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International
Partnerships
- IOOS and United States Coast Guard Search and Rescue Responsibilities (pdf) 2007
- U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) Environmental Data Sources and Their Uncertainties (pdf) 2006
- NOAA and Shell Oil Company Launch Enhanced Ocean Observations Project in Gulf of Mexico (pdf) 2008
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(pdf) 2008
Program Reference
- IOOC - Independent Cost Estimate
- Cost Analysis Requirements Description v1.0 (pdf) Mar 2011
- Cost Analysis Requirements Description v2.0 (pdf) Jun 2011
- U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System: A Blueprint for Full Capability Ver 1.0 (pdf) 2010
- The Business Case for Improving NOAA’s Management and Integration of Ocean and Coastal Data (pdf) 2009
- IWGOO IOOS Strategic Plan (pdf) 2008
- Revised NOAA IOOS Program Strategic Plan (pdf) 2009
- U.S. IOOS Strategic Plan (2018-2022) (pdf)
Technology
HF Radar
- A Plan to Meet the Nation’s Needs for Surface Current Mapping, updated May 2015 (pdf) 2015
- High Frequency Radar 101 Presentation (pdf) 2008
- High-Frequency Radar for Ocean Surface Current Mapping: Best Practices (pdf) 2008
- Mapping Surface Currents around U.S. Coasts (pdf) 2007
- Bibliography of HF Radar Comparisons with Other Sensors (pdf) 2007
Modeling
- IOOS Modeling and Analysis Workshop Report, Arlington VA, June 22-28, 2008 (pdf)
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting Reports
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting: Estuarine Hypoxia Report
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting: Shelf Hypoxia Report
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting: West Coast Operational Forecast System Report
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting: West Coast California Current Obs System Report
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting: West Coast BioPhysical Report
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting: Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands Inundation Report
- 2016 COMT Annual Meeting: Cyberinfrastructure Report
Observations
- Moorings
- National Strategy for a Sustained Network of Coastal Moorings (pdf) 2017
- IOOS Wave Observations, a National Perspective (pdf) 2012
- National Observational Wave Observation Plan (pdf) 2009
- Wave Observations and Hurricane Sandy (pdf) 2012
- Active and Proposed Wave Observing Locations: pdf | xlsx (2012)
Legacy Regional Documents
2013
- AOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- CARA Fact Sheet FY 2013
- CENCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- GCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- GLOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- MARACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- NANOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- NERACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- PACIOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- Regional Fact Sheet FY 2013
- SCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2013
- SECOORA Fact Sheet FY 2013
2012
- AOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- CARA Fact Sheet FY 2012
- CENCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- GCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- GLOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- MARACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- NANOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- NERACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- PACIOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- Regional Fact Sheet FY 2012
- SCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2012
- SECOORA Fact Sheet FY 2012
2011
- AOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- CARA Fact Sheet FY 2011
- CENCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- GCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- GLOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- MARACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- NANOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- NERACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- PACIOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- SCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2011
- SECOORA Fact Sheet FY 2011
2010
- AOOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- CARA Fact Sheet FY 2010
- CENCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- GCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- GLOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- MACOORA Fact Sheet FY 2010
- NANOOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- NERACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- PACIOOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- SCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2010
- SECOORA Fact Sheet FY 2010
2009
- AOOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- CARA Fact Sheet FY 2009
- CENCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- GCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- GLOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- MACOORA Fact Sheet FY 2009
- NANOOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- NERACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- PACIOOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- SCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2009
- SECOORA Fact Sheet FY 2009
2008
- AOOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- CARA Fact Sheet FY 2008
- CENCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- GCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- GLOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- MACOORA Fact Sheet FY 2008
- NANOOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- NERACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- PACIOOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- SCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2008
- SECOORA Fact Sheet FY 2008
2007
- AOOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- CENCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- GCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- GLOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- MACOORA Fact Sheet FY 2007
- NANOOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- NERACOOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- PACIOOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- SCCOOS Fact Sheet FY 2007
- SECOORA Fact Sheet FY 2007
2008 Status Assessment
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Summary of Regional Status Assessment for 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for AOOS 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for CARA 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for CeNCOOS 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for GCOOS-RA 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for MACOORA 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for NANOOS 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for NERACOOS 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for PacIOOS 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for SCCOOS 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for SECOORA 2008
- NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for GLOS 2008
Press Releases
- Ocean Temperature Forecast Helps Recreational Tuna Fishers Find Catch, Conserve Fuel 10/14/2008 (pdf, 37 kb)
- NOAA Announces Funding to support AOOS FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to support CARA FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to Support Marine Observing in Southern California FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing Along the Gulf Coast FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in Hawaii & U.S. Pacific Islands FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in New England FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in the Mid-Atlantic Region FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in the Pacific Northwest FY 2008
- NOAA Announces Funding to Support Ocean Observing in the Southeast FY 2008
- Southeast Marine Data Portal Press 8/19/2008 (pdf, 33 kb)
Newsletters
- Great Lakes One-Pager (pdf, 163kb)
- Red Tide Response: Ocean Observations Benefit Local Abalone Industry (pdf, 445kb)