Dr. Brad Moran Selected as Acting Director of NOC Dr. S. Bradley Moran is the Acting Director of the National Ocean Council and Assistant Director for Ocean Sciences in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In this capacity, he focuses on implementing federal ocean science policy and facilitating interagency efforts and partnerships […] Read more
ORAP to Hold Meeting in Arlington, VA on December 3-4 The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) will hold a meeting on December 3-4, 2013 at QinetiQ North America, 4100 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 800, Arlington, VA. Expected topics for briefings and discussion include Ocean Observations, Ecosystem Based Management and Ocean Education. The meeting is open […] Read more
Members of the steering committee from the 2010 NOPP-hosted workshop Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network have published an article in BioScience outlining the need and plan for a Marine Biodiversity Observation Network. Read more
Across the world’s oceans bob 3,500 free-floating instruments. Every ten days, the probes descend to 1,000 meters, drift, descend to 2,000 meters, and then rise to the surf Read more
Innovative Global Observing System Funded Under NOPP for First 12 Years Read more
NOPP Office staff attended and hosted an exhibit booth at the MTS/IEEE Oceans ’12 Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 15-18 October. NOPP was pleased to host an awards ceremony honoring the 2011 Excellence in Partnering Awardees on Monday, 14 October. Read more
The NOPP Office would like to once again congratulate Takemasa Miyoshi, Masaru Kunii, Eugenia Kalnay, and Hong Li on their two new publications resulting from NOPP-funded research on tropical cyclone forecasting and modeling! Read more
The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) Industry Sub-panel held a workshop on 24-25 May 2011 titled “Offshore Renewable Energy: Accelerating the Decision-Making Process”, to discuss the growing issues surrounding renewable ocean energy development; the final report resulting from this workshop is now available on the ORAP website. Read more
The NOPP Office was excited to announce the 2011 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award winners in mid-August. Read more
The NOPP Office would like to congratulate Shu-Chih Yang, Takemasa Miyoshi, and Eugenia Kalnay on their recent publication in Weather and Forecasting titled “Accelerating the EnKF Spinup for Typhoon Assimilation and Prediction.” Read more
