News
Senate and House Mark Increase Regional IOOS Funding by $2m
Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committee included a $2 million increase in the IOOS Regional line to support filling critical gaps in the nation's only surface current mapping program. This national program uses land-based high-frequency radars to map surface currents in real-time. This information is used by the US Coast Guard to reduce the search areas by two-thirds, by...
SECOORA Funded Glider Network Featured in News
To address long-standing gaps on the east coast, SECOORA is investing in a regional glider observatory to gather historically lacking data on shelf circulation and water properties in the South Atlantic Bight. The Atlantic gliders will operate in coastal waters from West Palm Beach, Fla., to Cape Hatteras, N.C., the area known as the South Atlantic Bight.Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article87937117.html#storylink=cpyThe...
Job Announcement: SOCAN Program Coordinator
The Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network (SOCAN) is seeking a part-time Program Coordinator to help increase the capacity of its network to effectively engage stakeholders. This will a contract position with an initial one-year term and option to extend for a second year. The ideal candidate must have strong communications and organizational skills and be able to work independently...
Southeast Receives $2.5 Million for Coastal Ocean Observing
The NOAA U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) awarded SECOORA $2.5 million to support the maintenance and expansion of ocean and coastal observing in the southeast. This will be the first installment in a five-year funding cycle.Over the next five years, SECOORA will continue to support the 15 high frequency radars, 23 in-situ stations, 3 operational model forecasts and 2...
Southeast Receives $2.5 Million for Coastal Ocean Observing
The NOAA U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) awarded SECOORA $2.5 million to support the maintenance and expansion of ocean and coastal observing in the southeast. This will be the first installment in a five-year funding cycle.Over the next five years, SECOORA will continue to support the 15 high frequency radars, 23 in-situ stations, 3 operational model forecasts and 2...
2016 Annual Meeting
We thank everyone who attended the SECOORA 2016 Annual Meeting at North Carolina State University! The three-day meeting focused on identifying opportunities for collaborations and highlighting SECOORA accomplishments. The conversation focused on big data and ecological interactions in the southeast (jump to meeting presentations).Thank you to Ruoying He and Jennifer Warrilow for hosting the meeting at North Carolina State University. Major...
2016 Annual Meeting
We thank everyone who attended the SECOORA 2016 Annual Meeting at North Carolina State University! The three-day meeting focused on identifying opportunities for collaborations and highlighting SECOORA accomplishments. The conversation focused on big data and ecological interactions in the southeast (jump to meeting presentations).Thank you to Ruoying He and Jennifer Warrilow for hosting the meeting at North Carolina State University. Major...
SECOORA Assets Capturing Tropical Storm Colin in the Gulf
A couple of days after the official start of hurricane season, Tropical Storm Colin formed in the Atlantic Basin. Colin became a named storm on June 5 and is the third earliest tropical storm to form on record in the Atlantic Basin- according to the NWS National Hurricane Center.2016 Hurricane Season PredictionHurricane season started on June 1, 2016, but those...
New SECOORA Data Portal
SECOORA is proud to unveil our new Data Portal! Use the tool to explore, download and visualize ocean and coastal data in the Southeast US.portal.secoora.orgThe data catalog contains searchable, downloadable data from all SECOORA-funded observational and modeling assets that include coastal and offshore stations (atmospheric and oceanographic data), IOOS Priority High Frequency Radar Stations, regional and sub-regional coastal circulation, water...
New Data Portal!
portal.secoora.orgSECOORA is proud to unveil our new Data Portal! Use the tool to explore, download and visualize ocean and coastal data in the Southeast US.The data catalog contains searchable, downloadable data from all SECOORA-funded observational and modeling assets that include coastal and offshore stations (atmospheric and oceanographic data), IOOS Priority High Frequency Radar Stations, regional and sub-regional coastal circulation, water...