska’s Oceans

July 19-August 3, 2009

What went on in the Sound?

Read the Summer 2009 Newsletter featuring the Field Experiment

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Scenes relating to the Field Experiment and its applications. Please contact us for photo credit information.

We deployed drifting buoys throughout the Sound to measure the speed and direction of surface currents, and to measure how well the model predicts ocean conditions.

We followed the tracks of buoys that mimic Coast Guard Search and Rescue targets and oil spill trajectories.

We deployed autonomous vehicles to collect data as they flew and swam the Sound.

Sound Predictions is an Alaska Ocean Observing System project with multiple partners, without whom this work would not be possible. See list of partners

Field experiment data were uploaded in near real-time, thanks to the efforts of the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab.