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Integrated Ocean Observing System
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<h2 id="regional-associations">Regional Associations</h2> <p>The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System consists of eleven independent Regional Associations (RAs) that serve stakeholder needs within their respective regions. From a coastal perspective, the global ocean component is critical for providing data and information on basin scale forcings (e.g., <a href="/facts/ENSO/FVgabDRn">ENSO</a> events), as well as providing the data and information necessary to run coastal models (such as storm surge models).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Alaska Ocean Observing System (<a href="http://www.aoos.org">AOOS</a>)</li> <li>Central California Ocean Observing System (<a href="http://www.cencoos.org">CeNCOOS</a>)</li> <li>Great Lakes Observing System (<a href="http://glos.us/">GLOS</a>)</li> <li>Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (<a href="https://www.neracoos.org/">NERACOOS</a>)</li> <li>Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080122070108/http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/GCOOS/">GCOOS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pacific_Islands_Ocean_Observing_System/A9lRaDBR">Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System</a> (<a href="http://www.pacioos.org/">PacIOOS</a>)</li> <li>Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (<a href="http://www.macoora.org/">MACOORA</a>)</li> <li>Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (<a href="http://www.nanoos.org">NANOOS</a>)</li> <li>Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (<a href="http://www.sccoos.org">SCCOOS</a>)</li> <li>Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (<a href="http://www.secoora.org/">SECOORA</a>)</li> <li>Caribbean Integrated Ocean Observing System (<a href="http://www.caricoos.org/">CarICOOS</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Oceans portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/GOOS/K02VF5dJ">GOOS</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Global_Earth_Observing_System_of_Systems_(GEOSS)/LMYr3Cox">Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ocean_acoustic_tomography/Nfh10lgG">Ocean acoustic tomography</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Argo_(oceanography)/RJ2Ju3cP">Argo (oceanography)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alliance_for_Coastal_Technologies/752GtMfe">Alliance for Coastal Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Omnibus_Public_Land_Management_Act_of_2009/tVIjK0gW">Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009</a> (authorizing legislation for IOOS)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070208173855/http://www.mbari.org/mars/general/links.html">Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://ioos.noaa.gov/about/regional-associations/">IOOS Regional Associations</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/COOS">Coastal Ocean Observing System</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/esb/?goal=ecosystems&file=obs/info/ioos/">Social & Economic Benefits of IOOS</a> from "NOAA Socioeconomics" website initiative</li> <li><a href="http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-news/underwater-robots-explore-ocean">Rutgers University RU27 through the IOOS - Smithsonian Ocean Portal</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>IOOS coastal components <a href="http://www.ocean.us/Coastal_Component" target="_blank">http://www.ocean.us/Coastal_Component</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>