IRA Awards

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The Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support community-led and co-developed projects, including deployment of new buoys and moorings to benefit tribes and frontline communities, workshops and monitoring support for harmful algal blooms and fisheries, support for regional observing networks, youth engagement, and data management.

Alaska

Alaska Water Level Watch Network

AOOS will receive an additional $2.7 million as part of this award to fill gaps in the Alaska Water Level Watch Network and expand coverage of a tool that converts elevation data from various sources into a common reference system (VDatum).

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Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CARICOOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support enhancing their observational capacity to continue providing water column data for improved hurricane intensity forecasting, assessing coastal and ocean ecosystem status and threats, and improving resiliency through the development of education centers to engage particularly challenged coastal communities on their exposure to coastal hazards in the U.S. Caribbean Islands.

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Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) will receive $4.9 million in funding to support the expansion of water sampling to increase the understanding of climate impacts, next-generation data management and access services, animal tag data processing for place-based management, Ocean Vision AI image data processing and engagement, and model improvements for West Coast Regional Ocean Model System applications, as well as stakeholder outreach through workshops, equitable service delivery engagement, and education programs.

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Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support projects aimed at increasing equitable service delivery through expansion of year-round observations and analysis of their impact. These include the expansion of capabilities of Seagull, GLOS’ information technology platform, based on community feedback, as well as development of a lightweight application focused on Great Lakes Beach safety and custom deployments of Seagull. Additional projects focus on coordination with the Smart Great Lakes Initiative (SGLi), Indigenous Great Lakes Network (IGLN), augmentation of the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System to include additional parameters, and collection of ice thickness measurements from ice anglers to help validate ice modeling efforts.

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Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) will receive $4.8 million in funding to support projects in and around the Gulf of Mexico to deploy assets that complement and fill observation gaps in existing networks, build new asset networks, and enhance regional technical capacity to provide equitable data service delivery to communities to build coastal resilience. These include new observation projects and tools co-developed with frontline and Indigenous communities to measure and inform about surface currents, flooding, harmful algal blooms, rip currents and validate offshore data as well as development of multi-lingual program materials.

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Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support resilience and expanded capacity for harmful algal bloom detection and monitoring along the California coast; improvements to the California Underwater Glider Network; increased engagement, training, and workforce development with Indigenous groups; and expanded and multi-linguistic resources for community engagement and K-12 learning.

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Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support projects to strengthen the delivery of data information services, and to provide equitable service delivery to support coastal resilience needs across the Mid-Atlantic region. These include integration of a biogeochemical module into an ocean forecasting system for the Mid-Atlantic Bight, development of tailored, community-driven data tools, greater engagement with the off-shore wind community and schools, and an expanded communications program.

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Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support enhancement of the regional buoy network, improvements to the data management system including the addition of community-tailored products and services, expanded capabilities for the Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System, and improvements to biodiversity observations and assessments to benefit Indigenous communities in the U.S. Northeast.

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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support coastal resilience through a focus on enhanced engagement and education, capacity sharing, and co-design of data visualization and decision-making tools, using wave, water, and other ocean conditions with Indigenous and other underserved coastal communities throughout the U.S. Pacific Islands.

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Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS) will receive $5 million in funding to support regional coastal resilience by investing in better detection of harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, marine heat waves, and similar hazards; co-design of data products and decision-support tools; and engagement with a broader swath of communities in the Pacific Northwest.

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Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) will receive $5 million in funding to support projects throughout the U.S. Southeast that support equitable service delivery including recapitalization of high-frequency radar, gliders, and buoy assets; a program to deploy low-cost wave buoys near frontline communities; continued development of the Sargassum Watch product; and stakeholder engagement and workforce development in underserved communities through workshops, enhanced communications, and internship opportunities.

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Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) will receive $40.1 M and serve as a pan-regional coordination point for a national effort by all of the IOOS Regional Associations to build capacity and expertise in support of ecosystem change management and place-based planning, water level and wave observation and monitoring, optimizing product development and delivery, and equitable service delivery.

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