Workshops and Reports

Meeting Date and Name	Materials
Aug 2011 NOAA/AEA Hydrokinetic Workshop	NOAA’s National Ocean Service and the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) held a stakeholder meeting to discuss their partnership and project to assess the potential for tidal hydro kinetic energy in Cook Inlet. Meeting Agenda Overview of Cook Inlet Oceanography– Sue Saupe, CIRCAC Design and Implementation of a NOAA/NOS Cook Inlet and Shelikof Straits Circulation Modeling System — Rich Patchen & Lyon Lanerolle, NOAA Tidal Energy Technology and ORPC’s Projects in Cook Inlet – Monty Worthington, Ocean Renewable Power Company Yukon River Hydrokinetic Project at Eagle – Ben Beste, Alaska Power & Telephone Data and Information Needs for Hydrokinetic Energy Development – Jerome Johnson, Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center UAF Assessing Potential Impacts of In-River Hydrokinetics on Juvenile Fishes — Parker Bradley, UAF School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
September 2010 Coordinating Coastal and Ocean Monitoring	Collaborations between the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS), and Others Workshop Report
August 2010 US Army Corps of Engineers/AOOS Workshop on Coordinating Coastal and Ocean Monitoring	Overview of USACE Missions and Project/Funding Process — Steve Boardman Coastal Field Data Collection Program — Bill Birkemeier Regional Sediment Management Program — Linda Lillycrop Alaska Federal Lands Long Range Transportation Plan JALBTCX, GIS, NCDB, and Data Information Framework — Clint Padgett ERDC Numerical Modeling: AK District Projects — Ken Eisses POA/POD Response to Climate Change Program — Carl Borash Alaska Regional Ports — Carol Borash Alaska Baseline Erosion, Existing Harbor Studies — Bruce Sexauer Alaska Data Integration Working Group — Jess Grunblatt Alaska Harbor Observing Network — Ian Dutton AOOS Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet Modeling projects — Darcy Dugan US IOOS Program Overview — David Easter AOOS Overview, Part 1 and Part 2 — Molly McCammon
May 2010 Stakeholder Workshops on IOOS themes	Marine Operations Workshop Summary and Participant List Coastal Hazards Workshop Summary and Participant List Ecosystems Workshop Summary and Participant List
March 2010 Cook Inlet Modeling Workshop	Hosted by AOOS and the Oil Spill Recovery Institute, the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve, NOAA, and the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council. Researchers came from a variety of universities, agencies, and institutions to network, share projects, and assess the needs for numerical forecast models in Cook Inlet. Agenda Participant List Chart of Existing Models (.xls) modeling efforts in Cook Inlet as of March 2010 Workshop Report, including summaries of presentations and discussions Go to workshop presentations
January 2010 Marine Spatial Planning	Workshop and panel discussion on Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Kate Moran from the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House provided an overview of the Interim Framework developed by the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force.
October 2009 Coastal Managers Workshop and Seminar	Managers throughout Alaska met in Anchorage to learn about coastal processes, share projects, and discuss ways that AOOS can better assist decision makers.Workshop reportWorkshop presentations: Assessing Variability of Coastal Features (pdf) — Dr. Orson Smith Beach Nourishment (pdf) — Dr. Orson Smith Coastal Erosion Responses (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Coastal Sediment Budgets (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Coastal Sediments (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Low-cost shore protection (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Revetments (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Seawalls (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Tides (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Winds and Waves (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith Overview of IOOS and AOOS (ppt) — Molly McCammon AOOS, Data Management & the AOOS Website (ppt) — Janene McMahan ShoreZone Project Overview (pdf)– Laura Baker U.S. Army Corps Hindcast Model for Wind & Waves (pdf)– Mary Azelton Anchorage Wastewater Discharge and Beluga Whales (pdf)– Brett Jokela Overview of the State’s Efforts on Climate Change (pdf)– Jackie Poston Bluff Erosion and Coastal Change at Point Woronzof (pdf)– Dr. Tom Ravens
January 2009 Arctic Research and Monitoring Workshop	Workshop Announcement Agenda All Presentations (PDF; 34MB) Executive Summary Final Report
January 2008 Volunteer Observing Ships Workshop	Workshop AnnouncementPresentations: National Weather Service VOS Program Marine Exchange of Alaska (20MB) Tustumena Ferry Box Project International Seakeepers Society North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program Sea State: Use of At-Sea Data for Bycatch Management
January 2008 Prince William Sound Field Demonstration Planning Workshop	Progress Report IOOS and AOOS: Status Report (McCammon) An AOOS Demonstration in PWS (Schoch) Weather Buoys in PWS and Cook Inlet (Burdette) Pilot Mooring: Port San Juan (Campbell) Modeling Nutrients and Plankton in the Pacific (Chai) PWS Forecasting System (Chao) Regional Ocean Modeling System in PWS (Colas) PWS Mooring Program (Ewald) ShoreZone Coastal Habitat Mapping (Harney) Nearshore Habitats and Forage Fish (Lindeberg and Johnson) PWS Climate Data Site Update (McClure) PWS Temperature and Salinity (Okkonen) Modeling PWS Weather (Olsson) Forecasting PWS Waves (Panchang) CO-OPS Program Status and Plans (Paternostro) PWS Surface Currents from HF Radar (Weingartner)
June 2008 Water and Ice Dynamics in Cook Inlet	Final Report on MMS OCS Study 2008-061 (Mark Johnson)
August 2007 AOOS Planning Workshop	Workshop Agenda Participant List Draft Planning Documents GOA Implementation Plan Eastern Gulf Plan Northern Gulf Plan Western Gulf Plan OSRI Science Plan Cook Inlet Plan Conceptual Designs (draft) Arctic Conceptual Design Bering Sea-Aleutians Conceptual Design Gulf of Alaska Conceptual Design Statewide Conceptual Design
October 2007 Arctic Shelves Data Exchange Roundtable	Meeting Summary Participant List by request
Februrary 2006 North Slope Stakeholders Meeting	Meeting Summary
April 2006 Oil + Gas Industry Needs Workshop	Workshop Report
October 2006 Sea Ice Working Group	AOOS established a Sea Ice Working Group to assess the adequacy of monitoring of sea ice in Alaskan waters, to identify user groups, and to provide recommendations for future monitoring. Terms of Reference and List of Members Sea Ice Products This brochure highlights several existing, mainly operational sea ice products for Alaska and will be used to help identify future product needs. Meeting Summary
August 2006 Hydrographic Services Review Panel meeting	Meeting Summary
February 2005 Cook Inlet Physical Oceanography Workshop	Agenda Brochure Additional information and user needs survey Workshop report
June 2005 A Demonstration of the Alaska Ocean Observing System in PWS	Workshop Report
March 2004 Mapping of Surface Currents from High Frequency Radar in Alaska	More information
April 2003 Coastal Alaska Observing System Consensus Workshop	Workshop Report

Meeting Date and Name

Materials

Aug 2011

NOAA/AEA Hydrokinetic Workshop

NOAA’s National Ocean Service and the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) held a stakeholder meeting to discuss their partnership and project to assess the potential for tidal hydro kinetic energy in Cook Inlet. Meeting Agenda

Overview of Cook Inlet Oceanography– Sue Saupe, CIRCAC
Design and Implementation of a NOAA/NOS Cook Inlet and Shelikof Straits Circulation Modeling System — Rich Patchen & Lyon Lanerolle, NOAA
Tidal Energy Technology and ORPC’s Projects in Cook Inlet – Monty Worthington, Ocean Renewable Power Company
Yukon River Hydrokinetic Project at Eagle – Ben Beste, Alaska Power & Telephone
Data and Information Needs for Hydrokinetic Energy Development – Jerome Johnson, Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center UAF
Assessing Potential Impacts of In-River Hydrokinetics on Juvenile Fishes — Parker Bradley, UAF School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences

September 2010

Coordinating Coastal and Ocean Monitoring

Collaborations between the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS), and Others
Workshop Report

August 2010

US Army Corps of Engineers/AOOS Workshop on Coordinating Coastal and Ocean Monitoring

Overview of USACE Missions and Project/Funding Process — Steve Boardman
Coastal Field Data Collection Program — Bill Birkemeier
Regional Sediment Management Program — Linda Lillycrop
Alaska Federal Lands Long Range Transportation Plan
JALBTCX, GIS, NCDB, and Data Information Framework — Clint Padgett
ERDC Numerical Modeling: AK District Projects — Ken Eisses
POA/POD Response to Climate Change Program — Carl Borash
Alaska Regional Ports — Carol Borash
Alaska Baseline Erosion, Existing Harbor Studies — Bruce Sexauer
Alaska Data Integration Working Group — Jess Grunblatt
Alaska Harbor Observing Network — Ian Dutton
AOOS Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet Modeling projects — Darcy Dugan
US IOOS Program Overview — David Easter
AOOS Overview, Part 1 and Part 2 — Molly McCammon

May 2010

Stakeholder Workshops on IOOS themes

March 2010

Cook Inlet Modeling Workshop

Hosted by AOOS and the Oil Spill Recovery Institute, the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve, NOAA, and the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council. Researchers came from a variety of universities, agencies, and institutions to network, share projects, and assess the needs for numerical forecast models in Cook Inlet.

Agenda
Participant List
Chart of Existing Models (.xls) modeling efforts in Cook Inlet as of March 2010
Workshop Report, including summaries of presentations and discussions
Go to workshop presentations

January 2010

Marine Spatial Planning

Workshop and panel discussion on Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
Kate Moran from the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House provided an overview of the Interim Framework developed by the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force.

October 2009

Coastal Managers Workshop and Seminar

Managers throughout Alaska met in Anchorage to learn about coastal processes, share projects, and discuss ways that AOOS can better assist decision makers.Workshop reportWorkshop presentations:

Assessing Variability of Coastal Features (pdf) — Dr. Orson Smith
Beach Nourishment (pdf) — Dr. Orson Smith
Coastal Erosion Responses (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Coastal Sediment Budgets (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Coastal Sediments (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Low-cost shore protection (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Revetments (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Seawalls (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Tides (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Winds and Waves (pdf)– Dr. Orson Smith
Overview of IOOS and AOOS (ppt) — Molly McCammon
AOOS, Data Management & the AOOS Website (ppt) — Janene McMahan
ShoreZone Project Overview (pdf)– Laura Baker
U.S. Army Corps Hindcast Model for Wind & Waves (pdf)– Mary Azelton
Anchorage Wastewater Discharge and Beluga Whales (pdf)– Brett Jokela
Overview of the State’s Efforts on Climate Change (pdf)– Jackie Poston
Bluff Erosion and Coastal Change at Point Woronzof (pdf)– Dr. Tom Ravens

January 2009

Arctic Research and Monitoring Workshop

January 2008

Volunteer Observing Ships Workshop

Workshop AnnouncementPresentations:

January 2008

Prince William Sound Field Demonstration Planning Workshop

Progress Report
IOOS and AOOS: Status Report (McCammon)
An AOOS Demonstration in PWS (Schoch)
Weather Buoys in PWS and Cook Inlet (Burdette)
Pilot Mooring: Port San Juan (Campbell)
Modeling Nutrients and Plankton in the Pacific (Chai)
PWS Forecasting System (Chao)
Regional Ocean Modeling System in PWS (Colas)
PWS Mooring Program (Ewald)
ShoreZone Coastal Habitat Mapping (Harney)
Nearshore Habitats and Forage Fish (Lindeberg and Johnson)
PWS Climate Data Site Update (McClure)
PWS Temperature and Salinity (Okkonen)
Modeling PWS Weather (Olsson)
Forecasting PWS Waves (Panchang)
CO-OPS Program Status and Plans (Paternostro)
PWS Surface Currents from HF Radar (Weingartner)

June 2008

Water and Ice Dynamics in Cook Inlet

Final Report on MMS OCS Study 2008-061 (Mark Johnson)

August 2007

AOOS Planning Workshop

Draft Planning Documents

Conceptual Designs (draft)

October 2007

Arctic Shelves Data Exchange Roundtable

Meeting Summary
Participant List by request

Februrary 2006

North Slope Stakeholders Meeting

Meeting Summary

April 2006

Oil + Gas Industry Needs Workshop

Workshop Report

October 2006

Sea Ice Working Group

AOOS established a Sea Ice Working Group to assess the adequacy of monitoring of sea ice in Alaskan waters, to identify user groups, and to provide recommendations for future monitoring.

Terms of Reference and List of Members
Sea Ice Products This brochure highlights several existing, mainly operational
sea ice products for Alaska and will be used to help
identify future product needs.
Meeting Summary

August 2006

Hydrographic Services Review Panel meeting

Meeting Summary

February 2005

Cook Inlet Physical Oceanography Workshop

June 2005

A Demonstration of the Alaska Ocean Observing System in PWS

Workshop Report

March 2004

Mapping of Surface Currents from High Frequency Radar in Alaska

More information

April 2003

Coastal Alaska Observing System Consensus Workshop

Workshop Report

Aug 2011

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