The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) seated the organization's elected and re-elected board members during its Fall Members Meeting in late October. GCOOS is the Gulf of Mexico regional component of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and the only federally certified system dedicated solely to the Gulf of Mexico.
Among some of the newly elected or reelected members in 2021 with Louisiana-Mississippi affiliations:
-Academic Sector: Rene Collini, who holds a dual appointment as a Coastal Climate Resilience Specialist with Mississippi State University and Sea Grant.
Additional board reps:
-Government Sector: Dr. Pat Hogan, Ocean Sciences Branch Chief for NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Mississippi; Kirsten Larsen, Coastal Data Science Advisor, for NOAA/NCEI, Mississippi, who was also elected as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee.
-Academic Sector: Dr. Stephan Howden, Associate Professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi;
-Outreach and Educator Sector Reps: Joe Swaykos, Chief Scientist (retired) National Data Buoy Center and Dr. Nan Walker Director of the Earth Scan Laboratory in Louisiana State University's College of the Coast and the Environment.
The GCOOS mission is to provide timely, reliable, accurate and on-demand information on the open ocean and coastal ocean waters of the Gulf of Mexico to ensure a healthy, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone. (Source: GCOOS 11/08/21)
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