[SCCOOS] SCCOOS News and Events
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Thu Apr 14 17:44:05 PDT 2005
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SCCOOS NEWS AND EVENTS
April 14 2005
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NEWS
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* SIO Representatives Discuss HF Radar with NDBC
* Orange County Coastal Coalition SCCOOS Briefing
* Coastal Transport Project Stakeholder Meeting
* The Coast and California's Watersheds: Sacramento Symposium
* CDIP Discusses Ocean Wave Observation Systems with NDBC
* SCCOOS and CeNCOOOS Propose Ocean Modeling Component for GODAE
* Eric Terrill Briefs Orange County Coastal Coalition
* Russ Davis Meets With PaCOOS Board of Governors
UPCOMING EVENTS
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* [Apr 17 - 20 2005] 7th Annual National Harbor Safety Committee
Conference
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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* NSF - Development of Technologies for Coastal Observing Systems and
the Study of Benthic Boundary Layer Processes
* NSF - Partnerships for Innovation
* NSF - Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
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NEWS ITEMS POSTED THIS WEEK
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SIO Representatives Discuss HF Radar with NDBC
posted April 14 2005
Eric Terrill, Lisa Lelli, and Mark Otero of SIO visited NOAA's NDBC,
where it was agreed that they would develop a national HF radar data
management program for IOOS. The project is expected to build off
successes from the NSF sponsored ROADNet program, and will build from an
IT infrastructure that has been designed for the State of California
sponsored Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program. Meeting
participants included principals within both NOAA NOS and NOAA NDBC.
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Orange County Coastal Coalition SCCOOS Briefing
posted April 12 2005
Eric Terrill briefed the Orange County Coastal Coalition on SCCOOS at a
meeting of 50-60 attendees from both the public and private sectors. The
meeting was co-chaired by County Supervisors Tom Wilson (5th District
and Vice Chairman of the Boad) and Jim Silva (2nd District).
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Coastal Transport Project Stakeholder Meeting
posted April 12 2005
At a stakeholder meeting held at the Orange County Sanitation District,
Burt Jones and Bob Guza presented an overview of SCCOOS/COCMP, and
discussed plans for a San Pedro Bay Nearshore Experiment. The attendees
supported focusing the nearshore effort on the region immediately north
of the Santa River mouth in the Huntington Beach region, and agreed to
help obtain the required permits. Representatives from several agencies
indicated interest in collaboration. A discussion of the nearshore study
with additional stakeholders is planned for the (statewide) Beach Water
Quality Working Group on May 18. (Download the April 12 meeting
invitation as a word doc from
http://www.sccoos.org/docs/nops_invitation.doc)
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The Coast and California's Watersheds: Sacramento Symposium
posted April 5 2005
SCCOOS delegates attended the Coast and California's Watersheds:
Sacramento Symposium. Organized by the Southern California Wetlands
Recovery Project, the California Watershed Network and CalCoast, the
program included talks by Mike Wellbourne, Leslie Mintz, and John
Woodbusy, and brought attendees together with administration
decision-makers and elected officials.
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CDIP Discusses Ocean Wave Observation Systems with NDBC
posted March 30 2005
Julie Thomas and Bill O'Reilly of the Coastal Data Information Program
(CDIP) visited the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) to provide input on
structuring ocean wave observation systems for IOOS. Discussions also
included the system enhancement of existing NDBC buoys for measuring
directional waves. NDBC has received funds earmarked for additional
directional wave measurements, and estimates that they can upgrade
approximately 25 stations over the next few years with these funds. NDBC
has clearly put a significant effort into reaching out to the COOS
regions for input on their directional wave needs. Fruitful discussions
took place concerning how to add directional sensors to existing NDBC
stations in a way that both advances the creation of an offshore deep
water directional wave backbone for the entire US, while also addressing
each region's coastal wave information priorities.
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SCCOOS and CeNCOOS Propose Ocean Modeling Component for GODAE
posted March 28 2005
A modeling group from SCCOOS composed of Yi Chao (JPL), Bruce Cornuelle
(SIO) and Jim McWilliams (UCLA), along with investigators from the
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the Naval Research
Laboratory have submitted a proposal to a broad agency announcement from
the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) to examine and further
develop regional modeling capacities. If funded, the program will
significantly improves the regions's ability to predict oceanic
conditions on the west coast, and will be a component of the Global
Ocean Data Assimation Experiment (GODAE). Both SCCOOS and CENCOOS have
submitted letters of support for this effort. (download as a pdf from
http://www.sccoos.org/docs/NOPP05_CA_Chao.pdf)
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Eric Terrill Briefs Orange County Coastal Coalition
posted March 23 2005
Eric Terrill provided a background briefing on SCCOOS to the Orange
County Coastal Coalition meeting 12 April 2005. The Orange County
Coastal Coalition is an association of local, regional, state and
federal agencies, non-profit organizations, private industry and the
public whose role is to advocate, educate and coordinate activities
along the Orange County coast. The meeting was co-chaired by County
Supervisors Tom Wilson (5th District and Vice Chairman of the Board) and
Jim Silva (2nd District) and is usually attended by people from both the
public and private sectors.
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Russ Davis Meets With PaCOOS Board of Governors
posted March 23 2005
The Pacific Coast Ocean Observing System (PaCOOS) held a Meeting of the
Board of Governors 16-17 March in Seattle, Washington. SCCOOS Executive
Steering Committee Chair, Russ Davis, attended the meeting and provided
a review of SCCOOS-PaCOOS coordination. PaCOOS aims to provide the ocean
information needed for the sustained use of fishery resources and
protection of marine species and their ecosystem under a changing
climate. For more information about PaCOOS, visit
http://www.pacoos.org/PDFs/Agenda03.14.05.pdf
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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7th Annual National Harbor Safety Committee Conference
Apr 17 - 20 2005
Hyatt Regency Long Beach
7th Annual National Harbor Safety Committee Conference
"Balancing and Optimizing the Missions: Safety, Security, Mobility, and
Environmental Protection&qout;
April 17th - 20th, 2005
Long Beach , California
Hosted by
The California Office of Spill Prevention and Response...and...
The United States Coast Guard
Facilitated by the Marine Exchange of Southern California
Keynote Speakers include Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (invited), Coast
Guard Commandant ADM Thomas Collins, NOAA Administrator VADM Conrad
Lautenbacher, CEO of BP Shipping Mr. Robert Malone...and others...(soon
to be announced)
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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NSF - Development of Technologies for Coastal Observing Systems and
the Study of Benthic Boundary Layer Processes
due 18 May 2005:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05556/nsf05556.htm
NSF - Partnerships for Innovation
due 2 June 2005:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05566/nsf05566.htm
NSF - Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
due 27 June 2005:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05569/nsf05569.htm
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