A River-Ocean Coupled Database in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
The northern Gulf of Mexico receives water from more than 50 rivers that are highly influenced by humans and include the largest river in the [...]
Category Archives: News of Note
GCAN Welcomes New Steering Committee Members
GCAN would like to welcome three new steering committee members: Dr. Sharon Herzka, Siobhan Kassem-Courtney and Dr. De'Marcus Robinson. Steering Committee members help guide GCAN [...]
USM Viking Buoy Back Online
The University of Southern Mississippi’s state-of-the-art Viking buoy — operated as part of USM’s offshore 4-D CUBEnet initiative — is back and sending data. This [...]
2024 Annual Report
Report Highlights GCOOS Activities in 2024 In a changing climate, we know that the data gathered by the ocean-observing community will only grow in importance [...]
Storm Forecasting and Uncrewed Systems
Uncrewed systems continued to prove their worth for storm prediction as Hurricanes Helene and Milton made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast in September and October. [...]
Initiative Emphasizes Connectivity
New Intra-American Seas (IAS) Pan-Regional Initiative Emphasizes Connectivity in Support of Filling Ocean Data Gaps Three regional ocean observing systems are developing a new initiative [...]
Hurricane Season Webinar
“Hurricanes, NWS and GCOOS” *recorded June 25, 2024 GCOOS and the National Weather Service (NWS) joined forces to talk about the 2024 hurricane season outlook [...]
Glider Operations Preview
Mission Critical: Readying Gliders for Hurricane Season 2024 Forecasters are calling for an extremely active hurricane season this year and glider operators in the Gulf [...]
