FY1997 Funded Projects

The following is a description of projects funded under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) in FY1997. Discussions on the contractual details of each award were initiated at the Office of Naval Research.

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

• Development of a National Littoral Ocean Observing and Predictive System: Field Estimation via Interdisciplinary Data Assimilation
  A. Robinson, Harvard University
• Gulf of Mexico Ocean Monitoring System,
  H. J. Herring, Dynalysis of Princeton
• Monitoring the North Pacific for Improved Ocean, Weather and Climate Forecasts
  R. Spindel, University of Washington
• Multi-Scale Model-Driven Sampling with Autonomous Systems at a National Littoral Laboratory and Renewal
  F. Grassle, Rutgers University (renewed for two additional years in FY00)

Goal 2. Promote Lifelong Ocean Education

• The Bridge: Marine Education Clearinghouse (original project renewed for two additional years)
  PI: L. Larkin, Virginia Institute of Marine Science FY97, renewed in FY00 and FY02)
• Enhancing K-12 Science Education Via Satellite-Televised Interactive Technologies (original project renewed for two additional years)
  PI: P. Coble, University of South Florida FY97, renewed in FY00 and FY02
• JASON IX: Descending the Ocean Ladder – Expanding Student and Teacher Access to Ocean Science Research (original project renewed for two additional years)
  PI: R. Ballard, Institute for Exploration (FY97, renewed in FY00)
• Bringing the Ocean into the Precollege Classroom Through Field Investigations at a National Underwater Laboratory (original project renewed for two additional years)
  PI: M. DeLuca, Rutgers University FY97, renewed in FY00 and FY02)
• COAST: Consortium for Oceanographic Activities for Students and Teachers (original project renewed for two additional years)
  PI: S. Walker, University of Southern Mississippi FY97, renewed in FY00)

Goal 3. Modernize Ocean Infrastructure and Enhance Technology Development

• SeaNet: Extending the Internet to the Oceanographic Research Fleet
  E. Kappel, Joint Oceanographic Institutions (FY97)

Goal 4. Foster Interagency partnerships to Increase and Apply Scientific Knowledge

• Coastal and Marine Aerosol Transformation Processes
  W. Hoppel, Naval Research Laboratory (FY97)