We’ve got some exciting news this month — especially in light of this year’s predicted above-normal hurricane season.
We’re now tracking two Seagliders piloted by our Mexican colleagues in the southern Gulf of Mexico!
Including these uncrewed platforms on our glider-tracking dashboard GANDALF is part of our effort to work more closely with colleagues from throughout the entire Gulf of Mexico, and we hope that collecting and disseminating data from the southern Gulf will help improve storm and intensity forecasts even more.
Special thanks go to GCOOS Research Specialist, Product Developer and Co-Data Manager Bob Currier for once again making the magic happen to include these data on GANDALF and for developing this essential piloting tool. We’re also pleased to welcome Dr. Enric Pallas, lead of Grupo de Monitoreo Oceanográfico with Gliders (GMOG) and his team to the fold.
I’m sure we’ll be talking about our increased southern Gulf of Mexico collaborations during our upcoming fall meeting, scheduled to take place in person at the Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport on Sept. 28. We’re still developing our agenda, so feel free to share your ideas for topics and/or speakers as you register to join us!
We’ve also got a new job posting to share. We’re seeking a scientific computing specialist to support and expand our DMAC team. The position overview is below. Please help us find the best candidates by sharing the announcement with your colleagues.
Until next month,
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Register Now for the GCOOS Fall Meeting |
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The GCOOS fall meeting is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, in person (Covid levels permitting) in Gulfport, Mississippi. Members and nonmembers are welcome to attend.
While we’re still planning the day’s program, please register now so we can ensure you receive the block room rate and so we can keep you updated with all the details as they become available!
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What: GCOOS Fall Meeting
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When: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28
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Where: The Mississippi Aquarium, Gulfport Mississippi
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Hotel: Marriott Courtyard Gulfport Beachfront. $159/night ($95/government rate)
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Register here now to ensure you receive the special room rate
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Etc.: There’s no registration fee to attend, and breakfast and lunch are on us!
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GCOOS Seeks Scientific Computing Specialist |
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Do you dig data? Consider joining GCOOS as a scientific computing specialist!
We’re seeking a highly motivated professional who can:
- Significantly contribute to the expansion of our data management subsystem by supporting cyberinfrastructure management, oceanographic data curation, large dataset analysis and synthesis;
- Collaborate with governmental and non-governmental partners and stakeholders to increase understanding of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem;
- Ensure GCOOS provides accurate and reliable information to benefit people, the marine ecosystem, and the blue economy.
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GulfHub Data now in GCOOS ERDDAP Server |
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The GulfHub project, funded by the National Academies Gulf Research Program (NAS-GRP), collected and curated more than 5,300 unique physical oceanographic datasets on an ERDDAP server, including more than 3,500 from deepwater moorings, offshore oil rigs and platforms, and vessels that were previously considered proprietary. The historical data were collected from industry and private holdings and were checked extensively for quality and flagged accordingly.
- GCOOS created a project-based Web Accessible Folder to facilitate the collection of raw data, which were submitted in various formats. The data were converted to netCDF4 data format and published in a project-based ERDDAP server for analyses and access.
- Although the project has been discontinued, the project site, will remain operational through the end of 2022.
- The porting of the curated data from the GulfHub collection to GCOOS ERDDAP server has completed and published for public access. It is expected that the porting tasks will continue until the end of the year.
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Data Management & OA Job Listing |
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Are you interested in building a career focused on data management and ocean acidification? The University of Maryland Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (UMD/CISESS) is looking for a candidate to support the research, development, and transition projects funded by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
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GCOOS Glider Tracker Goes International |
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GANDALF, the GCOOS-developed dashboard that tracks underwater gliders and other uncrewed data observing platforms, has gone international! We’re now tracking two Seagliders piloted by our colleagues from Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, (CICESE) Baja California, that are collecting ocean observations in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The Grupo de Monitoreo Oceanográfico with Gliders (GMOG) glider workgroup is also part of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Science Research Consortium (CIGOM).
In all, GANDALF is tracking six Slocum gliders and two Seagliders in the Gulf of Mexico, a Slocum glider in the Gulf of Alaska and a Seaglider from University of Rhode Island operating in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.
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Have you missed one of the webinars hosted by the Underwater Glider User Group (UG2)? Past webinars are archived on their website.
Have an idea for a new webinar? You can post it there, too!
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Call for Papers: Loop Current Dynamics |
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A special issue of Frontiers in Marine Science will focus on the most recent understanding of processes governing Gulf of Mexico ocean dynamics, advances in prediction, as well as the application of those advances toward societal benefit for Gulf Coast communities.
This research topic invites contributions of original research papers focused on the Gulf of Mexico with themes: mesoscale circulation (including Loop Current and Eddy dynamics), abyssal circulation, upper-deep layer coupling, shelf circulation and cross-shelf exchange processes, ocean forecasting, modeling advances, observational studies, and applications of Gulf of Mexico models to fields outside of physical oceanography (e.g., fisheries, hurricane forecasting, etc.).
Deadlines:
- Short abstract, including paper title and authors, due July 21
- Full manuscript due on Sept. 20
- Details
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In June, NOAA inaugurated the nation's newest weather and climate supercomputers with an operational run of the National Blend of Models.
The new supercomputers, first announced in February 2020 with a contract award to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), provide a significant upgrade to computing capacity, storage space and interconnect speed of the nation's Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputer System (WCOSS).
Enhanced computing and storage capacity will allow NOAA to deploy higher-resolution models to better capture small-scale features like severe thunderstorms, more realistic model physics to better capture the formation of clouds and precipitation, and a larger number of individual model simulations to better quantify model certainty. The result will be even better forecasts and warnings to support public safety and the national economy.
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Twin supercomputers Dogwood (pictured here) and Cactus are the newest additions to NOAA's weather and climate operational supercomputing system. Located in Virginia and Arizona, each supercomputer operates at a speed of 12.1 petaflops — three times faster than NOAA's former system. (Image by General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)) |
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Help NWS Improve Flash Flood Products |
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The NOAA National Weather Service is seeking feedback on changes to four new products designed to help forecast flash floods. (Details here.)
Collectively called the “Experimental Area Hydrologic Discussion Product (AHD),” the resources are intended to provide NWS field offices with information about the rapid onset of flooding and its related impacts. It includes analysis of several probability outputs, such as the National Water Model Short-Range Forecast 12-hour rapid-onset flooding, high flow magnitude analysis, and past 7- or 14-day average high flow magnitude analysis.
During this experimental phase, the AHD will be issued only during times when conditions support potential impacts from flash, urban, or small stream flooding. The NWS is seeking comments and feedback on AHD through Dec. 31.
Visit the links below for further details & to comment:
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Healthy Ecosystems & Living Resources |
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Green Design Funding Opportunity |
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GOMA’s Integrated Planning Cross-Team Initiative seeks proposals for a green infrastructure project that will improve community resilience and reduce water pollution in one of the following areas:
- Aransas, Nueces, and San Patricio Counties in Texas
- Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris and Jefferson Counties in Texas
- Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes in Louisiana
Up to $41,000 is available for a 12-month project; matching funds not required. Applications due by July 29, 2022.
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Climate Change and a Migrating Goby |
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A new paper published in the Marine Pollution Journal indicates that the risk of the naked goby, Gobiosoma bosc — native to the Gulf of Mexico — of becoming invasive in Europe is likely to increase under climate change. The naked goby is the only known gobiid species to have been introduced in an easterly direction from North American waters to western Europe. |
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Image by Joseph R. Tomelleri |
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Gobies have typically dispersed or been introduced from the Ponto-Caspian region of eastern Europe and moved west toward North American and western European waters.
The paper’s authors, including GCOOS Executive Director Dr. Jorge Brenner, used the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK) and globally derived thresholds to determine that there is a low-to-medium risk the species will become invasive under current climate conditions. However, the risk increases as the climate changes. Invasive species have the potential to disrupt local ecological processes.
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Resilience Assessment for Mobile |
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The Water Institute of the Gulf and partners have been chosen by Mobile, Alabama, to develop a resilience assessment and plan for the city.
The 18-month process will evaluate the risks the city faces, potential strategies to mitigate risks and help guide stakeholders through a Structured Decision-Making (SDM) process that helps guide decision-makers through discussions and prioritization to allow better clarity in complicated situations. The process will help city leaders and stakeholders develop a plan that fits their specific needs.
Project partners include Volkert, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Ephriam Environmental, LLC, Waggonner & Ball, and Moffatt & Nichol.
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Climate Hazards and Equity |
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The Gulf Research Program has announced grant awards for 13 new projects totaling $3.7 million under the “Innovative Community Engagement Methods” grant opportunity, which seeks to develop and employ innovative approaches to engage communities in activities addressing the impacts of climate change on human health and community resilience.
Additionally, the GRP is supporting six projects through its “Bridging Knowledge to Action” grants to facilitate the use of open and accessible data to help state, local or tribal governments achieve better outcomes associated with climate hazards or other disasters.
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NOAA NGS has released this year's emergency response pre-event imagery. Coverage includes the East and Gulf coasts, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Images for the West Coast have also been collected and should be available in the next two months. These image releases support emergency response efforts and allow for quick comparisons as responders analyze the areas hardest hit by events such as hurricanes, tornados, and floods.
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Deepwater Project Tracker |
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The Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA) will feature the Deepwater Horizon Project Tracker during their next Wednesday Webinar — 2 p.m. CT Wednesday, July 27. The Tracker provides an easy and comprehensive way to track restoration, research and recovery projects resulting from the massive 2010 oil spill.
During the webinar, representatives from Ducks Unlimited and Trust for Public Land will talk about use cases.
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Click here for the webinar link
- No registration is required.
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In 2010, the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon resulted in the largest man-made disaster in U.S. history. Today, each Gulf state administers restoration funds and programs. Additionally, other agencies and organizations are also tasked with administering programs designed to restore Gulf habitats and better understand Gulf ecosystems.
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Bill Woodward Bids Farewell to ATN |
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Anyone following development of the U.S. Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) is likely familiar with the pioneering work of Bill Woodward. As the ATN Coordinator since 2016, he has worked to build strong partnerships across the US IOOS community and served as the manager of the ATN Data Assembly Center where different sources of telemetry-based animal movement data are aggregated and made available to the public. Bill is a man of many careers, having worked at the US Naval Oceanographic Office and National Oceanographic Instrumentation Center before his nearly three-decade career with NOAA.
Bill has been a valued GCOOS partner, co-organizing stakeholder engagement to identify regional needs and priorities for animal movement observations in the Gulf, and we wish him a fond farewell in his retirement!
We also welcome new interim ATN lead Dr. Tobey Curtis, Fishery Management Specialist with NOAA’s Office of Sustainable Fisheries.
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Early Career Research Fellowships |
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The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies is now accepting applications for early career research fellowships in offshore energy safety and in education research. The two-year grants offer fellows $75,000 in nearly unrestricted research funds, with an additional $1,000 honorarium for a career mentor at your institution.
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Course: The Science of Disasters |
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FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute is offering a 16-hour course in “The Science of Disasters” designed for emergency managers from federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies, and prospective professionals transferring from another discipline to emergency management. The course provides the participants with an overview of scientific principles and concepts that shape our increasingly dangerous world.
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GCOOS maintains a jobs listing for positions and fellowships in the ocean observing community. Want to advertise a position? Email Laura Caldwell
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View Position Details/Bookmark This Page
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Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Association: Executive Director
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Mote Marine Laboratory: Ocean Technology Program Manager
- Texas A&M University: Scientific Computing Specialist
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Ocean Visions UN Center for Ocean-Climate Solutions and Innovation: Director
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State of Louisiana: Coastal Resources Scientist Senior DCL B
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State of Florida: Environmental Specialist
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Mote Marine Laboratory: Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Microbiology, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Seagrass Ecosystem Research, Philanthropy Officer, Senior Aquarium Biologist – Mammals and Reptiles
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GOOS Biology: Data Manager
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The Nature Conservancy: Blue Carbon Specialist
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National Wildlife Federation: Water and Coastal Policy Fellow
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National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: Climate/Marine Protected Area Associate
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National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: Director of Conservation
Postdoctoral Positions:
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National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences, NRC Research Programs
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National Research Council: Research Associateship Programs Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards
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University of New Hampshire: Postdoctoral Laboratory Scientist
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Loyola Marymount University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bioinformatics and Machine Learning
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National Academies of Science, Engineering and Mathematics: Early Career Fellowships
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National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Sciences: Minorities in Aquaculture Internship Opportunity
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Department of Defense: Visualization of Coastal Data, Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Fellow
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GCOOS maintains a listing of funding opportunities. Have an opportunity you'd like to advertise? Email Laura Caldwell
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National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration - Infrastructure and Jobs Investment Act
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NOAA RESTORE - FY 2023
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Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative – 4th Request For Proposals
- Gulf of Mexico Alliance
- Restore Science Program
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GCOOS is the Gulf of Mexico regional component of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and the only certified system dedicated solely to the Gulf of Mexico. Our mission is to provide timely, reliable, accurate and on-demand information on the open ocean and coastal ocean waters of the Gulf of Mexico to ensure a healthy, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone. |
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Dr. Jorge Brenner, Executive Director • Dr. Barbara Kirkpatrick, Senior Advisor • Bill Lingsch, U.S. Glider User Group Coordinator • Dr. Chris Simoniello, Outreach & Education Coordinator • Felimon Gayanilo, Systems Architect, Co-Data Manager • Bob Currier, Research Specialist, Product Developer, Co-Data Manager • Marion Stoessel, Senior Research Associate • Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson, Research Associate • Grant Craig, Program Coordinator • Laura Caldwell, Program Assistant • Nadine Slimak, Public Relations & Content Marketing, Vetted Communications
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In Memoriam: Matt Howard, 1952-2018
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