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June 13, 2014
iTAG Workshop
The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) and the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) co-sponsored an Integrated Tracking of Aquatic Animals in the Gulf of Mexico (iTAG) workshop held May 29-30, 2014. It was hosted and organized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL. The workshop brought together...
June 12, 2014
Wave Heights And Currents in the Florida Straits (WHARF)
SECOORA HF Radar Waves Project Update Image Credit: Jodi Brewster In April 2014, Dr. Nick Shay, SECOORA PI from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, his graduate student Matthew Archer and the crew onboard the R/V Walton Smith deployed a subsurface mooring in the Straits of Florida. Image Credit: Jodi Brewster The mooring is equipped with a NortekUSA...
May 28, 2014
SECOORA 2014 Annual Meeting Summary
During one of the PI poster and sponsor breakout sessions, Peter Sheng shows his work he has been doing for SECOORA SECOORA 2014 Annual Meeting was a great success; it is recognized as our most successful meeting to date. SECOORA staff would like to thank everyone who participated, sponsored and attended our meeting. We could not have done this without you! The...
May 27, 2014
2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Image Credit: NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released its 2014 Atlantic Hurricane season outlook and it is calling for a 50 percent chance of a below-normal season, a 40 percent chance of a near-normal season, and only a 10 percent chance of an above-normal season. NOAA’s predictions are based on the anticipated El Nino development this summer.1 Although it...
May 27, 2014
Water Quality Monitoring Station at Clam Bayou, St. Petersburg
Image Credit: Abbey Wakely, SECOORA Five years ago, the Ocean Monitoring and Prediction Laboratory at University of South Florida’s (USF) College of Marine Science (CMS) installed an oceanographic and meteorological monitoring station in Clam Bayou, a thriving estuary near Gulfport, Florida. This station became a component of the USF Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction Systems (COMPS). On March 5th, 2014 USF COMPS Systems Engineer,...
April 10, 2014
April 2014 Newsletter
Read SECOORA's April 2014 Newsletter. Feature stories include: Glider Deployment, SECOORA Annual Meeting, and more!
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March 11, 2014
Glider Released off Southeast Coast
A glider has been deployed off the Atlantic coast of Florida with the mission to detect hotspots of reef fish activity in and around marine protected areas using funding provided by NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC). The University of South Florida’s Teledyne Webb Research Slocum Glider is equipped with a sensor suite, including two passive acoustic recording systems developed...
February 14, 2014
SECOORA Member Updates
The SECOORA Member Updates are available now. Check it out here!
February 14, 2014
SECOORA May 2014 Annual Meeting
Mark your calendars for the May 2014 Annual Meeting, May 13th - 15th. Click here for more information and how to register!
January 21, 2014
December 2013 Newsletter
Read SECOORA's December 2013 Newsletter. Feature stories include: HFR Project Award Winner, New FWC Buoy, 2014 Annual Meeting Date Announcement, and more.
