Workshop Objectives
- Obtain agreement on a short list of recommended products of highest priority to these industry sectors.
- Identify users for these priority products.
- Obtain guidance regarding what observations are needed to produce these products.
- Discuss which products are for common use, and so likely produced at government expense, and which are niche products, best produced by the private sector.
It is expected that this workshop will further engage private sector participants in the planning for and support of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), specifically in the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and its Regional Associations.
Results of this workshop will be transmitted to the pertinent Regional Associations (particularly the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System, GCOOS), the national Federation of Regional Associations, and the Ocean.US Office.
Workshop Foci
To provide structure to the workshop foci will be placed on products related to (1) operations, (2) extreme events, and (3) other environmental issues. Speakers and breakout sessions will focus on those areas, though the first two may be treated together.
Meeting Report
The meeting report, including links to presentations, is available.
Steering Committee Members
| Andy Clark | Ocean.US |
| Alfredo Prelat | The Boeing Company |
| Buzz Martin | Texas General Land Office |
| Cort Cooper | Chevron |
| Jan van Smirren | GEOS |
| Khalid Soofi | ConocoPhillips |
| Landry Bernard | National Data Buoy Center/NOAA |
| Mark Luther | University of South Florida |
| Ray Toll | SAIC |
| Robert Brovey | ExxonMobil |
| Tony Mayer | Marsh USA Inc. |
| Worth D. Nowlin, Jr. | Texas A&M University |