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Northern Gulf Institute: Research, Collaboration, and Outreach for Coastal Management

The Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) aims to optimize the linkage of watershed, ocean, and atmospheric models, apply spatial technology in coastal assessment and management, and study the impacts of watershed management on coastal water quality. NGI fosters collaboration among member institutions and provides needs-based research and education/outreach.

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Northern Gulf Institute: Research, Collaboration, and Outreach for Coastal Management

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  1. Northern Gulf Institute A NOAA Cooperative Institute David R. Shaw, Director dshaw@gri.msstate.edu

  2. Research Needs/Opportunities • Optimization/linkage of watershed, ocean, and atmospheric models • Spatial technology applications in coastal assessment, management • Watershed management – impacts on coastal/marine water quality • Impacts of Best Management Practices on coastal/marine water quality and ecology • Spatial data coordination, data mining

  3. Concept Northern Gulf Institute • Critical needs in northern Gulf; currently underserved by NOAA • Opportunity for pilot effort to closely link divisions within NOAA • Member institutions: MSU, USM, LSU, FSU, DISL • Integrated Education, Extension, Workforce Development

  4. ConceptNorthern Gulf Institute • Anchored at Stennis Space Center • Collaborative with other cooperative institutes and NOAA labs • Integrated across divisions of NOAA • Strong linkages with state, local partner agencies • Needs-based research, education/ outreach as goals

  5. Concept Northern Gulf Institute • Fills major research void • Provides opportunity for federal, state, local collaborations • Leverage significant in-state expertise • Seeks to apply findings and capabilities from other Joint Institutes, Labs, Data Centers, Science Centers…..

  6. Examples of Relevant Plans – Hypoxia Applications

  7. Watershed Modeling Improvements to Enhance Coastal Ecosystems Goal: Improved watershed-wide decision support for resource management • Better Data • Improved Models • System-wide Evaluations Tombigbee-Mobile Demo Site

  8. GIS HPC GIS 3-D Models 3-D Models HPC Spatial Technology and High Performance Computing Improving Water Quality Prediction Goal: Develop and demonstrate advanced technologies to predict water quality impacts. Integrated Solutions

  9. Northern Gulf Institute Outreach Program Goal: Growing Stewards of the Northern Gulf of Mexico • Assessing Needs – Inventory, survey and workshop with federal state & academic partners • Transitioning Research – build on the Extension Service Experience • Building Collaborations – across entire focus area for synergy benefits, complete ecosystem coverage • Reaching out to all sectors – capture the captive audiences, team with proven programs

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