News
October 23, 2015
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...
October 2, 2015
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...
September 8, 2015
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.
August 25, 2015
Job Opening: Maryland DNR Natural Resources Biologist
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Eyes on the Bay monitoring program is searching for a Natural Resources Biologist IV to help manage, analyze, and communicate tidal water quality data. Click here to read the announcement. Introduction This is a position specific recruitment for the Department of Natural Resources, Resource Assessment Service Tidewater- Annapolis, MD. This recruitment will be used to fill current...
August 25, 2015
Welcome 2015 Executive Committee!
Congratulations to the 2015-2016 SECOORA Executive Committee! We are honored to be working with this talented group of individuals. SECOORA Executive Committee plays an important role in sustaining our success. If you are interested in becoming a SECOORA member, please visit: https://secoora.org/about/governance/join Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., ChairmanConrad C. LautenbacherPh.D., Vice Admiral (USN Ret.) is CEO of GeoOptics, Inc., a startup company engaged...
June 16, 2015
New Waverider Buoy Supports Harbor Pilots
A new Datawell Waverider Mk III wave monitoring buoy (WMO ID 42098) was deployed on June 5, 2015, near the entrance to the Tampa Bay shipping channel. The addition of this buoy to existing NOAA Physical Oceanographic Real Time System (PORTS) infrastructure supports the work of the Tampa Bay harbor pilots based out of Egmont Key, FL. Instruments on the...
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June 4, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting Summary
The SECOORA 2015 Annual Meeting held in Jacksonville Florida was a great success! Entering the last year of the IOOS five-year grant, the two-day meeting held May 19 and 20, 2015 focused on summarizing SECOORA’s past accomplishments and future plans. Click here to access presentations and meeting agendas. The meeting was live tweeted under the hashtag #SECOORA15AnnualMeeting. Thank you to...
April 16, 2015
Community, University and Nonprofits Rally to Raise Money for Replacement Buoy
Community effort raises $15,000 of $16,000 needed to replace offshore buoy.“We are almost there,” said Jennifer Dorton, University of North Carolina Wilmington Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (UNCW CORMP) Program Manager, when asked about progress on the fund raising campaign to replace buoy 41036 in Onslow Bay, NC.When buoy 41036 was decommissioned by NOAA because of lack of funding,...
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April 16, 2015
UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science adds Helicopter to Research Resources
On April 13, 2015 the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School added a commercial helicopter (Airbus Helicopter H125) to its research fleet. The helicopter observation platform (HOP) is equipped with advanced technology for studying critical physical, chemical and biological processes near the Earth’s surface. With the capability to hover just above the surface, HOP is ideal for conducting different types of...
April 8, 2015
Topic Area 2 of the FY 2016 US IOOS FFO
SECOORA is planning to develop a proposal in response to Topic Area 2: “Verification and Validation of observing technologies for studying and monitoring coastal ocean environments” of the FY 2016 US IOOS funding opportunity based on the interest and response from SECOORA members. Details on the Topic Area 2 of the US IOOS FFO can be found at https://secoora.org/webfm_send/1265. SECOORA will be following its...
