2013

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2013 February 26-28- Annual Meeting of the Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Lexington, VA

• Occurrence of Juvenile Southern Flounder in Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay- Sean Lusk (poster)

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2013 February 4-7- 2nd GODAE OceanView Coastal Oceans and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSS-TT) International Coordination Workshop (COSS-ICW2), Lecce, Italy

• An evaluation of real-time forecast models of Middle Atlantic Bight continental shelf waters" - John Wilkin with Eli Hunter Naomi Fleming, Rutgers University

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2013 January 7-8 - WHOI-CINAR Shelfbreak Ecosystem Workshop, Warwick RI 

• The Power of Partnership Between Science and the Fishering Industry in Applied Ecosystem Science - Josh Kohut, John Manderson, Matt Oliver & Many More

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2012

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2012 November 28 - 9th Water Monitoring Summit, Rutgers EcoComplex, Columbus, NJ

• Ocean Observing Along the NJ Coast: Using Underwater Autonomous  Vehicles (AUVs) to Measure Dissolved Oxygen - Josh Kohut & Many Many Many People

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2012 November 13-16 - IOOS Summit, Dulles Airport Hyatt, Virginia

• IOOS Summit Special Session: MARACOOS Responds to Hurricane Sandy - Scott Glenn, Rutgers University

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2012 November 1-2 - MARACOOS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland

• Updating the IOOS-NCEP-MARACOOS Interaction: The Partnership is Working! - Louis Uccellini, National Centers for Environmental Prediction
• Wind Power is Abundant and Does Not Cause Global Warming - Christina Archer, Univ. of Delaware
• Accelerating Sea Level Rise and Stakeholder Response - Larry Atkinson, Old Dominion Univ.
• River Herring Bycatch Avoidance in Small Mesh Fisheries - David Bethoney, SMAST
• An Overview of the US Offshore Wind Industry's Met-Ocean Data Needs and Applications - Matthew Filippelli, AWS Truepower
• Fishery Data and Real Time Oceanographic Products --- Fishermen, Choke Species and Surviving Endangered Species Act Listings - John Hoey, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
• Utilizing Remote Sensing, AUVs and Acoustic Biotelemetry to Create Dynamic Single Species Distribution Models in the Mid-Atlantic - Matt Oliver, Univ. of Delaware
• Flood Risk Assessments - Alan Blumberg, Stevens Inst. Tech.
• Combining Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers with Acoustic Arrays to Enhance Interpretation of Fish Movements - Roger Rulifson, East Carolina Univ.
• RU-COOL Advanced Modeling System in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Development and Operational Applications: Investigating the NJ Sea/Land Breeze - Greg Seroka, Rutgers Univ.
• Using Ocean Observing Systems and Local Ecological Knowledge to Nowcast Butterfish Bycatch Events in the Mid-Atlantic Bight Logfin Squid Fishery (601 Megabytes!!)  - Josh Kohut, Rutgers Univ.

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2012 October 14-19 - OCEANS 2012 MTS/IEEE - Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA

• An Operational Modeling Implementation for the Trinidad-Venezuela Region Using Feature Models - Andre Schmidt
• Raising the Bar in the Mid-Atlantic: Moving Maracoos Observations to Next Generation Forecasting and Product Development - Gerhard Kuska
• Assimilation of High-Frequency Radar Surface Currents Into a Coastal Ocean Model of the Middle Atlantic Bight - Alan F. Blumberg, Stevens Institute of Technology
• The Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System: An IOOS Estuarine Archetype - Doug Wilson, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
• Mapping the Mid-Atlantic Cold Pool Evolution and Variability with Ocean Gliders and Numerical Models - Wendell S. Brown, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• 1. Operational Coastal Forecasting System for Dubai 2. IOOS Coastal Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT)Cyberinfrastructure - Eoin Howlett, Kyle Wilcox, Alex Crosby, Andy Bird, ASA
• 1. Impact Of Ocean Observations on Hurricane Irene Intensity Forecasts 2. IOOS & Hurricanes & Fish – Oh My! - Scott Glenn, Rutgers University
• Using ocean observing systems and local ecological knowledge to nowcast butterfish bycatch events in the Mid-Atlantic Bight longfin squid fishery - Josh Kohut, Rutgers University
• Phytoplankton Dynamics and Bottom Water Oxygen During a Large Bloom in the Summer of 2011 - Oscar Schofield, Rutgers University, Attachements - movie:
• Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (RU-COOL) Advanced Modeling System Developed to Cost-Effectively Support Offshore Wind Energy Development and Operational Applications - Greg Seroka, Rutgers University
• Observing the Urban Estuary: Review and Prospect - Bill Boicourt, University of Maryland
• Examination of the SeaSonde Wave Processing Parameters and the Effects of Shallow Water on Wave Measurements - Colin Evans, Rutgers University
• 1. Ocean Observatories Initiative: Education & Public Engagement - 2. How Can We "Sea" the Ocean? – Building New Windows for Discovery and Education - Mike Crowley, Rutgers University
• 1. Analysis of the Wind Resource off New Jersey for Offshore Wind Energy Development - 2. Automated Quality Control of High Frequency Radar Data - 3. Expanding the Coverage of HF Radar Through the Use of Wave Powered Buoys - Hugh Roarty, Rutgers University
  Attachements - movie:

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2012 October 3 - Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Seminar, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

• National Centers for Environmental Prediction: Entering a New Era in Earth System Prediction “From the Sun to the Sea” - Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Director of National Centers for Environmental Prediction
  Attachements - movie:

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2012 September 19 - Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce Stakeholder Engagement Meeting Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

• The Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR) - Rutgers University - Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, Mike Crowley, John Kerfoot, Ethan, Handel, Mike Smith, Colin Evans; CODAR Ocean Sensors - Don Barrick, Pete Lilleboe, Laura Pederson, Belinda Lipa, Chad Whelan, Bruce Nyden, Bill Rector, Jimmy Isaacson; University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Jorge; Corredor Applied Mathematics, Inc - Bill Browning; University of Alaska – Tom Weingarter, Hank Statskewich; Ocean Power Technologies – Debbie Montangna; Naval Research Laboratory - Michael Lovellette, Dan Newton.
  Attachements - movies:

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2012 September 17-21 - ICES Annual Science Conference, Scandic Bergen City Hotel, Bergen, Norway

• Can we Improve Stock Assessments by Using Dynamic Habitat Models and Fisheries-Dependant Surveys as a Supplement to Current Fishery-Independant Surveys? - Josh Kohut, John Manderson & Matt Oliver

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2012 August 16 - Meeting with Thailand Delegation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

• US IOOS: A Partnership for Lives and Livelihoods - Zdenka Willis

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2012 August 1-3 - US IOOS National Glider Strategy Development Workshop, La Jolla, CA

• MARACOOS 2011-2016: From Observations to Forecasts - Scott Glenn
• Operational Applications of Glider Data - Mike Crowley, Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield

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2012 July 27 - US Coastal Guard Meeting at Juneau, Alaska

• Alaska Ocean Observing System - Molly McCammon
• New Technology Developments for Increased Maritime Domain Awareness In the Chukchi Sea - Hank Statscewich and Tom Weingartner
• U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System - Scott Glenn

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2012 June 25 - National Center for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs, Maryland

• The MARACOOS DMAC and Asset Map - Eoin Howlett, John Wilkin

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2012 June 26-27 - Symposium on Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Urban Coasts Stevens Institute of Technology, co-hosted with Columbia and CCRUN

• The Stevens Storm Surge Modeling System - Nickitas Georgas, Dave Runnels, Tom Herrington, Alan Blumberg, Philip Orton

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2012 June 23 - Virginia Institute of Marine Science Eastern Shore Lab dedication ceremony, Wachapreague, VA

• Poster: HF Radar Surface Current Mapping - Teresa G Updyke, Old Dominion University

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2012 June 4 - United States Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division Coastal Meeting, Boston, MA

• An Introduction to MARACOOS - Mike Crowley, Tom Herrington

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2012 May 17 - The 1st Ocean Radar Conference for Asia, Seoul, Korea

• U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System - Scott Glenn. Attachements - abstract, movies:

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2012 May 17 - Regional Response Team III Meeting, Ocean City, Maryland.

• MARACOOS into the 21st Century: Moving from Observing to Forecasting - Gerhard Kuska, Michael Crowley - movies:

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2012 May 12 - Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI

• SMAST Ocean Glider’s Search for the COLD POOL - Wendell Brown, UMassD/SMAST

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2012 May 7-11 - 6th World Fisheries Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• "The Butterfish Smackdown”: Steps toward an operational seascape ecology supporting ecosystem management - John Manderson, Josh Kohut, Chris Roebuck, Greg DiDomenico, John Hoey. Attachements - movies:

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2012 April 23-27 - SPIE Security and Defense conference, Baltimore, Maryland

• Evaluation of atmospheric correction procedures for ocean color data processing using hyper- and multi-spectral radiometric measurements from the Long Island Sound Coastal Observatory - S. Ahmed, A. Gilerson, T. Harmel, S. Hlaing, A. Tonizzo, A. Weidemann, R. Arnone

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2012 April 25 - Presentation at Bergen Seas

• Tides in the Hudson River Estuary; Why NOAA tide tables fail and the case for operational forecasting - Nickitas Georgas

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2012 March 26 - Discussion based on NYHOPS results

• Irene and Lee (Aug 28, Sep 7-9 2011). Effects of ocean surge and upstream inflows - Nickitas Georgas, Alan Blumberg, and Philip Orton Hudson River Foundation

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2012 March 12-14 - Oceanology International 2012 Meeting London, England

• Development of the U.S. National HF Radar Network: Current Mapping Applications & Gulf Oil Spill Response - Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, John Kerfoot, Ethan Handel, Mike Smith, Colin Evans
• U.S. IOOS Response to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: The Critical Role of Modern Ocean Observing Networks - Scott Glenn
• Port Security and Technology - the U.S. Perspective - Michael Bruno, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Slocum Gliders Persistent Ocean Observation - Clayton Jones, Teledyne Webb Research
• Working Globally Together - Oceanology International Newsletter

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2012 March 09 - U.S./Norwegian HF Radar Collaborations Oslo, Norway

• Development of the U.S. National HF Radar Network: Dual Use Current Mapping and Vessel Tracking Applications - Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Hugh Roarty, John Kerfoot, Ethan Handel, Mike Smith, Colin Evans

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2012 March 07 - Ocean Leadership 2012 Public Policy Forum, Washington, DC

• Monitoring for Restoration - Bill Boicourt, University of Maryland

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2012 March 06-08 - Working Group on the Northwest Atlantic Regional Sea for the International Council of the Exploration of the Sea, Falmouth, MA

• Collaborative development of regional scale, dynamic habitat models in the context of Squid/Butterfish bycatch - Josh Kohut (Rutgers), Matt Oliver  (University of Delaware), John Manderson (NMFS), Olaf Jensen (Rutgers), Laura Palamara (Rutgers), Steven Gray (UHawaii), Greg DiDomenico  (Garden State Seafood), Eleanor A. Bochenek  (Rutgers), Chris Roebuck (F/V Karen Elizabeth), Jason Didden (MAFMC), Steven Gray (UHawaii). Attachements - movies:

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2012 March 01-02 - A Workshop to Develop a Framework for Quantitative Seascape Ecology Supporting Ecosystem Assessment & Management, New Brunswick, NJ

Intros

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1. Objectives - John Manderson (NMFS)
2. Challenges - John A Quinlan (NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
3. Thermalhabitat - Kevin Friedland, Joe Kane, Janet Nye, Jon Hare, John Manderson, Michael Fogarty
4. Connectivity - David H. Secor

Data

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1. Ecosystemmodels - Howard Townsend (NOAA/NMFS/OHC/Chesapeake Bay), Robert Gamble (NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC/ EcoAP)
2. Bathymetry - Scott Gallager (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Peter Auster, Amber York, Massimo Di Stefano, Larry Mayer, Michelle Bachman, Jason Chaytor
3. Maracoos - Matt Oliver, Xiao-Hai Yan, Matt Shatley, Eric Geiger, Danielle Haulsee,  Megan Cimino, John Kerfoot, Lisa Ojanen, Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield (original PowerPoint file - 137Mb)
4. Watercolumn - W. S. Brown (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
5. Models - Nickitas Georgas, Alan Blumberg, Philip Orton, Jon Miller
6. Fisheryindependent - David Richardson (Oceanography Branch, Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
7. Telemetry - Matthew Breece (Delaware State University)
8. Fisherydependent - John J. Hoey, (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
9. Acoustics - Mike Jech (NOAA/NEFSC)
10. Spatialstatistics - Bishank

Projects

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1. Blackseabass - Townsend, Gamble
2. Butterfish - Josh Kohut
3. Lobster - Vincent S. Saba, Nickitas Georgas, Mike Theiler
4. Seabirds - Brian Kinlan (NOAA)
5. Sturgeon - Matthew Breece, Matt Oliver, Dewayne Fox, Josh Kohut
6. Plenary - Donald B. Olson, (RSMAS/MPO, University of Miami)

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2012 February 22-24 - 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting - Salt Lake City, Utah

• The Use of Real-time Data from Globally Distributed Glider Missions in the Undergraduate Classroom - Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield, Josh Kohut, Janice McDonnell, Katie Gardner (LSC), Tim Zimmerman. Attachements - movie:
• Impact of Ocean Observations on Hurricane Irene Intensity Forecasts - S. Glenn, O. Schofield, J. Kohut, H. Roarty, J. Kerfoot, M. Oliver, H. Seim, G. Seroka, L. Palamara, W. Boicourt, W. Brown, L. Atkinson. Attachements - movies:
• MARACOOS into the 21st century: Moving from Observing to Forecasting in order to Save Lives, Protect Livelihoods, and Boost the Economy in the Mid-Atlantic - Gerhard F. Kuska, Michael F. Crowley.
• Delivering Real Time Data for Transformative Learning in the Undergraduate Classroom - Mike Crowley (PM), Scott Glenn (PI), Janice McDonnell, Sage Lichtenwalner, Mike Mills, Steve Levenson - Rutgers University; Annette deCharon, Carla Companion and Avinash Rude - The University of Maine; Joe Wieclawek & Programmer Pool - Raytheon Web Solutions; Debi Kilb (UCSD), Allison Fundis (UW) & Craig Risien (OSU) - EPE Liaisons

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2012 February 20 - IMCS Weekly Seminar Series, New Brunswick, NJ

• Hurricane Irene: Turbulent Mixing and Sea Surface Temperature Sensitivity - Greg Seroka

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2012 Jan 31 - Forum on hydrodynamic modeling in the Hudson River Estuary. Hudson River Foundation. Sponsored by NYSERDA

• New York Harbor Observation and Prediction System (NYHOPS) - Nickitas Georgas, Alan Blumberg, Philip Orton, Jon Miller

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2012 January 22 - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - New York, NY

• Irene and Lee (Aug 28, Sep 7-9 2011). Effects of ocean surge and upstream inflows. Discussion based on NYHOPS results - Nickitas Georgas, Stevens Institute of Technology. Attachements - animations:

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2011

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2011 December 15-16 - Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System Annual Meeting Washington, D.C.

Day one

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1. Introduction: MARACOOS 2011-2016: From Observations to Forecasts  - Carolyn Thoroughgood, Larry Atkinson, Bill Boicourt, Wendell Brown, Scott Glenn
2. The Building of MARACOOS Partnerships - Scott Glenn. Attachements - movies:
3. Federal Context for Moving Forward
   • Integated Ocean Observation Committee - David Legler, NOAA and IOOC Co-­-Chair
   • National Policy for Ocean - Jerry Miller, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
4. Clear View of Tomorrow - Zdenka Willis, Director, US IOOS Program Office, NOAA
5. Defending Coastal Inundation
   • Chesapeake Inundation Prediction System Bridging the Gap from Forecast to Impact - Harry Wang, VIMS, College of William and Mary
   • Coastal Inundation - Jay Titlow, WeatherFlow Inc
   • Improving NOAA Storm Surge Products - Jesse Feyen, NOAA CO-OPS
6. Supporting Maritime Safety
   • Supporting Maritime Safety - Andy McGovern, NJ Sandy Hook Pilots Association
   • NOAA Ports Partnerships - Darren Wright, NOAA
   • CSR Maritime Commerce - Julie Pullen, Stevens Institute’s DHS Center for Excellence
7. Enancing Water Quality
   • Enhancing Water Quality in MARACOOS - Kevin Sellner, Chesapeake Research Consortium.
   • Sewage Outflow - Alan Blumberg - movie:
   • MARACOOS Water Quality - Josh Kohut, Rutgers University. Attachement - movie:
8. Promoting Offshore Wind Energy
   • OCS Renewable Energy Development - Darryl Francois, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
   • Wind and Water Power - Stan Calvert, Department of Energy

Day two

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1. MARACOOS Business Meeting - Carolyn Thoroughgood and Board of Directors
2. Advancing Operational Prediction Capabilities for the Ocean - Coastal Environment - Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Director National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Attachements - movies:
3. Ecological Decision Making
   • Coastal Systems Portfolio Initiative - Donald Cresitello, Army Corps of Engineers
   • Ecosystem Based Approach to Management and Ocean Observing - Kevin Friedland, NOAA NMFS
4. Technology Panel
   • Advancements in Business and Technology with MARACOOS - Hank Lobe, Sonardyne
   • Satellites Overview - Matt Oliver, University of Delaware. Attachements - movies:
   • HF-RADAR - Scott Glenn, Rutgers University
5. Modeling Data Management Assimilation Panel
   • Data Assimilation in MARACOOS - Avijit Gangopadhyay, U. Mass–Dartmouth. Attachements - movies:
   • IOOS Testbed - Becky Baltes, US IOOS Program Office

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2011 November 29 - Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM) - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium

• Results from the Mid Atlantic High Frequency Radar Network  - Hugh Roarty, Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Erick Rivera, Laura Palamara, Ethan Handel, Mike Smith - Rutgers University

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2011 November 15 - National Federation of Regional Assotiations for Coastal and Ocean Observing Annual Meeting - Portland, ME

• National HF Radar Network - Scott Glenn - Rutgers University

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2011 October 11-13 - Third Workshop on Remote Ocean Sensing (ROS 2011) - NATO Undersea Research Center, La Spezia, Italy

• Results from the Mid Atlantic High Frequency Radar Network - Hugh Roarty, Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Erick Rivera, Laura Palamara, Ethan Handel, Mike Smith - Rutgers University

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2011 October 11-12 - 39th annual Mid Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Meeting (MABPOM) - Horn Point, MD

• Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System: From Observations to Forecasts - PPT | movie 1 | movie 2 | movie 3 | movie 4  - Josh Kohut

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2011 October 3 - Wave and Current measurement system for traffic safety in the Gulf of Gdansk
Sopot, Poland

• Development and Status of the U.S. National HF Radar Network - PPT | movie 1 | movie 2 | movie 3 | movie 4  - Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut & Hugh Roarty - Rutgers University; Jack Harlan - U.S. IOOS Program; Art Allen – U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue; Eric Terrill - Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
• U.S. IOOS Response to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: The Critical Role of Modern Ocean Observing Networks - Scott Glenn - Rutgers University

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2011 September 26 - MARACOOS Fisheries/Ocean Observatory  Workshop, Providence, Rhode Island

• MARACOOS 2011 - 2016: From Observations to Forecasts - Scott Glenn, Carolyn Thoroughgood, Larry Atkinson, Bill Boicourt, Wendell Brown, plus >35 Additional Co-PI’s  from >20 Institutions
• A Survey of Existing Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) Assets - Wendell Brown, UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science & Technology
• National Marine Fisheries Service - Ecological Decision Making - John Manderson, Research Fisheries Biologist, Behavioral Ecology Branch - NEFC/NMFS/NOAA
• Near Real-Time Bycatch Avoidance in the Sea Scallop Fishery - Greg DeCelles, Cate O’Keefe, and Steven Cadrin, School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• United States Coast Guard - Search and Rescue - Tim Carton, Search and Rescue Specialist, U.S. Coast Guard First District, Boston, Massachusetts
• The Search and Rescue Problem - Arthur Allen, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Search and Rescue

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2011 August 9 - IOOS Roundtable with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, Dr. Kathyrn Sullivan - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

• MARACOOS 2011-2016: From Observations to Forecasts - Carolyn Thoroughgood, Larry Atkinson, Bill Boicourt, Wendell Brown, Scott Glenn, Plus >35 Additional Co-PI’s from >20 Institutions
• Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems(NERACOOS) - Neal Pettigrew, Ru Morrison, Tom Gregory and others
• Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association(SECOORA) - Debra Hernandez

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• Defining the Impact of the Mid-Atlantic Cold Pool on the Ecosystem  ...with Robots & Radar - Dec 9, 2011 / Rolls Royce/Brooke Technology Presentation
  - Wendell S Brown, UMassD/SMAST
• Where did all the Sewage Go? - presentation and movie - July 28, 2011 / Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ
  - Alan Blumberg
• An overview of some of the larger United States ocean observing efforts - June 13 - 14, 2011 / Science advisory board meeting for Coastal Observation System for Northern and Arctic Seas, Hamburg, Germany
  - Oscar Schofield
• Cyberinfrastructure: Rise of the Machines Data Acquisition, Synthesis, broader Impacts and Public Outreach - May 23 - 24, 2011 / Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Meeting, WHOI
  - Oscar Schofield
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System: From Observations to Forecasts - May 11 - 12, 2011 / Ocean Prediction Networking (OPNet) Final Seminar, Oslo Innovation Park, Oslo, Norway
  - Scott Glenn, L.Atkinson, A.Blumberg, W.Boicourt, W.Brown, N.Georges, A.Gongopadhyay, E.Howlett, J.Kohut, J.O’Donnell, M.Oliver, O.Schofield, R.Signell, C.Thoroughgood, J.Wilkin, Plus >30 Additional Co-PI’s from >20 Institutions
• Results from the Mid Atlantic High Frequency Radar Network - May 10 - 13, 2011 / SAFER SEAS III 2011 "For safer and cleaner seas" Brest, France
  - Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Michael Smith, Erick Rivera, John Kerfoot, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn
• 1. Investigation of First Order Line Settings for MARACOOS High Frequency Radars  2. Quality Assurance Measures for High Frequency Radar Systems  3. Application of 13 MHz SeaSonde Systems for Vessel Detection  4. MARACOOS High Frequency Radar Network Operations  April 26 - 28, 2011 / Radiowave Operators Working Group Meeting - HF Radar Ocean Remote Sensing Santa Barbara, CA
  - Hugh Roarty, Erick Rivera Lemus, John Kerfoot, Mike Smith
• The Historic Flight of RU27: The Scarlet Knight - The First Underwater Robot to Cross the Atlantic - March 26, 2011  / Capital Rutgers Meeting, Naples, Florida
  - Scott Glenn
• 1. Observatory Simulation Experiment: Rise of the Machines 2. Coordinated Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Mar 14 - 18, 2011, 5th EGO Meeting and Glider School, GranCanaria, Spain
  - Scott Glenn, Josh Kohut, Oscar Schofield
• Results from the Mid Atlantic High Frequency Radar Network - Feb 23, 2011 / Meeting on Ocean Coastal Radar to explore Cooperation Ideas between NORWAY-PORTUGAL-US-SPAIN, Madri, Spain
  - Hugh Roarty, Ethan Handel, Erick Rivera, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn
• IOOS Contributions to Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in the Mid Atlantic - February 13 - 18, 2011 / Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
  - Scott Glenn, Thoroughgood, C. Boicourt, W. Brown, W. Atkinson, L.
• An Urban Ocean Observing and Prediction System - Is Anyone Paying Attention to it? - February 15, 2011 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography/
  - Alan Blumberg, Nickitas Georgas, Thomas Herrington, Michael Bruno, and many others…
• Coastal Hazards, Climate Change, and Developed Coastlines: The Need for Coastal Ocean Observations - February 23, 2011,
  - Michael S. Bruno, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Black Swans in the Ocean: Engineering in an Age of Extreme Events - May 4, 2011,
  - Michael S. Bruno, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Establishing Benchmarks: The Shrewsbury Flood Warning System - May 11, 2011 / National Hydrologic Warning Council Training Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA,
  - Mariana Leckner and Thomas O. Herrington, Stevens Institute of Technology
• High Frequency RADAR Activities at Old Dominion University - April 26-27, 2011 / ROWG5 meeting at UC Santa Barbara,
  - Teresa L Garner, Old Dominion University.
• Dynamic Marine Biogeography from Space - April 3-6, 2011 / A Joint International Workshop of OCCOS and CHOICE-C, Xiamen, China, 
  - Matthew Oliver, Andrew Irwin, Josh Kohut, John Manderson, Dewayne Fox, Laura Palamara, Danielle Haulsee, Oscar Schofield, Scott Glenn, Brad Wetherbee.
• The Operational Forecasting of Surface Currents Using the National HF RADAR Network - James O'Donnell
• Rip currents and rip current forecasting in New Jersey - July 15, 2011 / Long Branch Lifeguards,
  - Thomas O. Herrington, Ph.D.

2010

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2010 December 13-14 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Habitat-Ecosystem Workshop - Virginia Beach, VA

• What makes some parts of the ocean sticky to fish? Ocean Observing for marine habitat science & ecosystem management - John P. Manderson, Josh Kohut

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2010 November 4 - Oil Spill Panel, Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Annual Meeting, Kitty Hawk, NC.

• Where did the Oil Go? - W.C. Boicourt, University of Maryland

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2010 October 28-29 - MARACOOS fifth annual meeting and exhibition: From Observation to Forecast: Tools for Understanding the Changing World - Hoboken, NJ

• MARCOOS - The State of the Observatory - Scott Glenn
• Annual Membership Meeting and Luncheon Address - Carolyn Thoroughgood
• The Ocean Data Value Chain - Hagan
• Community Collaboration Success: The Shrewsbury River Flood Warning System - Thomas Herrington
• Federal and non-Federal ocean observing systems - Zdenka Willis
• Freeport Tuna Club Presentation- Jeff Yapalater
• Waterfront Vision and Enhancement Strategy: Vision 2020 - Marella
• Maritime Safety and Security - CDR Stacey Mersel
• What does NFRA do? - Josie Quintrell, NFRA Executive Director
• Hackensack - Bergen CountyEstablished Urban Areas - Picciano
• Search and Rescue, MACOORA - Art Allen, USCG Office of Search and Rescue
• Chesapeake Inundation Prediction System Elements - Anthony Siebers
• Super-Regional Modeling Testbed to Improve Models of Environmental Processes for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Coasts - Elizabeth Smith
• Fish can’t overcome physics:  The value of ocean observing for marine habitat science and ecosystem management - Manderson, Kohut, Oliver

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2010 October 26-27 - Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanographers Meeting (MABPOM) Presentation - Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

• Now where are all those kids I left by the side of the road? - Manderson, John, Kohut, Josh

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2010 July 28 - Environmental Science NOAA Bay & Estuarine Sensor Technologies (BEST) Workshop Oxford, MD

• Technology Overview: Where are we heading? Sensor and Performance Evaluation - W.C. Boicourt, University of Maryland

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2010 January 25-26 - Three Regions Water Quality Meeting

• Action Items
• Next Steps
• Bios
• Nutrients and DO
• Attendees
• Water Quality Break-out Session: Beach Water Quality and Floatables
• Day One Audio (all day, mp3 file)
• IOOS Application to Harmful Algal Blooms and Ecosystem Health Monitoring - Josh Kohut, Bob Connell
• National and Regional Water-Quality Data Virtual Observation Systems & Applications - Nate Booth
• Data Integration
• O'Donnell
• Vowinkel
• Morrison

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2009

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2009 June 2 - 4 - The 4th Radiowave Operators Working Group (ROWG) Meeting High Frequency Radar for Ocean Remote Sensing - Old Dominion University Campus Norfolk, Virginia

• Ship Detection and Tracking: 13 MHz Test Case - Erick Lemus, Hugh Roarty, and Scott Glenn
• Optimizing HF Radar for SAR using USCG Surface Drifters and Moored ADCPs - Josh Kohut
• High Frequency Radar at Rutgers and High Frequency Radar Diagnostics and Products - Hugh Roarty with Erick Lemus, Josh Kohut, Sage Lichtenwalner, Ethan Handel, Chip Haldeman, David Aragon, Scott Glenn

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2009 March 11-12 - Workshop on Sustaining Coastal Observatories Cosener’s House - Abingdon, UK

• The Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS): Implementation of a Sustainable Real-Time Ocean Observing and Forecasting System for Coast Guard Search And Rescue - Scott Glenn

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2009 November 17-18 - MACOORA Annual Meeting

Plenary Speakers

• Robert Gagosian, Consortium of Ocean Leadership
• Jack Dunnigan, National Ocean Serice
• Joan Cleveland, Office of Naval Research

State Panel Speakers

• Laura McKay, VA Dept. Environmental Quality
• Kate Zultner, Coastal States Organization
• Alan Blumberg, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Jay Odell, The Nature Conservancy
• Nicholad Napoli, Massachusetts Ocean Partnership

Industry Panel Speakers

• Tom McNeilan, Fugro Atlantic
• Wayne Wittman, Publice Service Electric and Gas Company

Maritime Industry Panel Speakers

• David White, VA Maritime Association and Ed Kelly, Maritime Association of the POrt of NY/NY
• Heath Gehrke, Cap May-Lewes Ferry

Federal Panel Speakers

• Bill Sammler, National Weather Service
• Eric Vowinkel, US Geological Survey
• Walter Johnson, Minerals Management Service
• Josh Kohut, Rutgers University [for John Manderson, National Marine Fisheries Service]
• Art Allen, US Coast Guard

Second Day Plenary

• Suzanne Skelly, IOOS Program Office
• Josie Quintrell, NFRA
• Scott Glenn, Rutgers

Mid-Atlantic Forum

• Troy Hartley, VA Sea Grant
• Paula Jasinski, NOAA

Breakout Sessions

• Stamey, Noblis Inc-- inundation
• Herrington, MacDonald, Atkinson, Kohut -- maritime safety, water quality, offshore energy, ecological decision-making

PowerPoint Presentations

• Art Allen, USCG SAR
• Joan Cleveland, ONR
• Robert Gagosian, MACOORA
• Scott Glenn, Rutgers
• Troy Hartley, SeaGrant
• Paula Jasinski, NOAA
• Walter Johnson, MMS
• John Manderson, Rutgers
• Tom McNeilan, Fugro
• Laura McKay, Virginia Coastal Zone Mgmt Program
• Fred Moser, University of Maryland
• Nicholas Napoli, Massachusetts Ocean Partnership
• Jay Odell, The Nature Conservancy
• Chris Petrone, SeaGrant
• Josie Quintrell, NFRA
• Barry Stamey, Noblis
• Jay Titlow, WeatherFlow
• Eric Vowinkel, USGS
• Kate Zultner, Coastal States Organization
• Eoin Howlett ASA, Inc.
• Break-out Notes

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2009 Oct 26-29 - Marine Technology Society (MTS) Oceans  - Biloxi, Mississippi

• "HFR Surface Currents Observing System in Lower Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Coast" - Atkinson

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2008

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2008 December 3 - IOOS Workshop MARCOOS Baltimore, MD

• Phased Deployment and Operation of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS) - Scott Glenn

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2008 October 20 - 7th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium, Block Island, RI

• Surface Circulation in Block Island Sound and Adjacent Areas - Ullman, D. University of Rhode Island

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2008 - National Water Quality Monitoring Conference: Key to Understanding Our Waters

• Summary and Results of the Delaware River and Bay Pilot Study of the National Monitoring Network
  for U.S. Coastal Waters and Their Tributaries
• MACOORA: Where We Are And Where We Need To Go In Coastal Water Quality Management
• The Alliance for Coastal Technologies: A Foundation for Environmental Monitoring
• WEMAS/DEWOOS – A Watershed Environmental Monitoring and Analysis System for the Delaware River/Bay System

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2008 May 13 - MACOORA New York Bight Sub-Regional Meeting, Brooklyn, NY

• Optimizing HF Radar for SAR using USCG Surface Drifters U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York - SAR Snapshot - Scott Glenn, Carissa April
• Observing and Forecasting Systems for Water Quality - Alan Blumberg and Eugenia Naranjo
• NYC Climate Projections & New Atmospheric Observational Capacity - Stuart R. Gaffin, Cynthia Rosenzweig
• The NY Harbor and Bight Nested High Resolution Project - Thomas Herrington
• IOOS, MACOORA, NY Bight Intro - Scott Glenn

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2008 April 28 - Harmful Algal Blooms in the Mid-Atlantic Forum (University of Delaware)

• Use of Remote Sensing in OperationalHAB Monitoring and Forecasting
• Developing a Harmful Algal BloomPrediction System for Chesapeake Bay

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2008 April 30 - IOOS Regional Review

• NOAA IOOS Program Office Regional Status Assessment for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (MACOORA) - Dave Chapman
• Current Activities and Funding: key activities in the region that are related to or support IOOS,including those not funded by NOAA IOOS - Scott Glenn

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2008 March 11–12 - Water Quality Monitoring: Managers’ Needs Assessment Workshop for Estuarine, Coastal, & Ocean Observations (Philadelphia, PA)

• Water Quality Monitoring Managers’Needs Assessment Workshop
• Water Quality Workshop DelawareBay Region Pilot Study Summary
• Long Island Sound WaterQuality Monitoring Program
• Chesapeake Bay Observing SystemBloom Detection Present & Future
• Influence of Winds & RiverPlumes on Beach Water Quality
• Establishment of a Delaware BayModel Evaluation Environment
• NOAA Goals

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2008 March 13-14 - MARCOOS PI, Westport, MA

• Phased Deployment and Operation of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS) - Scott Glenn
• IOOS Budgets - William Boicourt
• High Frequency Radar Network Within the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System - Hugh Roarty
• Regional Theme 1: Maritime Safety – Search And Rescue 2: National HF Radar Plan - Josh Kohut
• Surface Current Mapping in the Lower Chesapeake Bay - Larry Atkinson
• OPeNDAP CODAR Combining Server - Dave Ullman, Dan Holloway
• MARCOOS CODAR & Glider Operations & Applications - Wendell Brown, Chris Jakubiak, Shawna King & Gustavo Marques
• MARCOOS Gliders Progress Report - Oscar Schofield
• Consortium between NRL, NOAA, and Rutgers for MarCOOS, getting historical and real time MERIS data - Matthew Oliver
• MAB STPS Configuration - James O'Donnell
• MARCOOS Modeling @Umassd - Avijit Gangopadhyay
• New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System MARCOOS Enhancements - Alan Blumberg, Tom Herrington
• MARCOOS/ESPreSSO ROMS - John Wilkin, Gordon Zhang, Julia Levin, Naomi Fleming, Javier Zavala-Garay, Hernan Arango
• 1: SAROPS EDS Environmental Data Server 2: USCG SAR Sectors - Art Allen, Eoin (Owen) Howlett
• MARCOOS PI MeetingOutreach & Education Update - Tom Herrington, Josh Kohut, Janice McDonnell, Tony MacDonald, Scott Glenn
• Conceptional Design - Scott Glenn

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2008 October 22-23 - MACOORA Fourth Annual Meeting, Fall River, MA

• Zdenka Willis, Director IOOS, IOOS®: Our Eyes on the Oceans,Coasts and Great Lakes
• Stony Brook University, Storm Surge Modeling at Stony Brook
• Delli, Carpini, NOAA Coastal Inundation Project: Enhancing Coastal Community Resiliency
• Wes Shaw, BlueUrchin Consultants, The StormSmart Coasts Network
• Michael Bruno, Stevens Tech, MACOORA — Protecting Lives, Livelihood and Quality of Life Through an Understanding of Marine and Coastal Environments
• Art Allen, USCG, SAROPS: Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System and MARCOORA
• LeBlanc, Navigation Safety
• Tom Herrington, Stevens Tech, Waves and Rip Current Forecasting Products
• Peter Rowe, SeaGrant, Water Quality Monitoring Managers’ Needs Assessment for Estuarine, Coastal, and Ocean Observations
• Eric Volwinkle, USGS, Water Quality Panel Discussion
• Jim O'Donnell, Univ. of Connecticut, Surface Currents and Bottom DO in Long Island Sound through LISICOS
• Mark Trice, Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, MACOORA Water Quality State Government Perspective
• Josh Kohut, Rutgers, Phased Deployment and Operation of MARCOOS: Application to Water Quality
• David O'Conover, Stony Brook Univ., Ecosystem-Based Management in New York
• Jim Manning, NOAA, How We Might Reduce the Cost of Our Ocean Observing System With Help From Local Lobstermen
• Jeff Yapalater, COSEE, MACOORA/MARCOOS Ocean Observing Products for Fisheries
• Larry Atkinsonn, Old Dominion Univ., Offshore Wind Energy in the Mid-Atlantic: What Will the Ocean Observing Requirements Be?
• Pearce, Offshore Wind Power
• Andrew Voros, MACOORA Sub-Region Overview
• National Federation of Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing - Scott Glenn
• MACOORA History: The North East Observing System (NEOS) - Scott Glenn
• Phased Deployment and Operation of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS) - Josh Kohut
• MACOORA Progress - Carolyn Thoroughgood

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2008 February 28 - Consortium for Ocean Leadership Washington, DC

• Ocean Observing Systems: Synergies and Future Connections with the Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI). IOOS Regional Systems – National Federation of Regional Associations (NFRA) - Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield, John Orcutt, Josie Quintrell, John Wilkin

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2007

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2007 November 8 - Estuarine Research Federation Providence, RI

• Innovating Ocean Science and Technology for a Healthy Planet - Scott Glenn, Oscar Schofield, Robert Chant, John Wilkin, Josh Kohut, Janice McDonnell

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2007 October 30 - MACOORA Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD

• FY2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development - Scott Glenn
• Weather Forecast Benchmarking and Plant Damage Modeling for Public Utilities - Scott Glenn, Rich Dunk, Louis Bowers, John Carlson, Wayne Wittman
• First CarICOOS Glider Deployment - Jorge Corredor & Julio Morell, Lee Kerkhof, Bob Chant & Scott Glenn, Dave Chapman
• Optimizing HF Radar for SAR using USCG Surface Drifters - Art Allen, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn
• Rutgers Satellite Imagery – Since October, 1992 - Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn, John Manderson
• The Recreational Fishing Community (RFC) - Jeff Yapalater

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2007 December 4 - CBOS User Formum: Ocean Observations to Improve DecisionMaking (Norfolk, Virginia)

• Key Forecasting Issues in the Chesapeake Bay
• Predicting the Next Storm Surge Flood:A Regional Prototype for a National Problem
• The Variability of Storm SurgeImpacts in Hampton Roads: All Hurricanes are Not the Same
• Marine Weather Forecasts & Coastal FloodForecasting in the Upper Chesapeake Bay/Tidal Potomac Region: National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office, Sterliing, VA
• Protecting North Atlantic Right Whales Potentially Useful Technologies
• The Port of Virginia, 1607 – 2007
• The Chesapeake Bay Interpretive BuoySystem (CBIBS): Integrating Observationsto Serve Multiple User Needs
• The CBOS/CBIBS DataManagement Framework
• From Measurement to Management:The Chesapeake Bay Shallow Water Quality Observational Network

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2007 September 18 - Trention Public Policy Seminar Series, Trenton, NJ

• Robots, Radars & Remote Sensing: Transforming Ocean Science, Education & Extension through Innovative Technologies - Scott Glenn, Andrew Voros

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2007 May - NOAA

• Innovating Ocean Science and Technology for a Healthy Planet - Scott Glenn & Oscar Schofield (Scotscar), Josh Kohut, Robert Chant, John Wilkin, Janice McDonnell

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2006

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2006 October 30–31 - Annual MACOORA Meeting (Baltimore, MD)

• Massachusetts & Rhode Island CoastalOcean Observing System (MARICOOS):Inundation Module Design Workshop
• WHOI Research & Observatories in the MAB
• UCONN-NOAA Long Island SoundIntegrated Coastal Observing System
• Ferry–Based Observation Networkin Long Island Sound
• Lamont-Doherty Earth ObservatoryActivities in the NY Bight Region
• Operational Observation & ForecastSystem Coast for New York Harbor
  & the New Jersey Coast
• Coastal Ocean Modeling,Observation, & Prediction
• New York Harbor High Frequency Radar Test Bed
• MACOORA Subregion Activities:Delaware Estuary
• Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS)
• Wallops Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory (WA-COOL)
• The Goodwin/York Research Observatory (GYRO)
• Weatherflow…as a MACOORA Asset
• NERRS System–Wide Monitoring Program(SWMP) — Backbone of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
• NOAA CSC Regional Association Needs Assessment
• NOAA Buoy Regional Prioritization Inputs & NDBC Response

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2006 May 23 - US/EU Baltic International Symposium - Klaipeda, Lithuania

• A Regional HF Radar Testbed: Serving IOOS needs in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (Research to Applications) - Josh Kohut, Wendell Brown, Dave Ullman, Dan Halloway, Art Allen, Marion Lewandowski, Jim O'Donnell, Alan Blumberg, Michael Bruno, Scott Glenn, Mohsen Baidey, Bruce Lipphardt, Denny Kirwan, Bill Boicourt, John Moisen, Larry Atkinson, Mark Bushnell, Jack Harlan, Harvey Seim and MANY others.