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CARICOOS CO-HOSTS NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES REVIEW PANEL SPRING MEETING

The NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) held its spring meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from February 28 to March 2, 2023. This committee provides NOAA with independent advice on improving the quality, efficiency, and usefulness of NOAA’s hydrographic services portfolio and navigation-related products, data, and services. CARICOOS co-hosted the meeting and welcomed Nicole Le Boeuf, Assistant Administrator, NOAA… Read More

FIRST HIGH-FREQUENCY RADARS DEPLOYED ON THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO ALREADY REPORTING SURFACE CURRENTS

To continue providing for US Coast Guard and maritime sector information, CARICOOS has installed the first HF Radar (HFR) stations on the north coast of Puerto Rico in Toa Baja and Fajardo. These will allow for coverage of the busy Puerto Rico-US Virgin Islands sea lane. The systems will provide surface current data in near… Read More

Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundation Report (SIR v1.2) By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the University of South Florida (USF) Status: Jan 24-30, 2023

Outlook of 2023 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* February 1, 2023, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab (bbarnes4@usf.edu, yuyuan@usf.edu, huc@usf.edu)

Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundation Report (SIR v1.2) By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the University of South Florida (USF) Status: Jan 17-23, 2023

Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundation Report (SIR v1.2) By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the University of South Florida (USF) Status: Jan 10-16, 2023

Outlook of 2022 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* December 31, 2022, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab (bbarnes4@usf.edu, yuyuan@usf.edu, huc@usf.edu)

Outlook of 2022 Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico* November 1st, 2022, by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab

The maps above show Sargassum abundance, with warm colors representing higher values. In October, the overall Sargassum quantity in the central Atlantic Ocean continued to decline from previous months. While this decline is expected (the annual minimum Sargassum coverage in the region is typically in October – December), the total Sargassum quantity (~3.8 million tons)… Read More

The 2022 Vembu Subramanian Awardees

Three awardees have been identified as recipients of the 2022 Vembu Subramanian Award and have been informed of their success. After accepting the evaluation of applications by its Review Panel, OCOVI informed and congratulated Zachary Briggs, Dishon Heyliger, and Andrew McGregor on their success. McGregor is a graduate student in the University of the Virgin Islands’… Read More

Experimental Weekly Sargassum Inundation Report (SIR v1.2) By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the University of South Florida (USF) Status: May 31-June 6, 2022

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