IOCARIBE-GOOS at TOS / OI Americas 03

The Second Conference on

A Regional Ocean Observing System for

The Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

June 4, 2003 2 PM Room 297

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IOCARIBE-GOOS Summary and Strategic Plan

Doug Wilson, NOAA and Guillermo Garcia, Acuario Nacional, Cuba

National GOOS Coordination: OCEAN.US

Eric Lindstrom, NASA / OCEAN.US

European GOOS Regional Alliances

Silvana Vallerga, I-GOOS / Cesar Toro, IOCARIBE

Existing Observing Systems: SEACOOS

Chris Mooers, UM/RSMAS

Existing Observing Systems: GCOOS

Worth Nowlin, TAMU / Paul Moersdorf, NOAA

Capacity Building - US White Water to Blue Water Initiative

Dick Wilbur / Liz Tirpak, U.S. State Department

Data and Information Management

Landry Bernard, NOAA

Coastal Modeling

Alan Blumberg, Stevens Inst. Tech.

SEAKEEPERS

Rod Zika, UM/RSMAS

Regional Models

Gregg Jacobs, NRL

Large Marine Ecosystem Project

Robin Mahon, University of the West Indies, Barbados

Observing Coral Reef Conditions in the Caribbean

Pedro Alcolado, Instituto de Oceanologia, Cuba