FY1999 Funded Projects

The following is a list of projects (showing the project title and the lead P.I. and institution) funded under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) in FY1999. Discussions on the contractual details of each award were initiated at the Office of Naval Research. For abstracts of these projects and the partnerships involved in each one, click on the title of the project.

Goal 1. Achieve and Sustain an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

• A Consortium for Ocean Circulation and Climate Estimation
  PI: D. Stammer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography [Phase B] (FY99)
• Front Resolving Observational Network with Telemetry
  PI: J. O’Donnell, University of Connecticut (FY99)
• An Integrated System for Real-Time CTD Profiling Float Data on Basin Scales [ARGO]
  PI: D. Roemmich, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (FY99) For the latest information on ARGO go to www.argo.ucsd.edu.
• Models of the Coastal Ocean off the West Coast of North America: A Comparative Study & Synthesis of Observations
  PI: T. Powell, University of California at Berkeley [Phase A] (FY99)
• Real-Time Forecasting System of Winds, Waves and Surge in Tropical Cyclones
  PI: H. Graber, University of Miami [Phase A] (FY99)

Goal 3. Modernize Ocean Infrastructure and Enhance Technology Development

• Ocean Response Coastal Analysis System (ORCAS)
  PI: P. Donaghay, University of Rhode Island [Phase B] (FY99)
• Autonomous Profilers for Carbon-System and Biological Observations
  PI: J. Bishop, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (FY99, renewed FY01)
• Development & Verification of a Comprehensive Community Model for Physical Processes in the Nearshore Ocean
  PI: J. Kirby, University of Delaware [Phase B] (FY99)
• Development of an Autonomous Sampling Network for Plankton, Hydrography and Currents. Phase I. Incorporation of Plankton Imaging Capability into Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  PI: C. Davis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (FY99)
• Incorporation of Sensors into Autonomous Gliders for 4D Measurement of Bio-optical and Chemical Parameters
  PI: M.J. Perry, University of Washington (FY99, renewed FY02)
• Modeling and Data Assimilation for the Study of Puget Sound, Washington
  PI: M. Kawase, University of Washington [Phase A] (FY99)
• Planning a Coupled Physical-Biological Modeling Node: A ‘Phase A’ National Oceanographic Partnership Proposal
  PI: L. Rothstein, University or Rhode Island [Phase A] (FY99)