Appendix A
Workshop Agenda

DAY 1: OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS

JULY 9, 2024

9:00 - 9:05

Welcome

• Kelly Oskvig, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

9:05

Workshop Introduction

Set the stage, review major themes, findings, and recommendations from the report, share major goals of the workshop.

• How do wind farms affect these processes?
• What do we need to measure and what do we need to model?
• How do wind farms affect right whales?
• What key processes drive aggregation of zooplankton?

Eileen Hofmann, Old Dominion University

9:30

Welcome from the Sponsor

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will provide a few thoughts on the workshop and what would be most helpful to BOEM going forward.

• Thomas Kilpatrick, BOEM

Part 1: Observational Needs

Goal: Identify the parameters that need to be measured at the turbine and wind energy area (WEA) scales, specifically what oceanographic and atmospheric parameters the modelers need and at what resolution to resolve key physical and ecological processes.

9:40 - 10:45 AM

Existing or Planned Observations at Turbine and WEA Scales

What are the existing and planned oceanographic observations at the turbine and WEA scales in the Nantucket Shoals region? In this session we seek to highlight what data are currently being collected, where do the data go, what data can be shared, and potential opportunities for long-term monitoring partnerships.

Presenters:

• Jake Kritzer and Cameron Thompson, Northeastern Regional Association of Coast Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)
• Douglas Nowacek, Wildlife and Offshore Wind
• Elizabeth Marsjanik, Vineyard Wind, and Laura Morse, JASCO Applied Sciences

11:00 - 12:30

Observational Needs Breakout Groups

Break into two groups. One will map out physical and ecological observational needs at the turbine scale; the other will map out observational needs at the WEA scale.

Facilitators:

• Jeffrey Carpenter, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (Turbine Scale)
• Josh Kohut, Rutgers University (WEA Scale)

1:30 - 3:00

Observational Needs Breakout Groups Continued

The group mapping out observational needs at the turbine scale will switch to map out observational needs at the WEA scale and vice versa.

Facilitators:

• Jeffrey Carpenter, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (turbine scale)
• Josh Kohut, Rutgers University (WEA scale)

3:30 - 4:00

Breakout Group Synthesis

Return to breakout groups to synthesize observation needs across the turbine and WEA scales.

4:00 - 5:15

Synthesis and Convergence

Breakout groups report out and in full session, identify the suite of observational needs to fulfill the report recommendations.

Moderator:

• Eileen Hofmann, Old Dominion University

5:15 - 5:30

Wrap Up and Prep for Day 2

• Kelly Oskvig, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

DAY 2 - MEETING OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS

JULY 10, 2024

9:00 - 9:15

Introduction and Recap of Day 1

Goals: review major themes, findings, and recommendations from the previous day and set the stage for Day 2, exploring field monitoring components that will provide the right data at the right scale to realize the study recommendations.

Part 2: Components to a Field Monitoring Program

Goals: Define specific components to a field monitoring program at the turbine and WEA scales needed for assimilation into models that will resolve key physical and ecological features and thus improve understanding of potential effects of the wind development on Nantucket Shoals ecology, including on the North Atlantic right whale.

9:15 - 10:45

Field Monitoring Program Breakout Group

Break into two groups. One will map out field monitoring components to meet the observational needs at the turbine scale; the other will map out field monitoring components to meet the observational needs at the WEA scale.

Facilitators:

• Jim Chen, Northeastern University (turbine scale)
• Kaustubha Raghukumar, Integral Consulting (WEA scale)

11:00 - 12:30

Field Monitoring Program Breakout Group Continued

Similar to day 1, groups switch scales

Facilitators:

• Jim Chen, Northeastern University (turbine scale)
• Kaustubha Raghukumar, Integral Consulting (WEA scale)

1:30 - 2:00

Breakout Group Synthesis

2:00 - 3:00

Synthesis and Convergence

Breakout groups report out and in full session, identify the field monitoring program needed to fulfill the report recommendations.

3:00 - 3:15

Meeting Wrap Up

• Kelly Oskvig, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

MEETING ADJOURNS

Workshop Participants:

• Jeffrey Carpenter, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
• Changsheng Chen, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• Jim Chen, Northeastern University
• Paula Fratantoni, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Yoko Furukawa, BOEM
• Glen Gawarkiewicz, Woods Hole Oceanic Institution (WHOI)
• Eileen Hofmann, Old Dominion University
• Brian Hooker, BOEM
• Tom Johnson, DHI Water & Environment Inc.
• Thomas Kilpatrick, BOEM
• Anthony Kirincich, WHOI
• Josh Kohut, Rutgers University
• Jake Kritzer, NERACOOS
• Pak Leung, Shell
• Elizabeth Marsjanik, Vineyard Offshore
• Charles (Stormy) Mayo, Center for Coastal Studies
• Jacqueline (Jack) McSweeney, Stony Brook University
• Travis Miles, Rutgers University
• Laura Morse, JASCO Applied Sciences
• Douglas Nowacek, Duke University
• Chris Orphanides, NOAA
• Kaustubha Raghukumar, Integral Consulting Inc.
• Grace Saba, Rutgers University
• Cameron Thompson, NERACOOS
• Lesley Thorne, Stony Brook University
• Travis Washington, BOEM
• Tim White, BOEM
• Ben Williams, Fugro

Workshop Staff:

• Darryl Acker-Carter, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• Kelly Oskvig, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• Safah Wyne, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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