Ocean Technology Transition - The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

IOOS advances technology through the transition of ocean, coastal, and marine sensors and platforms to operations.

LATEST NEWS

NOAA Awards $11.6 Million for Harmful Algal Bloom Research

Ocean Service Announcement of OTT Grants

Rock Point Oyster Company Shellfish Farm in Quilcene, WA. Photo credit: Jenifer Rhoades, IOOS.

Mission: The IOOS Ocean Technology Transition program sponsors the transition of emerging marine observing technologies, for which there is an existing operational requirement and a demonstrated commitment to integration and use by the ocean observing community, to operational mode.

Vision: Transitioning marine observing technology to operations will result in improved ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing capabilities that are critical for helping us understand our ocean, coastal, and marine environments and improve environmental intelligence for decision making.

HABs and HYPOXIA IOOS Ocean Technology Transition Program has supported efforts to address two water quality issues: Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) and Hypoxia. More >>	ANIMAL BORNE SENSORS Animal telemetry is the science of elucidating the movements and behavior of animals as they move through the world’s oceans, coastal rivers, estuaries and great lakes. More >>
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION The ocean chemistry of the seawater is rapidly changing, affecting animal growth, survival and behavior, and depleting the ocean of calcium carbonate, a nutrient vital for shellfish to build shells. More >>	PHYSICAL OCEAN OBSERVATIONS The ability to observe physical oceanographic variables such as sea surface currents, temperature, salinity, external and internal tides, and surface waves support a vast array of stakeholders and missions. More >>

Project Information

Current Projects

Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Autonomous Hypoxia Monitoring (new in FY20)

Advancing and integrating animal-borne tags into regional ocean observatories in the Northwest Atlantic (new in FY20)

Technology Transfer of a Surface pCO2 Flux Instrument for Autonomous Platform Applications (new in FY20)

Launching WebCOOS: Webcams for Coastal Observations and Operational Support (new in FY20)

Autonomous Offshore HAB Sampling Surveys with the OceanAero Triton in the Pacific Northwest (new in FY20)

Software Tools for the Mitigation of Wind Turbine Interference in the U.S. IOOS Network (new in FY20)

Adapting GNSS-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) as an operational framework for coastal monitoring (new in FY21)

Internet of Things in the Deep: Automating the collection of oceanographic data with smarter fishing vessels (new in FY21)

Validating the Aqusens imaging platform to expand networked cell detection capabilities (new in FY23)

Fishing for Hypoxia: An Academic-Industry-Tribal Partnership to Observe the Coastal Ocean (new in FY23)

Institutionalizing Long-term Offshore ESP Monitoring in the Pacific Northwest (new in FY23)

A Proposal to Scale from a Regional to a National Webcam Coastal Observation System (WebCOOS) (new in FY23)

Improving HF Radar Ocean Observation with AI (new in FY23)

Intuitive Model-Driven Marine Particle Tracking and Visualization Tools for Coastal Incident Response, Maritime Domain Awareness and Research Applications (new in FY23)

Optimization of PhytO-ARM harmful algal bloom sensing for low-bandwidth, satellite-based telemetry (new in FY24)

Building Capacity to Measure and Assess Offshore, Full-frequency Water Level Fluctuations to Support Coastal Hazard Observation and Prediction (new in FY24)

An in situ system for combined pH and alkalinity measurements (new in FY24)

NOAA build-a-buoy: meeting the operational and scientific needs in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary through innovation and collaboration (new in FY24)

Streamlining Integration and Distribution of Metocean Data from Offshore Wind Operations for Marine Stakeholders (new in FY24)

Development & Implementation of a Low-cost Modular Ocean Discovery System (new in FY24)

Assessing the emerging threat of sargassum inundation on coastal carbonate chemistry in the U.S. Caribbean by streamlining and operationalizing observing technologies (new in FY24)

Past Projects

Pacific Ocean Acidification Project

Gulf of Maine Environmental Sensor Processor Deployment to Support HAB Detection

Detecting Harmful Algal Blooms in the Pacific Northwest

Imaging Flow CytoBot Data Integration

Tracking Ocean Alkalinity using New Carbon Measurement Technologies (TAACT)

Enhancing Pacific OA Observing

Northeastern United States Nutrient Observatory

Detecting Arctic Ice Freeze Up

Hawaii Shark Tagging Project

Transitioning IFCB for Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation and Research

Building Coupled Storm Surge and Wave Operational Forecasting Capacity for Western Alaska

Data Integration and Web-based Model Validation Tool for NOAA CO-OPS

Transitioning Lake Erie Harmful Algal Blooms Early Warning System to Sustainable Operational Form

Real-time Monitoring of the Impact of Observing Systems on Ocean Analysis - Forecast Systems in Support of U.S. IOOS

Operationalizing Real-Time Telemetry Onboard Commercial Fishing Vessels in the Northeast

Documents

Frequently Asked Questions

2020 OTT Funding Opportunity FAQs

Announcements

Seattle Times, Scientists launch ‘ocean robot’ to test Washington waters for shellfish toxins [May, 2016]

Miami Herald, Ocean 'robot' to help identity toxic algae off Washington [May 2016]

Hakai Institute Deploys Canada's First Burke-o-later to Monitor Ocean Acidification [April, 2016]

Pacific Northwest OTT HAB buoy featured on Seattle, WA local news station KING5 [June, 2015]

Operational Nutrient Observatory in the Northeast featured in National Water Quality Monitoring Council's 10th edition of "National Water Monitoring News" [May, 2015]

FY17 Projects Announcement [September, 2017]

FY15 Projects Announcement [August, 2015]

Pacific Ocean Acidification Portal Launched [October, 2014]

FY14 Projects Announcement [September, 2014]

FY13 Projects Announcement [September, 2013]