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RCN Face-to-Face Meeting

RCN Face-to-Face Meeting. Jay Pearlman and Sandy Williams December 2, 2012. Purpose of RCN: OceanObsNetwork. The OceanObsNetwork goals and objectives are: To foster a broad, multi-disciplinary dialogue To enable more effective use of sustained ocean observatories and observing systems.

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RCN Face-to-Face Meeting

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  1. RCN Face-to-Face Meeting Jay Pearlman and Sandy Williams December 2, 2012

  2. Purpose of RCN: OceanObsNetwork • The OceanObsNetwork goals and objectives are: • To foster a broad, multi-disciplinary dialogue • To enable more effective use of sustained ocean observatories and observing systems

  3. New Technologies and Approaches • Vastly improved ocean observations • Cabled observatories • Relative abundance of power • Bandwidth for observations covering scales from cm to km and times from seconds to decades • Sensors • Adapted for in-situ observations

  4. The Potential for Interdisciplinary Collaboration is Significant • Steering Committee • Simon Allen • Pierre Bahurel • Stewart Bernard • Paul DiGiacomo • Albert Fischer • Masao Fukasawa • Milton Kampel • Peter Pissierssens • Iain Shepherd • Christoph Waldmann • Affiliation • IMOS (CSIRO) • MyOcean/Mercator • CSIR • NOAA & GEO CZCP • GOOS/IOC/UNESCO • JAMSTEC • INPE • IODE/UNESCO • European Commission • University of Bremen • Country • Australia • France • South Africa • United States • France • Japan • Brazil • Belgium • Belgium • Germany

  5. OceanObsNetwork Objectives • Motivate commitments to sustaining ocean and marine observing systems • Stimulate inter-disciplinary cooperation for both observations and analyses • Facilitate open exchange of ocean data • Promote interoperability • Improve the flow of critical ocean observation information to key stakeholders • Stimulate capacity building and retention in ocean and marine observations community

  6. 6 Month Duration Projects • Open Data Exchange • Outreach and Education • In Situ – Remote Satellite Sensing Interfaces • Sustainability • Citizen Observations • Community and Capacity Building • Interdisciplinary Cooperation • Information to Stakeholders • Interoperability

  7. Meetings • Each project forms Task Teams • Virtual meetings allow projects to proceed • Projects produce reports • OpenData Exchange has three Task Team reports • Composite report to come • Outreach and Education has started Webinar Series • Blue Marvel - Ocean Mysteries • Three of six scheduled, two given • Ocean Courses • To be started • Annual Face-to-Face meeting

  8. Agenda for Ocean RCN Meeting

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