Observing System Committee

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Observing System Committee

• Members
• Jim Byous, Ocean Specialists, Inc.
• Don Conlee, Nortek-USA
• David Heil, Bureau of Aquaculture Environmental
  Services-FL
• Stephan Howden, USM (Chair)
• Gary Jeffress, TAMU-CC
• Dawn Lavoie, USGS
• Alan Lewitus, NOAA
• Linda Lillycrop, USACE
• Nick Shay, RSMAS
• Neil Trenamen, DHI
• Nan Walker, LSU
• Jan van Smirren, Fugro GEOS Inc.
• Mike Vogel, Shell International Exploration and
  Production, Inc.

GCOOS Board Meeting 26-27 February 2008 Biloxi,
MS
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Action Plan for Dec 2007-June 2008 GCOOS
Observing System Committee

• 1. Determine ways Councils and Committees will
  communicate and identify interdependencies
• a. OSC representative to Board meetings (2 months
  teleconference, 6 months face to face), Chair
• b. OSC representative to DMAC, Gary Jeffress
• c. OSC representative to Products and Services,
  Nan Walker
• d. OSC representative to Stakeholders Council
• e. Education and Outreach
• 2. Recommend to the Board of Directors actions
  relative to the identification of historical data
  sets and their digital accessibility and
  archival timeline March 31, 2008 team leader
  Gary Jeffress

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• 3. Develop Emergency Response Plan for Regional
  Ocean Observing Systems (ROOS), or GCOOS
  Subsystems.
• a. Template 1st draft, Timeline April 1, 2008
  Task Leader Gary Jeffress
• b. Final template. Date May 15, 2008. Task
  Leader Gary Jeffress
• c. Identify ROOS for participation
• d. Contact each ROOS about draft plan to submit
  to GCOOS Office. Date May 15, 2008
• 4. Ensure all ROOS participate in the CSC IOOS
  Data Registry.
• a. U. South Alabama, FSU January 15, 2008, Don
  Conlee
• b. Check with NCDDC about providing assistance
  January 15, 2008, Stephan Howden
• c. MS-DMR/USGS January 15, 2008, Stephan Howden
• d. La-DNR/USGS December 15, 2007, Nan Walker
• e. Check off the Systems Inventory List January
  15, 2008, Howden
• f. Check on USGS/TX and USGC/FL. December 15,
  2007, Dawn Lavoie
• Julie Bosch will serve as a technical point of
  contact for entities within GCOOS which wish to
  register with the IOOS Data Registry.
• IOOS Registry main developer Josh Pedersen
  recommended waiting for roll out of revamped
  registry (very soon) before adding new sites.

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• 5. Develop Directory of IOOS/GCOOS Technical
  Experts for
• a. HF Radar
• b. Remote Sensing
• c. AUVs
• d. Nutrient Sensors
• e. Sea level gages
• f. In-situ optical
• g. Oxygen
• h. Waves and currents
• i. Buoys
• j. Drifters
• Stephan Howden will send out email by
  mid-February with a request to return by
  mid-March. Results will be collated into a
  directory by early April.

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• 6. Push for Data Registry of National Backbone in
  Gulf
• a. Ask GCOOS Board to request NFRA to ask for
  Federal registry of IOOS data. Timeline January
  2008 Worth Nowlin
• Review committee membership and chairmanship.
  Committee will send recommendations to Board of
  Directors by April.
• - OSC will recommend two new members to the
  committee
• 8. Review committee's prioritized lists of GCOOS
  proposed projects and GOM National Backbone
  enhancements and circulate to other committees
  and councils for comment before submitting
  recommendations to the Board. This activity has a
  high priority since GCOOS must be ready with a
  vetted plan as funding opportunities present
  themselves. Maybe the OSC is being to
  presumptuous in leading this activity and the
  Board should take the lead?
• a. Complete OSC review by mid-February
• b. Circulate to committees and councils and
  obtain comments by early March.
• c. Teleconference to finalize recommendations by
  end of March.
• d. Submit recommendations to the Board by end of
  March.

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• 9. Review and update the Action Plan twice per
  year timeline June 2008 and November 2008 team
  leader Stephan Howden, Chair