The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act was passed by Congress on March 22, 2018. It included support for many ocean and coastal programs including the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®).
IOOS regional systems were allocated $35 million, an increase of $4.3 million from FY 17. This support will allow the eleven IOOS regional observing system to fill critical gaps in the High-Frequency (HF) Radar network and underwater glider observatory.
A new wave buoy was deployed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on April 1, approximately 30 miles east of Key West, Florida. This buoy will report local wave conditions such as wave height, wave period, wave direction, surface current and temperature every 30 minutes. Access the buoy data on the SECOORA Marine Weather Portal !
SECOORA is pleased to announce that two new members joined our organization – the Ocean Tracking Network and Coastal Studies Institute. SECOORA members influence and guide all our endeavors to help make us a trusted source for coastal ocean information in the southeast.
In February, the SUN2Wave buoy located off the coast of Sunset Beach, NC was redeployed. It was damaged by the active 2017 hurricane season.
The buoy provides bottom currents, surface currents, water temperature, and wave measurements. It communicates with a bottom mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and data is transmitted every hour.
Reauthorization of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System (ICOOS) Act ensures uninterrupted collection and dissemination of ocean data and information. It also continues the innovative partnership between Federal and non-Federal regional partners that make up U.S. IOOS.
Spend your lunch break learning about the new tools and capabilities on the SECOORA Beta Data Portal.
Presenter: Stacey Buckelew, Director of Programs, Axiom Data Science
Date: February 27, 12 - 1 PM ET
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Join Marine Technological Society (MTS) for the 12th MTS Buoy Workshop at the Michigan League, located on the University of Michigan Campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
‘Buoy Technology for the Oceans and Lakes’ will be focusing on making critical measurements offshore, and getting data from the oceans and lakes back to shore.
Visit the meeting webpage to learn more.
Join SECOORA for a webinar that analyzes the West Florida Continental Shelf's response to Hurricane Irma using a combination of in situ observations and numerical circulation models.
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In remembrance of Vembu Subramanian - our friend and colleague - SECOORA is establishing an award for the next generation of ocean experts.
Learn more on the webpage!
