Regional

Regional Associations

U.S. IOOS is comprised of eleven Regional Associations (RAs), which guide development of and stakeholder input to regional observing activities. The RAs serve the nation’s coastal communities, including the Great Lakes, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands and territories. Click on the yellow dots close for information on the regional coastal ocean observing systems.

Regional Associations

• Alaska (AOOS)
• Caribbean (CaRA)
• Central and Northern California (CeNCOOS)
• Gulf of Mexico (GCOOS)
• Great Lakes (GLOS)
• Mid-Atlantic (MARACOOS)
• Pacific Northwest (NANOOS)
• Northeast Atlantic (NERACOOS)
• Pacific Islands (PacIOOS) 
• Southern California (SCCOOS)
• Southeast Atlantic (SECOORA)

Fact Sheets: Regional Associations and ACT, 2012 (pdf)

RA Membership and Governance Template

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NOAA Regional Collaboration Network Contacts

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Functional Associations

Sensor Validation and Verification
ACT, Alliance for Coastal Technologies

Act, Alliance for Coastal Technologies is an important partner working with both the federal and regional ocean observing organizations within U.S. IOOS,
ACT is a NOAA-funded partnership of research institutions, resource managers, and private sector companies that supports the development and adoption of effective and reliable sensors and platforms. ACT is also committed to providing the information required to select the most appropriate tools for studying and monitoring coastal environments.

Details:

• ACT Fact Sheet, 2012 (pdf)
• http://www.act-us.info/

U.S. IOOS Modeling Testbed
SURA, Southeastern Universities Research Association

SURA, Southeastern Universities Research Association is working with government agencies and  researchers to advance information technology and improve understanding of coastal, ocean, and  environmental phenomena. The goal of this activity is to create a multi-disciplinary, community-based modeling testbed that facilitates improved coastal ocean prediction. The testbed will  allow scientists to share models, observations, and tools needed to elucidate, prioritize, and, ultimately, link models so they can be used interchangeably.  The goals include improving and evaluating models already in operational use within the Atlantic and Gulf Coast super-region, assessing system performance, and facilitating the transition of models from research to operations. Pilot testbed projects will address three recurrent issues within the super region: (1) coastal inundation; (2) estuarine hypoxia; and (3) shelf hypoxia. An overarching theme will involve the design and implementation of cyberinfrastructure (CI) to support the three coastal themes.

Details:

• About Modeling Testbed
• Coastal Modeling Testbed, Sura

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