The Eyes on the Ocean™ Bi-weekly is an informal way of keeping you up-to-date on U.S. IOOS® activities. Email us to get it delivered to your inbox, and connect with us to keep up with the latest news! From the Director: This week, the IOOS Association, Regional Association Directors, the IOOS Program Office, and NOAA partners met for the annual spring meeting. National Ocean Service Acting Assistant Administrator Nicole LeBoeuf and NOS Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator Jeff Payne both spoke and discussed partnership opportunities with the regional associations. The group also had the opportunity to hear about updates on biological observations, including increasing collaboration with the National Centers for Coastal Science on harmful algal bloom monitoring and working with the National Marine Fisheries Service. They also heard an update on the surface current program and High Frequency Radar funding and gap filling progress. Overall it was a very productive meeting with lots of dialogue toward strategic alignment. We call this time of year March Madness - though not related to basketball. This week our regions will go for visits on Capitol Hill to brief congressional members on the importance of IOOS and the great work being done to advance ocean observing for the Nation. I will conduct follow on visits later this Spring to brief on the progress of the ICOOS Act and provide an update on U.S. IOOS work. Spring has certainly sprung here! Best wishes, From the U.S. IOOS Office: Observation Subsystem and Sensor Technologies: Data Management and Communications (DMAC) Subsystem and Tools Built on IOOS data (DMAC listserv – contact Micah Wengren, DMAC System Architec, data.ioos@noaa.gov) Modeling and Analysis Subsystem (IOOS PO and IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT) POC – Derrick Snowden, Derrick.Snowden@noaa.gov): Interagency and International Collaboration/News: Delivering the Benefits: Congressional: Communications/Outreach/Education: Upcoming Meetings with IOOS Participation: Click here to view the IOOS Association Calendar Do you have suggestions for new things you would like to see in the Eyes on the Ocean IOOS Bi-Weekly? Talk to us: eoto@noaa.gov!
Carl