May 14, 2024 | PST | Online

OCEAN OBSERVING IN CALIFORNIA: Celebrate the Past, Showcase the Present, Envision the Future

As the impacts of climate change are experienced across California, ocean observations remain a critical mechanism to strengthen community resilience: providing near real-time and forecast information on changing ocean conditions. Sustained observing systems deliver information that helps build an understanding of our changing coasts and oceans to enable informed and responsible decision-making and collaborative climate solutions. 

The goal of the 2024 joint meeting, Ocean Observing in California: Celebrate the Past, Showcase the Present, and Envision the Future, is to draw on experiences and expertise from partners and end-users across all sectors to explore, honor, and commemorate the ocean observing community and the evolving role of ocean observations in support of sustainable resource and place-based management and the development of a sustainable Blue Economy in California.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: 

1. Celebrate, honor, and commemorate sustained ocean observing in California - CalCOFI's 75th anniversary and SCCOOS and CeNCOOS's 20th anniversary.

2. Share ideas on the state and dynamics of the California Current.  

3. Showcase success stories between scientists and data users. 

4. Build and maintain relationships across the ocean community. 

5. Stimulate meaningful coordination that fosters future ocean observing, sustainable blue economy initiatives, and cultivates an equitable ocean community.

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