The Eyes on the Ocean™ Bi-weekly is an informal way of keeping you up-to-date on US 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: Hello IOOS Community, November is a heavy travel month for me and I have just returned from the Marine Technology Society’s Ocean in Action meeting in Gulfport, MS. I had the opportunity to speak on a panel discussing NOAA’s initiative on Advancing Research Collaboratively, meet many great marine and ocean technology companies, and participate in the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) with the Navy’s CNMOC Operational Command. The event brought together Federal, state, local, and private organizations to learn more about emerging technologies and discuss ocean observation needs. Next week I will head to San Diego to attend the 11th annual BlueTech Week presented by The Maritime Alliance. The theme for BTW2019 is “UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Clusters & the Triple Helix”, with a special focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation, 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy, 14 – Life Below Water and 17 – Partnerships for the Goals. On Tuesday, November 19th I will moderate a panel on Ocean Observation Applications. There will be over 700 attendees and more than 160 companies represented at BTW2019. For more information and to register for the event, see below in the Upcoming Meetings with IOOS Participation Section. 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 Architect, 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: NGS and NIST to Retire U.S. Survey Foot after 2022: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and NGS have co-issued a Federal Register Notice (FRN) to retire the U.S. survey foot as part of modernizing the National Spatial Reference System in 2022. Since 1893, the United States has defined the foot based on the meter. The definition adopted at that time was 1 foot = 0.3048006 meter approximately. In 1959, the definition was revised to 1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly. This change was made to support U.S. industry and international trade. It resolved a long-standing discrepancy between the definition used by U.S. industries and that used by other countries. The 1959 redefinition of the foot was legally binding and intended for the entire United States. But a single exception allowed temporary continued use of the previous definition exclusively for geodetic surveying. This joint decision by NIST and NGS will end that exception after 2022. For more information, contact michael.dennis@noaa.gov, 240-533-9611. NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson tests innovative DriX unmanned surface vehicle: During the month of October, NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson integrated and operated a DriX, an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) created by the French technology company iXblue. The primary goal of the project was to test iXblue’s unique deployment and recovery solution specifically designed for Thomas Jefferson’s on board survey launch davit. Survey launches are limited to daylight operations and deployment and recovery are the most challenging operations the ship undertakes. Utilizing a DriX for continuous survey operations without having to recover and/or service it for up to four days straight would significantly increase the ship’s efficiency. Read more here: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/updates/noaa-ship-thomas-jefferson-tests-innovative-drix-autonomous-surface-vehicle/ Lessening the Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms: Check out the new article on NOAA’s National Ocean Service’s website from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) on detecting, forecasting, and mitigating Harmful Algal Blooms here: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/hab-solutions.html Expressions of Interest Due November 15th - UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development North Atlantic Regional Workshop: Following the First Global Planning Meeting held last May in Denmark, the Ocean Frontier Institute will convene a North Atlantic Regional Workshop 7-10 January, 2020, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The workshop will facilitate regional, interdisciplinary discussions across sectors, such as ocean science and technology, ocean policy and sustainable development, industry, NGOs and civil society, and donors and foundations, to identify concrete deliverables and partnerships to meet the Decade's six societal objectives. More information is available on the workshop website (https://oceanfrontierinstitute.com/un-decade-2020) including information on submitting an Expression of Interest (due November 15, 2019). The Steering Committee will select diverse subject matter representation for optimal participation. The North Atlantic Regional Workshop will aim to identify: Knowledge gaps and regional ocean science priorities for the 2030 Agenda and the North Atlantic Action Plan Existing relevant partnerships/networks/initiatives and potential interested partners Priorities in capacity-development/training Priority themes and topics to be addressed by the Decade Other regional initiatives and meetings to be aligned with the Decade Grants & Funding Opportunities Delivering the Benefits: Congressional: ICOOS Act Update: No update. Communications/Outreach/Education: Upcoming Meetings with IOOS Participation: Integrated Ocean Observing for a Changing California Coastline, 19 November 2019, Sacramento, CA: This one-day, public event will showcase California’s Ocean Observing System capabilities, communicate the value of our products and tools to the state, and guide the development of a vision for future collaboration between the State of California and the California Ocean Observing Systems. Click here for registration and more information. 11th Annual Blue Tech Week - 18-22 November 2019: The 11th annual BlueTech Week will take place Nov. 18-22, 2019 in San Diego. The theme for BTW2019 is “UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Clusters & the Triple Helix”, with a special focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation, 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy, 14 – Life Below Water and 17 – Partnerships for the Goals. We are expecting 700+ attendees from 18-20 countries including representatives of 160+ companies (up from 550+ attendees from 16 countries and 140+ companies in 2018). For more info and to register: https://www.bluetechweek.org/ Day by Day Overview: Monday is the “by invitation” BlueTech Cluster Day; Tuesday is the “UN Decade of Ocean Science: Promoting Academic, Government & Industry Collaboration” day co-hosted with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at SIO; Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 20-21 is the BlueTech Summit & Tech Expo with Maritime Gala Dinner & Award Ceremony that evening; and Friday, Nov. 22, there will be 22-24 innovative ocean and watertech SMEs pitching to a team of judges on the 4th annual BlueTech Investor Day. Wednesday-Friday will take place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina Bay Tower where a special room rate has been negotiated. AGU Fall Meeting, 9-13 December 2019, San Francisco, CA: AGU’s Fall Meeting is the largest international Earth and space science meeting in the world. After meetings in New Orleans and Washington, D.C., it returns to the Moscone Center in San Francisco to celebrate the past and inspire the future during their Centennial. For registration and more information, click here: https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting GOA-AN North American Hub Meeting - Dec 16-18, 2019: An in-person meeting of the GOA-AN North American Hub will take place 16-18 December in Huatulco Mexico at the Universidad del Mar, Ciudad Universitaria SN, Huatulco, Oaxaca 70902. Please place these dates on your calendar and please RSVP as soon as possible to Richard Feely (e-mail: Richard.A.Feely@noaa.gov) and Cecelia Chapa (e-mail: cecychba@gmail.com) if you plan to attend the meeting (or participate via the internet from your office). More information and the agenda can be found here: (http://goa-on.org/regional_hubs/north_america/activities/workshops/huatulco2019/workshop.php). The GOA-ON North American Ocean Acidification Hub has been established to serve the countries of Mexico, Canada, and the United States. The Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) has encouraged grass-roots formation of regional hubs to foster communities of practice for the efficient collection of comparable and geographically distributed data to assess ocean acidification and its effects, and to support adaptation tools like model forecasts. For more information, contact Elizabeth Mackie (Elizabeth.Mackie@noaa.gov). Save the date: Ocean Obs RCN Annual Meeting, 16 February 2020, San Diego, CA: The Ocean Obs Research Coordination Network (RCN) will host an OceanObs’19 Conference follow-up meeting on February 16, 2020, in San Diego, CA, immediately preceding the AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting. The OceanObs’19 conference (Hawaii 16-21 September, 2019) will be the third conference of this series, held once every ten years. The Ocean Obs RCN annual meeting on 16 February 2020 will be dedicated to the synthesis of threads and recommendations emerging from the OceanObs’19 Conference. Of particular interest will be focusing the community on the planning for the implementation of initiatives emerging from OceanObs’19. The meeting will advance links between observation networks and operational users to facilitate the delivery of critical information to stakeholders, and to address critical policy issues that require multidisciplinary ocean observing systems. Ocean Sciences 2020 Meeting, 16 – 21 February 2020, San Diego, CA: The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. As we approach the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, beginning in 2021, it is increasingly important to gather as a scientific community to raise awareness of the truly global dimension of the ocean, address environmental challenges, and set forth on a path towards a resilient planet. More info here: https://www.agu.org/ocean-sciences-meeting WOC 7th Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), 20 – 22 November 2019, Paris: The World Ocean Council (WOC) Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) is the annual gathering of the global Ocean Business Community dedicated to advancing private sector action on responsible use of the seas. With the theme of “Investing in Ocean Futures: Finance and Innovation for the Blue Economy”, the SOS 2019 will be the foremost international business conference dedicated to investment and innovation for ocean sustainable development. More information available here: www.sustainableoceansummit.org International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC2020), 16-20 March 2020, Goa, India: More info available: https://iiosc2020.incois.gov.in/ The International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC 2020) sponsored by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, will be held from 16-20 March 2019 in Dona Paula, Goa, India. The conference aims to not only act as a multi-disciplinary showcase of Indian Ocean oceanic and coupled climatic research in general, but will provide the opportunity to specifically present research resulting from the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) (2015-2020) and so act as a platform for the recently proclaimed extension of IIOE-2 out to at least 2025. Job & Internship Opportunities: Biology and Ecosystems Data Analyst: The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is recruiting a Data Analyst with a focus on biology and ecosystem data to assist in integration and management. The post will be based at MBARI, which is located in Moss Landing, CA and will work closely with the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) and the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS). Read more and how to apply here. Staff Scientist/Program Manager: The Ocean Technology Research Program of Mote Marine Laboratory has an opening for a full time Staff Scientist/Program Manager. The successful candidate should have a PhD, DSc, or equivalent in oceanography, marine science or engineering with experience in sensor and instrumentation development and deployment for the marine environment. Experience in interdisciplinary research, biogeochemical measurements and instrumentation, optics, autonomous instrument platforms, robotics, and/or ocean observing systems with strong engineering background will be advantageous. Closes 12/31/19. Read more and apply here. California Sea Grant - California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Coordinator: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and California Sea Grant at UC San Diego seek a motivated individual to coordinate the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) program under the guidance of the CalCOFI Director and CalCOFI Committee, in partnership with California Sea Grant. Closes 12/15/19. Learn more and apply here. California Sea Grant Extension Specialist - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: California Sea Grant seeks a California Sea Grant Extension Specialist, to be based in San Luis Obispo, California at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). The extension specialist will be a full-time employee of Cal Poly hired as a research scientist. Closes 12/30/19. Learn more and apply here. Postdoctoral Researcher: Development of indicators to assess Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): The Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for assessing changing conditions in the marine protected areas (MPA) of California. Learn more and apply here. GCOOS Seeks Glider Community Coordinator: GCOOS is pleased to announce that an opening for a newly funded position: Coordinator for the U.S. Underwater Glider User Group (UG2). The Glider Community Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and further developing UG2, facilitating the exchange of information and expertise among glider users throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the broader U.S., including sharing best practices. Learn more and apply here. 2021 Knauss Fellowship Opportunity now open: The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources. Students should apply by February 21, 2020. Learn more about the Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. 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!
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