NOPP Town Hall at Ocean Sciences 2010 Conference

NOPP attended the Ocean Sciences 2010 conference in Portland, Oregon from 22-26 February.

The theme of the conference was, From Observation to Prediction in the 21st Century. NOPP held a Town Hall session on 23 February on Collaborative Oceanographic Research of the Future. The town hall described the proposal process and highlighted two projects with valuable contributions between multiple sectors. Dr. Peter Minnett presented on the Multi-sensor Improved SST (MISST) for GODAE and Dr. Patrick Heimbach presented on ECCO-GODAE: Sustained Global Ocean State Estimation for Scientific and Practical Applications. Participants were asked for suggestions on topics for future collaborative research directions to continue NOPP’s contribution to cutting-edge interdisciplinary and intersector science and technology.