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October 27, 2014
UM, NOAA Track Hurricane Edouard Intensification by Aircraft
Images credit: Benjamin Jaimes, Ph.D. As tropical storm Edouard was forming in the Eastern Atlantic west of the Cape Verde Islands, a team of hurricane scientists from NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) and the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science were taking to the skies to deploy a series of highly specialized instruments to...
October 27, 2014
SECOORA Inspires Future Ocean Experts at St. Petersburg Science Festival
On October 18, SECOORA participated in the St. Petersburg Science Festival. Since 2011, the festival hosted on the Bayboro Harbor in St. Petersburg, FL has been inspiring children to get excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) activities. It is estimated the two-day event attracts over 25,000 visitors.SECOORA, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (GCOOS-RA), and the...
October 27, 2014
Canterbury School of Florida Oceanography Class Assists in Researching Plastic Marine Debris
Did you know that plastic items like those you probably use every day can end up in the middle of the ocean, thousands of miles from land? Plastic is one of the most abundant marine debris found in beach cleanups and open ocean samples. As plastics travel, they are weathered, become irregular in shape and break down to form microplastics....
October 15, 2014
Gliderpalooza 2014
SECOORA Members, Catherine Edwards, University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (UGA SKIO), and Dr. Ruoying He, North Carolina State University (NCSU) are participating in the second annual Gliderpalooza. Edwards with Modena, Gliderpalooza 2013 Image Credit: UGA SKIOGliderpalooza 2014 is running from August to November 2014. Over the months, there will be more than 30 deployments of autonomous underwater gliders,...
October 2, 2014
Help SECOORA Set Priorities for Future Funding
Below is a link to a short 13 question survey that will help SECOORA set priorities for future funding. It should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SECOORA_Member_Survey_2014The purpose of the survey is to assess data and information needs, which will assist us with identifying priorities and gaps. We strongly encourage you to please share the survey within your...
September 17, 2014
September 2014 Newsletter
Read SECOORA's September 2014 Newsletter. Feature stories include: Partners Host Intern, 2013 Annual Report, Marine Weather Portal, and more!
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September 16, 2014
SECOORA, IOOS, and Partners Training the Next Generation of Ocean Experts
This summer SECOORA partners hosted Pedro Matos-Llavona from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez for a summer internship as part of the NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP) and the...
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September 11, 2014
SECOORA Partners Trace Flow of Currents from Rivers to Reefs
Image Credit: GRNMS Gray’s Reef National Marine Sancutary staff joined researchers from Georgia Southern University to release 50 gallons of fluorescent red dye into the Altamaha River outflow on September 9, 2014. The plume of dye that results, will be monitored visually and with instrumentation as it flows from the release point along the Georgia coast and offshore. Tracking the...
August 5, 2014
SECOORA Partners Monitor Red Tide Bloom in Gulf
Karenia brevis, the Gulf of Mexico red tide organism, has been detected off the west coast of Florida. SECOORA partners Friday, August 1, released glider to monitor and map the bloom. University of South Florida’s (USF) glider, nicknamed Bass, is swimming along the West Florida Shelf, collecting and sending data back and was retrieved August 16, 2014. Bass was redeployed on...
August 4, 2014
Hurricane Bertha
It is a rainy day in the Southeast! Bertha, the second hurricane of the season, is not expected to make landfall in our region. Explore our Marine Weather Portal to follow the predicted storm track, radar, and more. https://secoora.org/data/marineweatherportal Explore our Marine Weather Portal to follow the predicted storm track, radar, and more. https://secoora.org/data/marineweatherportal
