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July 22 Cook Inlet Modeling Working Group telecon 10am
July 27-28 Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) meeting, Seward, AK
July 28 Alaska Marine Policy Forum Telecon 1pm
July 30 EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson visits PWS and Valdez
Aug 10 IOOS/AOOS 101 briefing at Alaska Army Corps headquarters

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(May 2010) Marine Policy Forum summary
(January 2010) AOOS Winter 2010 Newsletter
(January 2010) Marine Spatial Planning Workshop

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NOTICE: Data Portal in Transition

The AOOS Data Portal and web cams are down, pending transfer of our data system to a new contractor. Please contact the AOOS office at 907-644-6718 if you have questions or comments. We hope to have a new contractor in place and the website up and running as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience.

Prince William Sound Webcams: For interim access, try visiting

AOOS Launches New Online Tool: Arctic Research Assets Map

AOOS would like to announce the launch of a new tool for Alaska called the Arctic Research Assets Map. This web-based, interactive map shows the location and metadata for moorings, buoys, transects, and other instrumentation in Arctic waters during the 2010 field season. It is designed to assist with planning, collaboration, and conflict avoidance. Our next goal will be to provide links to actual data. If you have any comments or suggestions for this tool, please email dugan@aoos.org.

AOOS Data Management RFP

The AOOS data management RFP closed on June 25, and proposals are currently under review. See background materials on the RFP.

Prince William Sound Field Experiment on YouTube

The 2009 Prince William Sound Field Experiment lives on! See live footage, interviews with scientists, and introductions to some of the equipment that was deployed out in the Sound. Visit the Field Experiment page for more information and data from last summer's event.

You Tube Videos

Field Experiment Overview - Interview with Dr. Scott Pegau
Interview with Captain Jim Pettigrew - drifters and currents
Interview with Dr. Mark Halverson - circulation and biota
Intro to AUVs - the Slocum and Remus gliders
Slocum glider - highlights of an autonomous underwater vehicle
Interview with Rebekka Federer - marine mammal observations in PWS
Interview with Leslie Abramson - outlook on oceanography & career paths
Interview with Kersten Cullen - perspectives from a field crew intern
Interview with Megan Cimino - perspectives from a graduate student

Regional Planning Document describes contributions to ocean observing

As the uses of our coastal and Great Lakes waters increase and become more diverse, and as we face the unknown consequences of a changing climate, so the need for accurate and timely information intensifies.

Providing Coastal Information in a Changing Climate describes the contributions being made to the national program by AOOS and the other ten regional systems. It also includes plans for budgeting for observing capacity, product services, system management, and outreach. Download the Regional Planning Document (PDF)

The Alaska Ocean Observing System is building a network of observation platforms and forecast models. The goal of this network is to provide information products and tools to improve our understanding of Alaska’s ocean ecosystem and allow us to make better decisions about our use of the marine environment.

AOOS is affiliated with the Integrated Ocean Observing System and the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution.

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