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8.4 Partnerships in Coastal Ocean Observing
Developing expertise in operation and maintenance of the wide range of instruments and platforms, in implementation and depiction of numerical on ocean models, and in extraction and depiction of satellite ocean color data requires a large,
well-trained work force (and a budget to match) which can only be achieved with
generous long-term, financial and institutional support. Nascent ICOOSs consequently find it useful to develop partnerships with more mature organizations specializing in one or more observing components to aid in system development,
implementation operation and maintenance, as well as human resources capacity
building. Partnerships established by CariCOOS are described in Table 8.1.
8.5 Applied and Scientific Research in Coastal Ocean
Observing
Scientists occupy a unique position as ICOOS stakeholders. Given the specialized
knowledge required to successfully operate such a system, oftentimes scientists are
system operators as well as stakeholders. Climate science in particular finds great
Table 8.1 CariCOOS partnerships
Organization
System
Services
University of Maine, Physical
Oceanography Group
ODAS buoys
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, buoy maintenance,
capacity building
Commercial Divers Inc.
ODAS buoys
Buoy deployment/recovery
Rutgers University, Coastal Ocean
Observing Laboratory
HF radar
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, system
maintenance, capacity building
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic
and Meteorological Laboratory
Gliders, drifters Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, capacity building
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Pacific Marine
Environmental Laboratory
MAPCO2 buoy Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, instrument
maintenance, capacity building
University of California San Diego,
Coastal Ocean Data Information
Program
Wave buoy
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control
WeatherFlow Inc.
Meteorological
stations
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, instrument
maintenance
University of South Florida
Satellite imagery Data reception, data processing,
image rendering
European Space Agency
Satellite imagery Data reception, data processing,
image rendering
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8.4 Partnerships in Coastal Ocean Observing
Developing expertise in operation and maintenance of the wide range of instruments and platforms, in implementation and depiction of numerical on ocean models, and in extraction and depiction of satellite ocean color data requires a large,
well-trained work force (and a budget to match) which can only be achieved with
generous long-term, financial and institutional support. Nascent ICOOSs consequently find it useful to develop partnerships with more mature organizations specializing in one or more observing components to aid in system development,
implementation operation and maintenance, as well as human resources capacity
building. Partnerships established by CariCOOS are described in Table 8.1.
8.5 Applied and Scientific Research in Coastal Ocean
Observing
Scientists occupy a unique position as ICOOS stakeholders. Given the specialized
knowledge required to successfully operate such a system, oftentimes scientists are
system operators as well as stakeholders. Climate science in particular finds great
Table 8.1 CariCOOS partnerships
Organization
System
Services
University of Maine, Physical
Oceanography Group
ODAS buoys
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, buoy maintenance,
capacity building
Commercial Divers Inc.
ODAS buoys
Buoy deployment/recovery
Rutgers University, Coastal Ocean
Observing Laboratory
HF radar
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, system
maintenance, capacity building
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic
and Meteorological Laboratory
Gliders, drifters Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, capacity building
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Pacific Marine
Environmental Laboratory
MAPCO2 buoy Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, instrument
maintenance, capacity building
University of California San Diego,
Coastal Ocean Data Information
Program
Wave buoy
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control
WeatherFlow Inc.
Meteorological
stations
Data handling, quality assurance/
quality control, instrument
maintenance
University of South Florida
Satellite imagery Data reception, data processing,
image rendering
European Space Agency
Satellite imagery Data reception, data processing,
image rendering
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