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Our mission is to produce, integrate and communicate high quality information that helps ensure safety,
economic and environmental resilience, and sustainable use of the coastal ocean.
The Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean
Observing Systems
Produce | Integrate | Communicate
The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
Operated By:Federal Component:
Regional Component:
Stakeholder driven, science based, policy neutral
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How do you measure success?
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ANNUAL GROWTH IN REVENUES
‘I am just one representative of the industry, everybody I know uses these [NERACOOS] buoys and they have them on their phones, so it’s extremely important to us.”- Jim Dow, Lobsterman, Maine Lobstermen's Association
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‘We use the buoy to help us manage the risk of navigating the oil barges through the canal.”- Ed LeBlanc, US Coast Guard
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System Operators
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Engage and Collaborate
Webinars Synthesis Translation Stakeholder Input
Implementation Plan
2013 2017
Webinars2013 - 2014
State of the Science
WorkshopApr 2014
Summary Article
June 2015
Stakeholder Engagement Workshops2014 - 2016
Implementation Plan2017
The Northeast Coastal Acidification Network - NECAN
Integrated Sentinel Monitoring Network - ISMN
Regional Harmful Algal Bloom workshop – March 2018
Regional Partner Meetings
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Generate Information
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Reprocessed dataOct. 9, 2016 to Feb.14, 2017
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NitrateConcentration
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Nitrate at 1m and 20m greater than at 50m, capping off low N
layer beneath
Nutrient Observatory – Buoy M
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Produce | Integrate | Communicate
Expanding Surface Current measurements
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SeaTrac
Two pilot projects selected for 2018
Global-FVCOM (2-50 km)
GOM-FVCOM (0.3-15 km) Mass-Coastal FVCOM(10 m-5 km)
Nested
Nested
Nested
Scituate, MA (up to 10 m) Hampton, NH (up to 10 m)Boston Harbor, MA (up to 10 m) Saco Bay (up to 10 m)
Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS)
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Manage the data
NCEI
Data Management Framework
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Deliver the Information - Products
Ocean Climate
Wave Runup Forecast
“The wave runup forecast will help us improve predictions of coastal storm impacts and I Love the fact that different users can control how the wave runup output is displayed.” John Cannon, NWS
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Govern and Manage the System
