Dear IOOS Community,

I hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving. Here at the IOOS Office, we have been busy closing out items as the end of the calendar year approaches and preparing for the final meetings of 2024. This week, I’m writing to you from the NERACOOS region where they will hold their Annual Meeting today followed by a celebration of their 15th anniversary. The annual meeting will focus on insights from the past 15 years of ocean observing and a look to the future at the challenges and opportunities that will most shape the next 15 years for NERACOOS.

Next week, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) comes to Washington, D.C. to hold their annual meeting. There will be a strong NOAApresence at the meeting as always. NOAA and the IOOS Office are hosting a Town Hall at the meeting on Wednesday, December 11th at 12:30pm ET titled “The Ocean Enterprise and Weather Enterprise: Collaboration Toward Improving Forecast Skill” that will focus on discussing how the Ocean Enterprise is taking lessons from the Weather Enterprise. The town hall participants will explore ways to further evolve connections between the Ocean and Weather Enterprises in the delivery of improved weather forecasts and climate projections in support of coastal resilience and the Blue Economy. If you are in town, please plan to join us.