COMDA Projects

COMDA will be leading and assisting in the development and execution of scientific projects that contribute to DFO's three Strategic Themes, its 5-Year Research Plan, and Government of Canada programs of relevance to DFO priority issues. The initial major projects in COMDA include:

• Canadian Operational Network for Coupled Environmental Prediction Systems (CONCEPTS): A collaborative initiative with Environment Canada, Department of National Defence, French Mercator-Ocean and Canadian academia for the development of an operational coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean assimilation and prediction capability for Canada.
• Canadian Network of Operational Oceanography Systems (CANOOS): Development of a seamless set of operational oceanography systems for Canada, in conjunction with monitoring and other observational programs, and building on existing capabilities and new opportunities arising through CONCEPTS and other programs.
• Canada-Newfoundland Operational Ocean Forecasting System (C-NOOFS): Development of a demo ocean forecasting capability for the NorthWest Atlantic in collaboration with CONCEPTS and as a component of CANOOS, including larger-scale ocean forcing from Mercator-Ocean, atmospheric forcing from the Canadian Meteorological Centre and ocean data assimilation.
• COMDA Computer Network: A national network of computer infrastructure in DFO for ocean model development, application and dissemination of products, including high-speed networking among DFO labs and primary COMDA partners, centralized high-performance computing and data storage, and Web Map Serving capabilities. This network will complement external computer resources available partnership projects such as CONCEPTS.