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regional association highlights
AOOS Contributes to Children's Book
on Ocean Currents
AOOS provided financial support for a new children's book, Pete Puffin's Wild Ride, published by Alaska Geographic. AOOS will also provide financial support for distribution of the book to each library and school in Alaska, as well as assist with incorporating the book into curriculum development.
NANOOS Observing Data Contributes to Science Summit
On June 30, US Rep. Norm Dicks (D-OR) will host a Hood Canal Science Summit to hear the results of a 3-year study to assess causes of hypoxia in Hood Canal. Observing data partially supported by NANOOS was instrumental in the study and knowledge gained.
new! communication resources
Get assistance in presenting the Ocean Observing message to the world in the new Communication Resources section of this site, which includes the new IOOS logo, the Communications Toolkit, and a classy presentation template. These products are designed to make it easy for you to communicate about IOOS and its goals.
IOOs appropriations update
June 23 | Last week, the House and Senate Committees on Commerce, Justice, and Science marked up the NOAA Appropriations Bills, which included IOOS. For the first time, the House included numbers above the President's requested amount: $19.5M for Regional IOOS (President requested $14.6M), and $8.0M for Federal IOOS (President requested $6.5M). The Senate marks were higher, with $30M for Regional IOOS and $8M for Federal IOOS.
selections from the june 2008 UpdatE
Read the full June 2008 Update
Ocean US will miss Tom Malone
Tom has been a major player in shaping and forming IOOS ...
Seeking RA Input for HF Radar
Document to serve as a reference for planning, building and implementing a national HF Radar system ...
Capitol Hill Ocean Week
Featuring presentations on the ocean and climate change ...
RA Assessments
PacIOOS is the final assessment ...
Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
West Coast RAs met with NOAA Fisheries about needs and inputs for IEAs ...
New ACT Demonstration Project
Alliance for Coastal Technologies wants participants for pCO2 and HAB sensor demonstrations ...
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position announcement
SECOORA seeks Executive Director
The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, a regional non-profit organization based in Charleston, SC, seeks a dynamic leader ... Read More
Upcoming Events
July
- July 8 | IWGOO Mtg, Washington, DC
- July 17 | RA Telecon, 2pm ET
- July 21-25 | Nat’l Marine Educators Conference, Savannah, GA
- July 22-24 | MAST Retreat, Arlington, VA
August
- August 19-21 | HF RADAR Retreat, Denver, CO
September
- Sept 15-18 | MTS/IEEE, Quebec City, Quebec
- Sept 18 | RA Telecon, 2pm ET
- Sept 22-26 | ICES, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Sept 25 | IWGOO Mtg, Silver Spring, MD
October
- Oct 16| RA Telecon, 2pm ET
November
- Nov 18-20 | Coastal Cities Summit, St Petersburg, FL
- Nov 20 | RA Telecon, 2pm ET
December
- Dec 2-4 | RA Workshop and NFRA Annual Mtg, Baltimore, MD
- Dec 15-19 | AGU Fall Mtg, San Francisco, CA
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