CeNCOOS California Ocean Observing System Data and Products

CENTRAL & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM

About CeNCOOS

Products & Data

PACIFIC OBSERVING

Current CeNCOOS Council Member List

	What is CeNCOOS? CeNCOOS is a regional organization that coordinates ocean observing activities in Northern and Central California. We apply regional solutions and expertise to create customized informational products that address the Integrated Ocean Observing System's seven societal goals (listed below) and that focus on 1) marine populations and interannual variability; 2) public health and water quality; and 3) marine operations.

	Seven Societal Goals
	Improve the safety and efficiency of marine operations More effectively mitigate the effects of natural hazards Improve predictions of climate change and its effects on coastal populations Improve national security Reduce public health risks More effectively protect and restore healthy coastal marine ecosystems Enable the sustained use of marine resources

News Updates News Archives
Recent CeNCOOS News and Activities Find out about HABMAP in the CeNCOOS Region click here View new CeNCOOS Classroom teaching tools click here View the new CIMT Interactive Map data viewer MBARI instruments (1990-2008) record lowest Monterey Bay ocean temperatures in 2008 View cold water anomaly data products View the new CIMT Phytoplankton Identification Guide New CeNCOOS Council Members added: Raphael Kudela, UC Santa Cruz Dean Wendt, CalPOLY Frank Shaughnessy, Humboldt State University For full listing of 15 CeNCOOS Council members, click here IOOS announces 2008 cooperative grant award for CeNCOOS and other Regional Associations - view IOOS director's newsletter here (5/2) View the April update for the National Federation of Regional Associations (word doc) (4/30/08) Congressman Sam Farr speaks at U.S. House of Representatives in support of ocean observing legislation (word doc) (3/31) View a summary of the "National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act" here Read about our current and future activities in our 'CeNCOOS Update' (pdf) (3/31) View the new report from CeNCOOS workshop:"Making Use of Ocean Observing Systems: Applications to MPAs and Water Quality" (pdf) (3/15) CeNCOOS convenes group of scientists to discuss reasons for recent large, persistent algal blooms in Monterey Bay - view our report here. (12/17/07) Tarballs on central California beaches, likely from natural source - CeNCOOS report (2/08) View CeNCOOS Response to San Francisco Bay Oil Spill here (11/07/07) View the CIMT Monterey Bay plankton sampling blog here Help populate the IOOS National Registry Instructions for Submitting Near Real-time and Fixed Platform Information: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ioos/obsRegistry/obsRegistryInstructions.pdf Map of Sensors http://oceanobs.org/wc/map/ Recent Regional Ocean News and Issues Unsafe bacteria levels at two beaches in Santa Cruz County Heal-the-Bay 18th Annual California BeachReport Card (5/21/08) - Dry weather water quality on beaches very good, wet weather water quality down overall from last year - LA County has overall worst, but 3 CeNCOOS region beaches rank in top 10 for worst water quality Press Release: pdf Full Report: pdf Pacific Fishery Management Council Closes California Commercial and Sport Chinook (King) Salmon fisheries for first time in history due to record low numbers of fish View Pacific Fishery Management Council's Press Release (pdf) (4/10) New York Times article on Sacramento River salmon collapse (3/17) Sewage spill into SF Bay near Tiburon (5/14) Monitoring and managing water quality in the SF Estuary, view the SFEI 2007 'Pulse of the Estuary' pdf U.S. EPA orders Marin County sewage collection systems to address chronic sewage spills (4/10) DWR final snow survey for 2008 show Sierras snowpack is below normal (Word.doc) (4/1) Pilot Desalination plant begins operation in Santa Cruz - view news story here (3/21) White shark released from Monterey Bay Aquarium, tag reports location off Mazatlan, MX (3/21) California’s Central Coast Marine Protected Areas now in effect http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/ccmpas_list.asp Meetings/Workshops/Conferences: CeNCOOS Council Meeting - July 8th 10AM-3PM, Aquarium of the Bay (San Francisco) AGENDA CalCOFI 2008 Conference at Scripps in La Jolla, San Diego 17-19 November News Archives • For further Information, Please Contact Heather Kerkering heather@mbari.org

Regional Ocean Observing Products & Data

oceanObs
Inventory of CeNCOOS products, partner information, and sensor locations: queriable by data type, format, and observing program.

Regional Data
Access data from the CeNCOOS region using the CeNCOOS Live Access Server.

Coastal Conditions
View near real-time and archived data from the CeNCOOS region.

Click here to view “Active CeNCOOS Partners”

CeNCOOS Success Stories,
Factsheets and Reports

Making Use of Ocean Observing Systems: Applications to MPAs and Water Quality
(pdf report)

OceanObs: the CeNCOOS Inventory for Ocean Observing (pdf success story)

Red tide Response: Ocean Observations Benefit Local Abalone Farm (pdf success)

CIMT Harmful Algal Blooms (pdf fact sheet)

Ocean Currents (pdf fact sheet)

Animals as Ocean Sensors (pdf fact sheets)

CIMT Interactive GIS System (pdf success story)

Major support for CeNCOOS is provided by: