1. SECOORA 101 SOUTHEAST COAST and OCEAN OBSERVING REGIONAL ASSOCIATION

2. 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

3. 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

4. wind, wave, current climatologies wind, wave, current, nowcasts & forecasts surface current maps

5. SECOORA 101 MARACOOS GCOOS CARA Mission: Support decision- makers by collecting and synthesizing coast & ocean data Regional Membership-based nonprofit Coordinate, instigate, facilitate

6. SECOORA Members

7. 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)

8. SECOORA Principal Investigators

9. SECOORA 2013 Highlights

10. SECOORA Data Assembly

11. SECOORA Products: Data Portal Real-time and Modelled Data

12. SECOORA Products Marine Weather Portal

13. 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 ”

14. Working Waterfront Clean Coastal and Ocean Waters Healthy Ecosystems Disaster-Resilient Communities |

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