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16 June 2009 - Weather Research & Forecasting Model (WRF) wind and precipitation forecasts provided by UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Climate Sensitivity Research Lounge can now be found at here. (read more)

26 May 2009 - Due to the ongoing California state budget crisis, the upcoming Ocean Protection Council (OPC) meeting scheduled for 16 July in the Bay Area has been cancelled. Proposed projects, initiatives, and planned discussions will be carried over to the next meeting, as appropriate, scheduled to take place 13 November 2009 in San Diego. The specific location will be posted to the OPC Web site once details are available.

21 May 2009 - A widespread domoic acid poisoning event is taking place as a result of a Pseudo-nitzschia bloom in the waters off southern California. (read more)

5 May 2009 - A number of bird and marine mammal strandings have occurred in the past week in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas with a possible link to domoic-acid (DA) poisoning. Significant numbers of the domoic-acid producing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia have been detected at SCCOOS Harmful Algal Bloom study sites at Stearn's Wharf, Newport Pier, and Scripps Pier over the past week. USC Webb Gliders running transects around Catalina Island also show a significant subsurface chlorophyll maximum. Additionally, low levels of domoic acid were detected in and around the Los Angeles Harbor at the end of April. (read more)

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SCCOOS brings together coastal observations in the Southern California Bight to provide information necessary to address issues in climate change, ecosystem preservation and management, coastal water quality, maritime operations, coastal hazards and national security.

As a science-based decision support system, SCCOOS works interactively with local, state and federal agencies, resource managers, industry, policy makers, educators, scientists and the general public to provide data, models and products that advance our understanding of the current and future state of our coastal and global environment. (more)

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Access realtime and archived SCCOOS data collected within the Southern California Bight (SCB). Find related data products, information on metadata, database schema and data flow charts. (more)

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Access information about SCCOOS rapid response and intensive regional observations projects. (more)

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Learn about ocean observing systems, and follow SCCOOS' K-12 outreach and education efforts. (more)
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Access the SCCOOS maintained ocean observatory events calendar. Please note: Times listed are Pacific Standard TIme (click here)

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SCCOOS is principally funded by the California Coastal Conservancy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Additional funds for focus projects are provided by several local, state and federal agencies and private interests. SCCOOS is one of eleven Regional Associations comprising the coastal component of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). For more information, click here.For more information, click here.




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