Communications, Networking and Outreach

NETWORKING

California Surf Lifesaving Association Meeting, 14 April 2007, Redondo Beach, CA

As part of a targeted outreach effort SCCOOS has initiated to the marine safety community, SCCOOS made a presentation and set up a display at the meeting. SCCOOS will raise awareness with this user group of potential public safety applications and seek focused input on user needs and development of end user data products. The marine safety offices in attendance were encouraged to engage in SCCOOS data sharing and data development efforts that will serve their mission of public safety

Stephanie Peck & Michael Bateman, Bateman Productions

California and the World Ocean ‘06, 17-20 September 2006

Joint SCCOOS/CeNCOOS Exhibit

Opportunity for extensive outreach regarding California’s regional ocean observing systems. The interactive, joint SCCOOS and CeNCOOS featured SCCOOS and CeNCOOS activities, research, and data products on a new display system for high-resolution scientific visualization. The display consisted of 15 24" panels arranged in a 5 wide and 3 tall grid. The cumulative resolution of the display wall is nearly 30 million pixels and was built by the Scripps Visualization Center with support from the Center for Earth Observations and Applications

Carolyn Keen, Stephanie Peck, Jennifer Matthews, Atul Nayak, Dane Samilo, Jen Bowen, Paulo Ang

Caltrans/CSRC Meeting, July 20-21, 2006, Fresno, CA

Discuss and implement CSRC/Caltrans collaborative projects

Caltrans District 6, Surveys Department

Caltrans/CSRC Meeting, August 3, 2006, Fresno, CA

Discuss CSRC/Caltrans collaborative projects; build partnership and collaboration

Caltrans Office of Land Surveys, Division of Right of Way and Land Surveys

Caltrans/CSRC Meeting, September 6, 2006 at SIO, La Jolla, CA

Discuss and implement CSRC/Caltrans collaborative projects and California initiatives

Caltrans Office of Land Surveys, Division of Right of Way and Land Surveys, Caltrans District 11

Caltrans/CSRC Meeting, February 27, 2007 at SIO, La Jolla, CA

Discuss CSRC/Caltrans collaborative projects; build partnerships and collaboration

Caltrans, NOAA NGS

CEAC/CSAC Meeting, March 14, 2007, Monterey, CA

Build partnerships and collaboration

CEAC/CSAC members

CLSA Monthly Meetings

Keep community abreast of CSRC activities

CLSA members and major surveying organizations in California

COCMP External Review Meeting, SCCOOS & CeNCOOS, State Coastal Conservancy, 24-25 January 2007

Review progress of HF radar program implementation

Eric Terrill, Robert Guza, Mark Moline, Yi Chao, Russ Davis, Mas Dojiri, Jack Harlan, Stephanie Peck, Lisa Hazard, Sheila Semans, Paul Siri

Collaboration with an associated NSF-related project covering the Elephant Island Area, Antarctic

NSF Project Title: Collaborative Research: Plankton Community Structure and Iron Distribution in the Southern Drake Passage and Scotia Sea

B.G. Mitchell, K Barbeau, S. Gille (SIO)

M. Zhou (UM Boston)

C. Measures K. Selph (UH)

Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California (CELSOC) Chapter Meetings

Build partnerships and collaboration and increase CSRC visibility among the surveying community professionals

CELSOC members and major local surveying organizations

County of Engineers Association of California (CEAC)/County of Supervisors of California (CSAC) Meeting, November 29, 2006, Monterey, CA

Build partnerships and collaboration

CEAC/CSAC members

CSRC Semi Annual (Fall) Meeting, October 16, 2006, Sacramento, CA

Semi-annual business meeting of the CSRC Coordinating Council

UCSD’s CSRC Support Group and surveying community professionals

CSRC Semi Annual (Spring) Meeting, May 17, 2007 at SIO, La Jolla, CA

Semi-annual business meeting of the CSRC Coordinating Council

UCSD’s CSRC Support Group and surveying community professionals

Exhibit Booth at CalGIS Conference, April 4-6, 2007, Oakland, CA

Increase CSRC visibility among the surveying community professionals

Surveying community professionals

Exhibit Booth at California Land Surveyors Association (CLSA)-Western Federation of Professional Surveyors (WFPS) Conference, April 15-18, 2007, San Diego, CA

Increase CSRC visibility among the surveying community professionals

Surveying community professionals

Exhibit Booth at Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) International User Conference, June 18-22, 2007, San Diego, CA   

Build partnerships and collaboration and increase CSRC visibility among geographic information systems (GIS) users

Professionals that utilize GIS technology

GEWEX

Provide and evaluate reanalyses of water and energy variables

NASA, NOAA

International Collaboration within AMLR

Increase the breadth of JIMO Phytoplankton research in the Antarctic

League of California Surveying Organizations (LCSO) Meeting, December 7, 2006, SIO, La Jolla, CA (Hosted)

Build partnerships and collaboration and increase CSRC visibility among the surveying community professionals

LCSO members and José Luis Iriarte (Universidad Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile), Nelson Silva (Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile), Murat Ardelan (Biological Station, Trondheim, Norway)

Meeting with Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Marine Exchange of Southern California, 1 August 2006

Present SCCOOS and discuss information needs and potential data products of interest

Representatives of Marine Exchange, pilot services, Coast Guard, Sea Grant; PI Burt Jones, Stephanie Peck

Meeting with VAdm Lautenbacher (NOAA Director)

Discuss results and implications of Nature (Sugihara et al., 2006) paper

Multinational cruises: R/V Tangaraoa (New Zealand), R/V Sonne (Germany), R/V Atlantis (USA)

Multidisciplinary collaboration and sharing of resources

NIWA, New Zealand

Univ. Católica Norte, Chile

GEOMAR, Germany

National Federation of Regional Associations (NFRA) Meeting, 6 November 2006, Chicago, IL

Participate in NFRA Board meeting focus on Regional Association business

Eric Terrill, Stephanie Peck

National Federation of Regional Associations (NFRA) Spring Meeting, 7-9 March 2007, Washington, DC

Participate in NFRA Board meeting focus on Regional Association business

Stephanie Peck

NERR/RA conference call meeting, 17 July 2006

Discuss opportunities for NERRs and RA to collaborate on contribution to IOOS

Stephanie Peck; representatives of NERRs and RAs, NFRA

NOAA IOOS staff meeting, 16 May 2007, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

NOAA provided update of IOOS, changes at NOAA, funding

Jack Dunnigan, Suzanne Skelley, Eric Terrill, Stephanie Peck, Lisa Hazard, Mark Otero

NOAA/NGS Meeting, August 9, 2006 at SIO, La Jolla, CA

Improve communication and collaboration

NOAA NGS

NOAA/NGS Meeting, August 14-16, 2006 at NOAA NGS, Silver Spring, MD

Improve communication and collaboration

NOAA NGS

NOAA/NGS Monthly Height Modernization Coordination Teleconference

Build partnerships and collaboration

NOAA NGS, other Spatial Reference Centers in the US, other NGS state and federal partners

NOAA/NGS/CSRC Partnership Meeting, July 11, 2006 at NOAA NGS, Silver Spring, MD

Improve communication and collaboration

NOAA NGS, CSRC Executive Committee

NOAA/NGS/CSRC Partnership Meeting, December 8, 2006, Silver Spring, MD

Build partnerships and collaboration

NOAA NGS, other Spatial Reference Centers in the US, other NGS state and federal partners

NOAA/NGS/CSRC Partnership Meeting, March 9-11, 2007, St. Louis, MO

Build partnerships and collaboration

NOAA NGS, other Spatial Reference Centers in the US, other NGS state and federal partners

NOAA/NGS Stakeholders/Partnership Forum, May 23, 2007, Crystal City, VA

Build partnerships and collaboration

NOAA NGS, other Spatial Reference Centers in the US, other NGS state and federal partners

NOAA/NGS/CSRC Teleconference, July 25, 2006

Improve communication and collaboration

NOAA NGS

NOAA/NGS/CSRC Teleconference, NOAA Regional Collaboration and CSRC Proposal, April 12, 2007

Build partnerships and collaboration

NOAA NGS

NOAA/NGS visiting scientist, Dr. Christopher Pearson, May 8-11, 2007, SIO, La Jolla, CA

Build partnerships and collaboration; confer about methods and processes for update for velocity modeling in California

NOAA NGS

NOAA/NOS Meeting, July 11, 2006 at SIO, La Jolla, CA

Keep NOS abreast of CSRC activities; build partnerships and collaboration

Liz Scheffler, Director of the Management and Budget Office of NOAA’s National Ocean Service

NOAA/NOS Meeting at SIO, May 16, 2007, La Jolla, CA

Build partnerships and collaboration

John Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s Ocean Service, and Suzanne Skelley, Chief of Staff of NOAA IOOS Program

Ocean U.S./Regional Association monthly conference calls - participation by Stephanie Peck

Information exchange and updates on development of Regional Associations and regional ocean observing systems

Regional Associations, NFRA, Ocean.US, NOAA CSC

Orange County Coastal Coalition - attendance by Stephanie Peck at monthly meetings

Keep abreast of coastal and ocean observing related issues in Orange County

Representatives of Orange County Board of Supervisors, Orange County Sanitation District, County of Orange Health Care Agency, CalCoast

Pacific Island Global Ocean Observing System (PI-GOOS) Advisory Committee

Assist Pacific island nations in gaining benefit from global ocean observations and products

South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission (SOPAC), NOAA, BoM Australia, NIWA New Zealand, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, South Pacific nations

Partnerships with selected industry, city, county and state organizations

Build partnerships with selected partners to demonstrate seasonal forecast applications

California Department of Water Resources (CDWR)

ROWG Meeting presentation

Provided information on national network developments to international community assembled at the RadioWave Oceanographers Working Group

SIO, Rutgers University

SANDAG Shoreline Preservation Committee - attendance by Julie Thomas at monthly meetings

Stay apprised of and participate in discussion of coastal and beach issues affecting San Diego county coastline

Representatives of City and County of San Diego, coastal cities in San Diego County, and other coastal organizations

SCCOOS Board of Governors Meeting, 13 June 2007, SCCWRP, Costa Mesa, CA

Conduct meeting of SCCOOS governing board; provide updates of SCCOOS operations and activities, and state and federal related activities; review SCCOOS progress; discuss SCCOOS direction

SCCOOS Board members & representatives: John Orcutt, SIO; Steve Weisberg, SCCWRP; Tony Michaels, UCLA; Keith Stolzenbach, UCLA; Libe Washburn, UCSB; Soroosh Sorooshian, UCI; David Tralli, JPL; Dr. Federico Graef, CICESE

Other partners: Richard Bouchard, NDBC; Dave Caron, USC; Mary Elaine Helix, MARINe; Guangyu Wang, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission; Dave Panzer, MMS

SCCOOS: Eric Terrill, Stephanie Peck, Lisa Hazard; CDIP: Julie Thomas

SCCOOS/CenCOOS/State Coastal Conservancy meeting, 7 July 2006

Discuss coordination of Southern and Northern California HF radar installation, COCMP

Sheila Semans, Paul Siri, Eric Terrill, Jeff Paduan, Toby Garfield, Yi Chao, Mark Moline, Burt Jones, Stephanie Peck, Lisa Hazard, Krista Kamer

SCCOOS meeting at Ocean Institute, 14 August 2006

Tour Ocean Institute and discuss opportunities for Ocean Institute and SCCOOS to collaborate further

Eric Terrill, Lisa Hazard, Stephanie Peck, Paul Reuter, Robert Guza, Julie Thomas

SCCOOS Senior Advisory Committee Meeting, 20 September 2006

Inaugural meeting of SCCOOS's Senior Advisory Committee, held during CWO '06 Conference in Long Beach, CA. SAC members received an orientation folder, information about their role and expected activities, and had the opportunity to meet and talk with other members and with the SCCOOS Board of Governors

SCCOOS Senior Advisors: Jeff Crooks, TRNERR; USC Sea Grant; Dominic Gregorio, SWRCB; Samuel Johnson, USGS; Russ Moll, CA Sea Grant; Bruce Moore, Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition and County of Orange RDMD; Dave Panzer, MMS; Jonathan Phinney, NOAA Southwest Fisheries/PaCOOS; George Robertson, Central Bight Water Quality Working Group; Arthur Shak, USACE; Sam Schuchat, California State Coastal Conservancy; SCCOOS: Eric Terrill, Stephanie Peck, Lisa Hazard; CDIP: Julie Thomas

SCCOOS Senior Advisory Committee Meeting, 12 June 2007, SCCWRP, Costa Mesa, CA

Provide updates of SCCOOS operations and activities, and state and federal related activities, to inform discussion about SCCOOS directions and priorities; solicit feedback on present SCCOOS trajectory and identify directed products and activities to benefit stakeholders; formulate recommendations to forward to Board of Governors

SCCOOS Senior Advisors: Jeff Crooks, TRNERR; Mas Dojiri, City of LA; Linda Duguay, USC Sea Grant; Dominic Gregorio, SWRCB; Samuel Johnson, USGS; Russ Moll, CA Sea Grant; Bruce Moore, Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition and County of Orange RDMD; Dave Panzer, MMS; Jonathan Phinney, NOAA Southwest Fisheries/PaCOOS; George Robertson, Central Bight Water Quality Working Group; Arthur Shak, USACE; Sam Schuchat, California State Coastal Conservancy; SCCOOS: Eric Terrill, Russ Davis, Burt Jones, Libe Washburn, Stephanie Peck, Lisa Hazard, Paul Reuter, Jennifer Bowen; CDIP: Julie Thomas

Scripps Institution of Oceanography co-hosted a meeting on HF Radar with NOAA on 6 April 2007

To develop recommendations for standard operating practices for surface current mapping HF radar systems

Meeting of HF radar experts from around the country and SCCOOS and CeNCOOS, the principal operators of the growing California HF radar network, State of California Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program (COCMP)

State Government Relations Meeting, December 6, 2006, Sacramento, CA

Build partnerships and collaboration

Senator Ducheny’s Office, State Department of Water Resources, Caltrans

University of California President Dynes visit to Pt. Mugu, Ventura County, 25 January 2007

Briefing provided on SCCOOS and coastal water quality efforts, on collaboration with the Ventura County Department of Environmental Health, and on Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) and its applications at Pt. Mugu NAVAIR

Libe Washburn, UCSB; Julie Thomas, CDIP; Roberto Garcia, NAVAIR; Jonno Wells and Graeme Rae, Surfline; Richard Hauge and Michael McFadden, Ventura County Department of Environmental Health

US fire danger forecasts

Participate in US wide discussions of upcoming fire danger

NICC, GACCs, USFS

Visit by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (46^th District) to Huntington Beach 2006 (HB06) demonstration, 22 September 2006

To improve predictive capability for nearshore transports, improve pollutants management, and foster generation of a variety of products for coastal users. Congressman Rohrabacher’s district includes the Pacific coastline of Orange County and Los Angeles from Huntington Beach to the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

HB06 PIs Robert Guza, Carter Ohlmann, George Robertson, SIO Government Relations staff Kathleen Ritzman and Chris Cohen

Visit to Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) and SCCOOS by NOAA’s new IOOS Manager Zdenka Willis and members of her staff on 8 February 2007

Ms. Willis learned about SCCOOS capabilities in implementing observations, the management and broadcast of data, and demonstration of several data products available on the SCCOOS web site. Ms. Willis presented IOOS initial operating capacity and framework to SIO faculty, researchers and students

Eric Terrill, Stephanie Peck, Lisa Hazard, SCCOOS PIs, other representatives