Atlantic Canada Regional E-Navigation Report 2020

SFC Mariners’ Workshop, January 29, 2020, Montreal Capt. Andrew Rae, Co-Chair, Atlantic Region E-Navigation Committee Atlantic Region e-Navigation Committee Meets Twice Annually

2019 2020

. June 24, 2019, in Dartmouth, NS . Next meeting will be in Dartmouth this Spring . December 12, 2019, in St. John’s, NL Active E-Navigation Initiatives in Atlantic Canada

1. ECCC Demo Project for OPP (Canso and Bay of Fundy) 2. Demo Project (with CCG) AIS-ASM Air Gap Measurement Halifax Harbour Bridges - pending 3. Test Project (with Brizo) re: GNSS Tide Sensor (Halifax) - pending 4. Deploy 2 Brizo Wave Sensors (on navigation buoys in Halifax Harbour Approaches) – funding in-place 5. DeepSense Project (with Dalhousie University, Dept. of Computer Science) 6. Canadian Integrated Observing System (CIOOS) Project (with the Centre for Applied Ocean Technology at Marine Institute, Memorial University) Hurricane Dorian slammed Atlantic Canada on September 7 & 8, 2019 . ECCC Buoy recorded 17.5 metre maximum at Halifax Pilot Boarding Station. . SmartAtlantic Buoy operated by the Marine Institute at Port Aux Basques, NL recorded 30 metre maximum wave.

Source: CBC.ca www.SmartAtlantic.ca - Website Analytics

Hurricane Great Dorian Newfoundland Blizzard

75% of the New Users occur during severe events SmartAtlantic Buoys have Global Following The mayor of Bonavista (NL), John Norman, said waves were hitting the third floor of his home last night. gusts were recorded as high as 164 km/h. He told the CBC: “I assumed being one of those residents being close to the water I’d hear something … but to hear it [waves] go over your roof and rain down over your roof, it’s quite something.” Environment Canada is warning of a storm surge along the Bonavista Peninsula today with waves as high as 12 m.

Source: macleans.ca/news/canada/the-blizzard-that-buried-st- johns-photos-and-videos/ Met-Hydro Sensors in Approaches to Halifax Harbour

• BRIZO on HK4 (sensor HPA funded / CCG Buoy) • SmartATLANTIC Smart Buoy • BRIZO on H1 (sensor APA funded) / CCG Buoy) • ECCC 3-metre Buoy Xeos Technician, Scott Tobin, putting the BRIZO sensor on Buoy HK4 Hurricane Dorion Destroyed Breakwater at Herring Cove (Halifax), Sept. 7, 2019 End of breakwater Photos courtesy of Atlantic Pilotage Authority torn off by storm Predicted Significant Wave Height vs Actual Significant Wave Height

Actual Wave Height (in metres)

Predicted Wave Height (in metres) Predicted Average Wind Speed vs Actual Average Wind Speed is within 2 knots difference (1 metre/second)

Actual Average Wind Speed (in metres/second) Predicted Average Wind Speed (in metres/second) OPP 3-m Weather Buoy Demo Project (Atlantic)

. Purpose: 1. To produce a high resolution forecast (12-hour outlook) for ; 2. To model wave transformation between fixed buoy locations. . Status: – July 11, 2019: Redeployment by CCG of ECCC’s two 3-metre AXYS ODAS Smart Buoys in Chedabucto Bay (10-mile separation) – August 15, 2019: Initial deployment by CCG of ECCC’s one 3-metre AXYS ODAS Smart Buoy deployed in Bay of Fundy (34-mile separation from SmartATLANTIC Saint John Buoy) OPP Buoy web page (work-in-process)

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