SECOORA 101 SOUTHEAST COAST and OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION
Outline Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) –One System, Multiple Purposes SECOORA 101 –Members –Subcomponents –Principal Investigators 2013 Highlights –Data Assembly –Data Portal Products –Marine Weather Portal –Beach Water Quality App –GSAA Data Portal
Federal, National & Regional Partners IOOS Regional Component A network of eleven regional coastal ocean observing systems that meet national and regional needs for local ocean observations, data management, and modeling
wind, wave, current climatologies wind, wave, current, nowcasts & forecasts surface current maps
SECOORA 101 MARACOOS GCOOS CARA Mission: Support decision- makers by collecting and synthesizing coast & ocean data Regional Membership-based nonprofit Coordinate, instigate, facilitate
SECOORA Members
SECOORA Subcomponents Data Management and Communications (12%) Program Development (19%) Monitoring and Observing (53%) Moored (buoys) and Coastal Stations High Frequency Radar Modeling (16%) Circulation Fisheries management Inundation, surge Water Quality (beach, shellfish)
SECOORA Principal Investigators
SECOORA 2013 Highlights
SECOORA Data Assembly
SECOORA Products: Data Portal Real-time and Modelled Data
SECOORA Products Marine Weather Portal
SECOORA Products “ This model has reduced the sampling burden for our Regional staff; but the major benefit has been the Department’s quicker response time for posting beach advisories and subsequent enhancement of our agency’s primary mission of protecting the public health. David E. Wilson, PE Chief Bureau of Water, SCDHEC Beach Water Quality App ”
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