NOAA today announced that the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Monday, Nov. 29 and Monday, Dec. 6.
The meeting will include updates from NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, the U.S. IOOS Office, IOOS Marine Life Program, Interagency Ocean Observation Committee, National Ocean Service (coastal resilience), as well as a briefing on hurricane intensity forecasting, and discussion on requirements and system needs/gaps and the development of the next 3-year work plan. The meeting will also include two public comment periods.
The Committee is tasked with advising the NOAA Administrator and the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee on issues including the administration, operation, management, and maintenance of the U.S. IOOS, expansion and periodic modernization and upgrade of technology components of IOOS, and the identification of end-user communities, their IOOS-related information needs, and the effectiveness of IOOS in disseminating information.
