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Projects
Animal Telemetry Network
Gathering information on the behavior and movement of marine animals is an essential part of the responsibilities of our national agencies charged with protecting endangered and threatened marine species as ...
Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed
The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FY2021 Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed Project, NOAA-NOS-IOOS-2021-2006729 was published in Grants.gov on December 8, 2020. Note, the deadline for submissions is February ...
Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed Projects
This page serves to summarize each of the current COMT Projects. More info about the COMT can be found here. The overall COMT is managed by our non-federal partner, the ...
Data Management & Cyberinfrastructure
A coherent strategy that enables the integration of marine data streams across disciplines, institutions, time scales, and geographic regions is central to the success of IOOS and other regional, national, ...
Improving an Ocean Acidification Observation Syste...
The decrease in calcium carbonate saturation state from is important to Pacific Northwest shellfish living in conditions that are naturally close to harmful saturation thresholds. Anthropogenic additions of carbon dioxide ...
Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
Please visit U.S. MBON at . Biodiversity is critical from the perspective of ecosystem services such as food, oxygen, and socio-economic benefits that support human livelihoods. The , which concluded ...
Ocean Enterprise Studies
Why this study? The Ocean Enterprise business cluster comprises New Blue Economy businesses that support ocean measurement, observation and forecasting. These businesses supply technology to generate ocean data or work ...
Ocean Technology Transition
LATEST NEWS Mission: The IOOS Ocean Technology Transition program sponsors the transition of emerging marine observing technologies, for which there is an existing operational requirement and a demonstrated commitment to ...
OTT - Detecting Harmful Algal Blooms in the Pacifi...
Shellfish contamination from harmful algal blooms (HABs) is both costly and a significant health risk to coastal communities. Blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia can produce the neurotoxin domoic acid (DA). DA can ...
News
ACT Nutrient Sensor Challenge Winners Announced
Denice Shaw of the EPA Office of Research and Development present the award to Pompeo Moscetta of Systea at the ASLO conference in Honolulu. Photo credit: Alliance for Coastal Technologies ...
All U.S. IOOS Regional Associations NOAA-Certified...
The 11 IOOS Regional Associations provide observing coverage for the U.S. coastal zone, as well as providing open access to physical & biological oceanographic data and information products. The U.S ...
CeNCOOS Governing Council Meeting: Tiburon
The Romberg Tiburon Center for Environment Studies hosted the governing council meeting. The Center was established in 1978 by Paul F. Romberg, then President of San Francisco State University, on ...
Challenger Mission Continues World Tour in Indian ...
Challenger mission glider launch, Fremantle, Australia. Photo Credit: Charitha Pattiaratchi Bright and early November 7, 2016, the bright yellow RU-29 Slocum glider, dubbed "Challenger," headed out to sea once more, ...
COMT & OTT Announce New Projects
In FY 2018, the U.S. IOOS program continued the and projects, awarding multi-year grants to support NOAA initiatives, enhance modeling and forecasting capabilities, and increase operational efficiency in ocean observing ...
Contribute Data to IOOS
Working with IOOS is now easier than ever. Thanks to some hard work by the Operations division, spearheaded by oceanographer Jennifer Bosch, we have launched a new and improved on ...
Dr. Barbara Block Receives Prestigious 2016 Benchl...
2016 PETER BENCHLEY OCEAN AWARDSThe 9th Annual Awards event weekend will take place May 20 - 22, 2016 in beautiful Monterey, California. 2016 Annual Peter Benchley™ Ocean Award Winners Announced ...
Expanding the Respiratory Forecast for the Gulf Co...
The GCOOS Red Tide Respiratory Forecast provides information on when the red tide caused by Karenia brevis could be impacting area beaches so that people who are susceptible to its ...
General Pages
Document Library
The IOOS document library is a compilation of our legacy and archival documents, organized by category. If you are unable to find the document you need within this collection, please ...
Enhancing Coastal and Ocean Observing and Innovati...
In 2020, NOAA’s and the U.S. IOOS Office teamed up to develop and host three regional workshops focused on improving users’ access to streamlined ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes observational ...
Eyes on the Storm: Hurricane Season Resources
For forecasts, warnings, and up to the minute hurricane information, keep up with NOAA's . GOES East GeoColor satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean on September 11, 2018 showing Hurricanes ...
FY21 Regional Association Cooperative Agreements
In 2021, the U.S. IOOS® Office is announcing its third round of 5-year Regional Association cooperative agreements. The Regional Associations form a core part of implementing the U.S. Integrated Ocean ...
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