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Thank You and Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays from SECOORA! We are so thankful for our stakeholders, members, partners and staff. With your support, we are able to continue leading coastal ocean observing in the region.As you make your holiday purchases, consider shopping AmazonSmile and Amazon will donate to SECOORA. Funds generated will help us further coastal ocean observing activities in the Southeast. Thank you! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/26-1215705
Southeast El Nino Fact Sheet
A strong El Niño event has been affecting weather around the globe, and it will continue to do so through Northern Hemisphere winter 2015–2016 according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. El Niño can have a wide variety of effects including lowering or raising temperatures, increasing or decreasing precipitation, extending or reducing drought conditions, enhancing or lowering risk for tropical cyclones, and...
November Newsletter
Explore SECOORA's November Newsletter. Featured stories include Cape Canaveral Buoy Removal, Fisheries and Climate Workshop, SOCAN and more. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs181/1103098301442/archive/1122388514354.html
Save the Date for the SECOORA 2016 Annual Meeting
May 18 AM: Board Meeting* PM: Members Business Meeting* and SocialMay 19 All Day Stakeholder MeetingMay 20 Half Day Principal Investigator Meeting *Voting will occurPlease save the date for the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) 2016 Annual Meeting! SECOORA's 2016 Annual Meeting will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina May 18, 19 and 20, 2016. We invite you...
Climate Variability and Fisheries Workshop
This week, October 26-28, SECOORA is co-hosting the Climate Variability and Fisheries Workshop: Setting Science Priorities for the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Regions in St. Petersburg, Florida. The goal of the workshop is to advance our understanding of impacts of climate variability on fisheries resources and management in the large marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, and to promote multidisciplinary partnerships. Click...
SECOORA Responds to Cape Canaveral Buoy Removal
Update, January 21, 2016: National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Observations has directed National Buoy Data Center (NBDC) to maintain the Cape Canaveral Buoys 41009 and 41010 through the end of 2016. Ship time permitting, NBDC is planning to service the buoys this spring. Watch for more updates. Below is the original story.--Due to funding constraints, a pair of buoys off Cape Canaveral...
SECOORA Co-Hosted IOOS Association Annual Meeting
September 2015, IOOS Association (IA) held their Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg, FL at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Directors from all eleven Regional Associations, staff from the US IOOS Program Office and IA Board Members discussed filling critical observing gaps and IOOS activities in the Gulf of Mexico. SECOORA and GCOOS co-hosted the meeting and teamed together to do...
Five Year Proposal Submitted to US IOOS
SECOORA successfully submitted a proposal, titled “Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA): Supporting Resilient Ecosystems, Communities and Economies” in response to the US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) FY 2016 Federal Funding opportunity, NOAA-NOS-IOOS-2016-2004378. The proposed work, if funded, will occur over the next five years and provide support for continuing and expanding SECOORA observing, modeling and related activities in...
Water Quality Monitoring Units Successfully Installed in the St. Lucie Estuary, Florida
Over the summer, five Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) units have been installed in the Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie Estuary on the east coast of Florida. The LOBO units provide real-time, high-accuracy and high-resolution water-quality data and archived data via a simple web-based interface. The deployments of the LOBOs is part of the Indian River Lagoon Observatory (IRLO) Program established...
Solicitation: Strategic Planning Facilitator
SECOORA Seeks Strategic Planning Services ContractorThe Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) seeks the services of a professional facilitator and planner to design and implement a process that engages our members, Board and staff in development of a strategic plan. Click here to read the full solicitation.