stateofsoutherncaliforniacoastaloceanobservingsystem（13页）.docVIP

State Of Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (Sccoos) Development 2004 1. Expected progress through 1 July 2004 1.1 Grant Period SCCOOS has been granted $100,000 from NOAA Coastal Services Center to develop an organizational framework for building capacity and partnerships among existing regional associations and agency end-users, encouraging and enhancing collaboration among data providers, data managers, and users of data and information. We expect the one-year funding period to begin on 1 June 2004. Funds from this grant are budgeted as follows: Six month support of a SCCOOS program coordinator; we will seek resources from state and local sources to increase this position to a 100% FTE Subcontract to the California Coastal Coalition to develop an end-user outreach effort to engage stakeholders in Southern California in developing collaborative partnerships among data providers, data managers, and users of data and information 2 months of support for Dr. Eric Terrill, who will initiate, guide, develop and represent SCCOOS operations and opportunities, in a continuation of his efforts for the past two years. Travel to both Sacramento and Washington, D.C. for establishing collective partnerships and for representing SCCOOS to the state and federal government. 1.2 Timeline of activities to date Over the last two years SCCOOS has engaged in an ad hoc organizing effort to develop stakeholder support at state, regional, and local levels as encouraged by the Ocean.US IOOS initiative. September 2002. Last fall a legislative workshop held at SIO focused on the need to bring an Integrated Coastal Ocean Observation System to Southern California. This workshop brought together 62 participants, including elected officials, academics, local, state, and federal agency representatives, and non-governmental organizations, in support of deploying SCCOOS in a timely manner. Over twenty agencies and organizations have now adopted official resolutions