Coastal Services Center

Northeast

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Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)

Date project initiated: December, 2004

Principal Investigator:
John Trowbridge
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
(508) 289-2296
jtrowbridge@whoi.edu

NERACOOS Web site

Brief project summary:
The NERACOOS development effort is working towards the formation of a Regional Association (RA) for the Northeast region that is consistent with all certification requirements of the U.S. IOOS. Among its objectives are:

• Respond to and provide a voice to users
• Build an RA based on the principle of coordinated decentralization, respecting the autonomy of existing coastal ocean observing programs in the Northeast, while leveraging their skills and contributions into a coherent, standards-based "system of systems"
• Develop synergies between the national backbone of the RCOOS and the regional enhancements, with strong connections to the Mid-Atlantic region
• Assure that research in ocean observing technologies and modeling feed ocean observing operations, and operations, in turn, inform the need for research
• Build on recent breakthroughs in dynamic data sharing, both technically and institutionally, and involving oceanographic, biologic, and geologic providers, to create an effective, standards-based data management and communications subsystem

Progress Reports

• Reporting period: 2005-06-01 to 2005-11-30
• Reporting period: 2005-12-01 to 2006-05-31
• Reporting period: 2006-06-01 to 2006-11-30
• Reporting period: 2006-12-01 to 2007-05-31
• Reporting period: 2007-06-01 to 2007-11-30

Additional Northeast Projects

• Development of the Northeast Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System
• Maximizing the Economic Return from Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS): Prioritized End User Needs and Tools for Tracking Use and Value of Observing System Information
• A Northeast Benthic Observatory (NEBO) to Support Multi-Species Fisheries and Ecosystem Management
• Northeast Coastal Observation Technology System (COTS) Projects
• All FY07 project summaries

 

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