NOAA's National Ocean Service: Roundtables

Advancing Our Understanding of the Oceans

Roundtable Program | Attendees | NOS Coordinating Office

Coastal and ocean observing and modeling systems provide decision-makers information and tools to better understand, predict, and manage the impacts of natural and human-induced change on ecosystems. For example, an integrated system of physical, biological, and chemical measurements, data management, and modeling can:

mitigate more effectively the effects of natural hazards,
improve the safety and efficiency of marine operations,
improve predictions of climate change and its effects on coastal populations,
improve national security,
reduce public health risks from microbial and chemical contamination, and
more effectively protect and restore healthy coastal marine ecosystems, and sustain living marine resources.

NOS supports 28 coastal and ocean observation systems – a diverse portfolio that reflects NOS commitments to marine transportation and coastal and ocean environmental stewardship issues. This Roundtable will provide constituents background information on current NOS products and services resulting from observation and modeling systems, and offer opportunities to shape future activities and directions for NOS. Discussions will focus on strategies for ensuring systems are product driven, identifying the Federal and non-Federal roles in implementing observing and modeling systems, and developing the flexibility to change as new stressors and management options are identified.

Roundtable Program

9:00	Coffee and Greetings
9:15	Opening Remarks - Dr. Richard Spinrad
9:30	Introduction of Roundtable Participants
10:00	Roundtable on Products and Services Resulting from Observation and Modeling Systems
10:40	Break
10:50	Discussion of Implementation Strategies and Emerging Issues Requiring Observation and Modeling
11:55	Closing Remarks - Dr. Richard Spinrad

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Attendees (listed alphabetically)

Charles Bedell, Murphy Oil Company

Keith Bedford, Ohio State University

Philip Bogden, Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System

Donald Boesch, University of Maryland

Bill Boicourt, University of Maryland

Ken Brink, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Michael Bruno, Stevens Institute of Technology

Janet Campbell, University of New Hampshire

Mike DeLuca, National Estuarine Research Reserve Association

Rick DeVoe, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium

Erika Feller, The Nature Conservancy

Madilyn Fletcher, University of South Carolina

Jennifer Greenamoyer, Sea Grant Association

Kim Harb, National Ocean Industries Association

Linda Hayden, Elizabeth City State University

Mike Hemsley, Ocean.US

Michael Jeffries, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and
Education

Judith Krauthamer, Marine Technology Society

Richard Langan, Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology

Malcolm LeCompte, Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing

Mari Lou Livingood, Marina Operators Association of America

Tony MacDonald, Coastal States Organization

Thomas Malone, Ocean.US

David Martin, University of Washington

Robert Moran, American Petroleum Institute

William Reay, Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Terry Schaff, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Carolyn Thoroughgood, University of Delaware

Dan Walker, Ocean Studies Board

Rear Admiral Richard D. West , USN (Ret.), Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

NOAA Ocean Council

Louisa Koch, NOAA's Office of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research

John Pereira, NOAA's Strategic Planning Office

NOS Coordinating Office

One NOS program office coordinated the second roundtable:

The National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) conduct and support research, monitoring, assessment, and technical assistance for managing coastal ecosystems and society's use of them. These activities fit within a framework of five environmental stressors: climate change, extreme natural events, pollution, invasive species, and land and resource use. There are five NCCOS centers, each with research labs. These centers' many research activities are projects to understand the causes and consequences of harmful algal blooms, to predict how climate change may affect our lives, and to determine the complex factors that affect fish habitats. Information on the Centers' program can be found at the Centers' Web site -- coastalscience.noaa.gov