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SSEMMI

SSEMMI is an acronym that stands for Salish Sea Ecosystem Monitoring and Modeling Infrastructure. The Typehuman/SSEMMI public repository is a place to explore building open software and deployments to support the conservation of marine species across the Salish Sea (inland marine waters of Washington, U.S.A, and British Columbia, Canada).

The SSEMMI infrastructure is expected to complement and overlap with the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP) as well as similar monitoring activities and organizations in Canada. It is likely that SSEMMI will include integrations of ocean observational capabilities on both sides of the border, e.g. NANOOS and Ocean Networks Canada, as well as Federal and State/Provincial marine monitoring efforts.

Acartia

Named for a common zooplankter of the Salish Sea, Acartia is a decentralized data cooperative and a first experiment in building open SSEMMI. The geographic extent of Acartia is the range of Southern Resident killer whales (SRKWs) -- from northern California to the B.C./Alaska border. The intent is for Acartia to hold animal location (occurrence) data for any species -- from zooplankton to apex predators like the SRKWs. Acartia was designed to enable real-time data sharing, but also ingest and increase access to historic data.

Spatial boundaries related to Acartia

1. The boundaries of the Acartia data cooperative: 36-54 degrees north, 120-136 degrees west.
2. The model domain extent of the LiveOcean 3-day oceanographic forecast system: 42-52 degrees north, 122-130 degrees west.