Zdenka Willis U S IOOS Program Director November
Zdenka Willis U. S. IOOS Program Director November 13, 2014 1
IOOS • IOOS infrastructure fosters advances in science and technology • National Science Foundation – Ocean Observatories Initiative – Exciting new opportunities • IOOS Regional Associations: – End to End – Strong academic underpinnings 2
Marine Sensor Innovation Sensor Evaluation Coastal Modeling Test bed Ocean Technology Transfer 3
Alliance for Coastal Technologies ACT Services ± A third-party testbed for evaluating technologies ± PH Sensors (2013/2014) – 7 ± DO Sensors II (2014/2015) – 10 ± Nutrient Sensor Challenge (2015/2016) ± A forum for capacity and consensus building ± An information clearinghouse for environmental technologies 4
US IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed • Venue to facilitate testing and transitions into operations. • Improving ties to different NOAA and partner Agency modeling efforts. • 5 projects; Hypoxia in Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay, Inundation in PR/USVI, West Coast Operational Forecast System, CI tools for comparing models/data http: //www. ioos. noaa. gov/ modeling/testbed. html 5
Ocean Technology Transfer • West Coast Shellfish – saving the hatcheries • Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms 6
Ocean Technology Transfer FY 14 • NERACOOS: Transitioning State-of-the-Art Nutrient Sensing • NANOOS, UW, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC: Operational Ecological Forecasting of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Pacific Northwest using an Environmental Sample Processor • Ce. NCOOS and UCSB: Integration of the Imaging Flow Cyto. Bot into a 40 -year Time Series for San Francisco Bay • AOOS and UAF: Real-Time Sensor System for Detecting Freeze -up on Arctic Shelves • NANOOS, AOOS, Ce. NCOOS, SCCOOS, Pac. IOOS, NOAA/PMEL: Improving an Ocean Acidification Observation System in Support of Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers – continuation of FY 13 project 7
US IOOS at Work Enables decision making Fosters Advances in Science and Technology www. noaa. ioss. gov https: //www. facebook. com/usioosgov @usioosgov 8
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