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First Quarter (Jan.-Mar.) 2005
Second Quarter (Apr.-Jun.) 2005
Third and Fourth Quarters (Jul.-Dec.) 2005
First Quarter (Jan.-Mar.) 2006
Activities
July 1, 2025
Meeting the Needs of Users
Caro-COOPS is currently working with the South Carolina Emergency Management
Division (SC EMD) to
improve hurricane storm surge forecasts, and to provide state and local
officials with the information needed to focus on mitigation, preparedness,
and prevention measures. In the event of an approaching hurricane, the Coastal
Atmosphere and Ocean Modeling Group at North Carolina State
University's Coastal Fluid Dynamics Laboratory will generate storm surge forecasts based
on updated hurricane track forecasts issued by the National
Hurricane Center. The data management group based at the Baruch
Institute for
Marine and Coastal Sciences at the University of South Carolina will
transform these forecasts into useful information products, and ensure
the timely delivery of updated information to the SC EMD. In addition,
Caro-COOPS is now developing a “Coastal Hazards Stakeholders Advisory
Committee” to
guide our efforts in developing improved information related to hurricanes,
oil spills, harmful algal blooms, erosion, and other coastal hazards
in our region.
We have also begun to explore fisheries-related data products. In October
2003, Caro-COOPS hosted a fisheries stakeholder workshop in Charleston,
SC to learn more about the information needs of fishers, managers, and academics
(Workshop Report). More recently, we have begun consultations
with the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and South Carolina Department
of Natural Resources to assess data needs and opportunities for cooperation. Contact
us for more information.
July 1, 2025
Caro-COOPS and the NOAA National Water Level Observation Network
(NWLON)
Three coastal stations – Sun1, Cap1,
and Frp1 – are
collecting real-time water level measurements that are included in the
national NOAA NWLON.
In establishing these stations, technical guidance is being provided
by NOAA’s Center
for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS).
The incorporation of Caro-COOPS data into the National Ocean Service
(NOS) CO-OPS federal backbone is an illustration of the kinds of productive
interactions that will be a prominent feature of the future Integrated
Ocean Observing System (IOOS).
The stations are also collecting wind, barometric pressure, relative
humidity, and air and water temperature data. A typical station includes
a weatherproof data collection platform box, tower with meteorological
sensors, and the protective well with acoustic sensor on top that measures
the water level.
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News
Caro-COOPS on NOAA's National Weather Radio (June 27, 2025)
Casting
a Net to Capture Metadata in the Southeast (September/October 2004,
Coastal Services)
Buoys
to help predict hurricane flooding (August 25, 2003; The Beaufort Gazette)
Getting
ahead of storm surge (August 9, 2003; News & Observer)
Hollings
Announces NOAA Funding for USC's Baruch Institute (June 24, 2025)
Presentations
May 2006
An Integrated Response to Coastal Hypoxia through Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
Rebecca Shuford
The Coastal Society’s 20th International Conference Charting a New Course: Shaping Solutions for the Coasts
St. Petersburg, FL
May 14-17, 2006
Meeting the Needs of Southeastern Coastal Resource Managers Through Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
Emily McDonald
The Coastal Society’s 20th International Conference Charting a New Course: Shaping Solutions for the Coasts
St. Petersburg, FL
May 14-17, 2006
March 2006
The Long Bay Ecosystem Management Project (poster)
Rebecca Shuford
Coastal Conference on Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Management in the Southeast Region
Wrightsville Beach, NC
March 19-21, 2006
February 2006
Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing - Enabling Coastal Management Solutions (poster presentation)
M. Richard DeVoe, Braxton Davis, S. Bernard
ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Conference, Honolulu, HI
February 22, 2025
The Carolinas Coastal ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS): Building Partnerships to Optimize Capacity and Use of Information
Madilyn Fletcher, Leonard Pietrafesa, earle Buckley, Dwayne Porter, Lian Xie, Braxton Davis, Manchuan Peng, Shaowu Bao, Dave Dickey.
ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Conference, Honolulu, HI
February 22, 2025
November-December 2005
Caro-COOPS: Ocean Observing Systems in Charleston Harbor and Coastal South Carolina
Madilyn Fletcher, Dwayne Porter, Braxton Davis, Leonard Pietrafesa, Earle Buckley, Lian Xie
2005 ThinkTEC Homeland Security Innovation Conference, Charleston, SC,
November 30-December 2, 2005
Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System and the Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program
Madilyn Fletcher, Leonard J. Pietrafesa, M. Moss, L. Leonard
NOAA in the Carolinas meeting, Asheville, NC
November 2-4, 2005
The Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System
Rebecca Shuford
South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council's Research and Monitoring Workshop: Ecosystem Management in the South Atlantic Region.
Charleston, SC
November 16-18, 2005
October 2005
Caro-COOPS and its ongoing contributions to the Long Bay Hypoxia Study
Braxton Davis
SCDHEC-OCRM, Charleston, SC,
October 4, 2005, and
SCDHEC Bureau of Water, Columbia, SC
October 7, 2025
July 2005
Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-Coops) (poster)
Braxton Davis
Coastal Zone Conference
New Orleans, LA
July 17-21, 2005
Southeastern Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems in Support of Coastal Zone Management
Braxton Davis
Coastal Zone ’05: Balancing on the Edge
New Orleans, LA
July 17-21, 2005
June 2005
Developing Information Products For Coastal and Ocean Managers: The Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS)
Madilyn Fletcher, Dwayne Porter, Earle Buckley, Leonard Pietrafesa, Lian Xie, Jeremy Cothran, R. Vedre, Manchuan Peng, Shaowu Bao, Braxton Davis
American Society for Limnology and Oceanography meeting
Santiago de Compostella, Spain
June 19-24, 2005
May 2005
Role of Coastal Observing Systems in Enhancing Storm Surge and Flooding Prediction
Madilyn Fletcher, Dwayne Porter, Leonard Pietrafesa, Earle Buckley, Lian Xie
Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005 meeting, Charleston, SC
May 8-11, 2005
On Sea-Level Variability on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States
Leonard Pietrafesa, L. Xie, D.A. Dickey, E. Buckley, M. Fletcher
Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005 meeting, Charleston, SC
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