Joint Session 1 Joint IIPS/IOS Session on Technology for Buoy Observing Systems

Wednesday, 12 January 2000: 8:00 AM-5:15 PM
Hosts: (Joint between the 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the Fourth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems )
Organizers:
Nancy Soreide, OAR, Seattle, WA; Cathy Woody, NOAA/NDBC and Steve Holt, Mitretek, McLean, VA

Papers:
8:00 AM
J1.1
Overview of Ocean Based Buoys and Drifters: Present Applications and Future Needs
Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and C. E. Woody and S. M. Holt

8:15 AM
J1.2
An Overview of National Data Buoy Center Products and Activities
Eric A. Meindl, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS

8:30 AM
J1.3
TAO and PIRATA buoy networks in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic
H. Paul Freitag, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. J. McPhaden

8:45 AM
J1.4
The Global Drifter Program
Mark S. Swenson, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL

9:00 AM
J1.5
The Hawaii sea level observing system
Bernard J. Kilonsky, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Merrifield

9:30 AM
J1.7
SEAKEYS 1999: Florida Keys Monitoring Initiative
J. C. Humphrey, Florida Inst. of Oceanography, Long Key, FL; and J. C. Ogden, S. L. Vargo, and J. Hendee

9:45 AM
J1.8
The Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System for West Florida
M. Luther, Univ. of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL

10:00 AM
J1.9
The Texas Automated Buoy System
Norman L. Guinasso, Jr., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. J. Kelly, L. L. Lee, III, and R. D. Martin, Jr.

10:15 AM
J1.10
The Environmental Sensors Presently Used by the National Data Buoy Center
Eduardo D. Michelena, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Flight Center, MS

10:30 AM
J1.11
Long Term Water Level Measurements Using GPS on a Buoy
Gerald L. Mader, NOAA/NWSFO, Silver Spring, MD

10:45 AM
J1.12
History of GPS Buoy Development at the Universtiy of Colorado
George H. Born, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. G. Kubitschek, K. Key, and B. Haines

11:00 AM
J1.13
11:15 AM
J1.14
Advances in Buoy Technology for Wind/Wave Data Collection and Analysis
S. G. P. Skey, Axys Environmental Systems, Sidney, BC, Canada; and T. Vandall

11:30 AM
J1.15
Technology Development to Collect Ocean Optics Data At NDBC Weather Stations
Catherine E. Woody, NOAA/NBDC, Stennis space Center, MS

11:45 AM
J1.16
Measurement of Optical Variability of the Ocean from Autonomous Platforms
M. Lewis, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada

12:00 PM
J1.17
PMEL Mooring Operations - Supporting Climate and Weather Forecasting
Hugh B. Milburn, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and C. Meinig

12:15 PM
J1.18
Next Generation Ocean Observing Systems: Part 1 Platforms
James D. Irish, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and W. Paul and E. Mollo-Christensen

12:30 PM
J1.19
Next Generation Ocean Observing Systems: Part 2, Sensors/Data System/Sampling
James D. Irish, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and J. N. Shaumeyer and J. Borden

12:45 PM
J1.20
Next-Generation Ocean Observing Systems, Part 3: Two-way, high-speed, Low Earth Orbiting Satellite Communications
Jeffrey N. Shaumeyer, Wavix, Inc., Rockville, MD; and J. M. Borden and J. D. Irish

1:00 PM
J1.21
Internet Access to the GOES Data Collection System (DCS) with Buoy Applications
Craig A. Keeler, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and A. McMath and K. Metcalf

1:15 PM
J1.22
A Cooperative Effort to Transmit Real-Time Marine Observations for Meteorologists
David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. E. Seim and P. Welsh

1:30 PM
J1.23
All New Interactive Web Access to TAO Data using JavaScript
W. H. Zhu, JISAO, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. F. Burger, D. C. McClurg, D. W. Denbo, and N. N. Soreide

1:45 PM
J1.24
2:00 PM
J1.25
NOPP Drifter Project--Drifter Data in the K-12 Classroom
Sarah E. Schoedinger, Consortium for Oceanographic Research & Education, Washington, DC

2:15 PM
J1.26
Interactive access to distributed in-situ data in a collaborative tool environment
Donald W. Denbo, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO/Univ.of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. R. Windsor

2:30 PM
J1.27
Moving data and information from here to the future
William T. Turnbull, NOAA/HPCC, Silver Spring, MD

2:45 PM
J1.28
Collaborative virtual environments as a visual analysis tool
Cathy Lascara, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, va

3:00 PM
J1.29
Technology trends in distributed data access and visualization
Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

3:15 PM
J1.8A
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 am-1:30 pm)

3:45 PM
J1.14A
Lunch Break

4:45 PM
J1.22A
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:00-7:30 pm)

5:00 PM
J1.29A
Session J1 ends

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