January 13, 2021
Priorities over the next five years will focus on sustaining SECOORA coastal ocean activities while expanding our observing system to include new capabilities, not only along the coastline, but also into the rivers and estuaries. There were 36 academic partners on this proposal and over 90 Letters of Support from users in the region.
January 13, 2021
SECOORA is asking members to please complete our short 12 question survey to help us understand Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in our network. We are hoping to find avenues for partnerships and explore how we can amplify your institutions initiatives. Deadline to complete the survey is January 29, 2021.
Click here to take the survey. We appreciate your input.
January 12, 2021
Apply today! The 2021 Data Challenge invites undergraduate students, graduate students, and early career professionals to develop a project that incorporates and analyzes buoy and/or shore station data using archived SECOORA data. There are two $3,500 prizes. Proposals are due Friday March 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM ET.
January 12, 2021
SECOORA is continuing Vembu’s legacy by sponsoring the annual
Ocean Scholars Award. There will be two awards this year: an undergraduate and other (for graduate students and early career professionals), each in the amount of $1,250. The funds are to be used to support recipients’ participation in a virtual or in-person regional, national, or international meeting or conference. Proposals are due March 12, 2021, 5:00 PM ET.
January 8, 2021
On December 31, 2020, the President signed
S. 914, the Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2020, into law that reauthorizes the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).
January 4, 2021
Join us for a webinar on January 26 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET. Dr. Paul Gader from the University of Florida will discuss some of the inherent and difficult flaws in current Artificial Intelligence practices and use examples from environmental sensing to identify methods for mitigating those flaws.
December 1, 2020
Meet Matt Upton, owner of ROFFS™, and learn about how two SECOORA partners are working together to improve recreational fishing forecasts.
November 9, 2020
SECOORA put together this page to highlight data and information related to the Tropical Storm Eta. It will be updated as new information becomes available and the track is more certain.
October 30, 2020
Join us on November 17 at 12 PM for a webinar by Dr. Eric Montie, University of South Carolina. Dr. Montie will discuss how passive acoustics can provide information on the ecological response of estuaries to climate variability and can assist in monitoring fish reproductive output of an estuary.
Click here to reserve your spot.
October 20, 2020
Nominate a leader in coastal ocean observing for the Cariad Award. The Caraid Award annually recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to observing and understanding our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes through vision, leadership, friendship and collaboration.
