News Board

The News Board is a collection of information of special relevance to GCOOS.

Announcements

 

Workshop on Regional Needs for Coastal Remote Sensing

The report of the Workshop on Regional Needs for Coastal Remote Sensing, Ocean.US Report 16, is now available from the Ocean.US website.

GCOOS Conceptual Design - Comments Requested

Version 1 of the GCOOS Conceptual Design was prepared and submitted on December 20, 2007 in response to a request by the NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System Program Office. Please send comments to Ann Jochens ajochens@tamu.edu.

Sea Grant to hold Marine Research Planning Workshops

Five workshops on Gulf of Mexico regional marine research priorities and planning will be held in January and February 2008 at: Spanish Fort, AL, Jan. 15; Biloxi, MS, Jan. 17; St. Petersburg, FL, Feb. 19; Baton Rouge, LA, Feb. 26; and Galveston, TX, Feb. 28. These are sponsored by the Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs under the Gulf of Mexico Regional Research Plan Project. Registration is free. For more information, go to http://masgc.org/gmrp/workshop.htm or contact Steve Sempier at stephen.sempier@usm.edu.

Projects Endorsed by GCOOS in Response to NOAA's FY 2008 Call for Proposals

The GCOOS Board has endorsed four proposals in response to the NOAA FY 2008 Call for Proposals for Implementation of Integrated Regional Ocean Observing Systems. The projects proposed are:

  • Integration and enhancement of surface fields in the northern Gulf of Mexico through increased and integrated coverage by HF Radars. Stephan Howden, lead, University of Southern Mississippi.
  • Develop a portable, self contained, self-powered meteorological package and provide a suite of them to offshore operators willing to provide transport and logistic support and place them on their platforms for data transmission to the NDBC. Caroline Nicholas, FugroGEOS, lead, with James Titlow, WeatherFlow, Inc., and Robert Smith, Society for Underwater Technology.
  • Complete testing and evaluation of the GCOOS Data Portal, provide for its maintenance, and focus its future development into the GCOOS Operation Center. Ann Jochens, lead, with Matthew Howard, Texas A&M University, and Sharon Walker, University of Southern Mississippi.
  • A pilot project to determine whether real-time 3-D ocean circulation models can supply nowcasts, forecasts, and hindcasts of currents and hydrography with sufficient accuracy to be useful to a sizeable constituency around the Gulf of Mexico. Christopher Mooers, University of Miami, Lead, with Cortis Cooper, Chevron Energy Technology Co., and Worth Nowlin, Texas A&M University.