Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

Preface 1. Introduction to Coastal Ocean Observing Systems: Advances and Syntheses 2. National Ocean Observing Systems in a Global Context 3. The Importance of Federal and Regional Partnerships in Coastal Observing 4. Basic Tenets for Coastal Ocean Ecosystems Monitoring 5. The Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms through Ocean Observing: The Development of the Caifornia Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring and Alert Program 6. Sustained Ocean Observing Along the Coast of Southeastern Australia: NSW-IMOS 2007-2014 7. Projeto Azul: Operational Ocean Observation and Forecasts in an Active Oil and Gas area of Southeastern Brazil 8. Zooplankton Data from High-Frequency Coastal Transects: Enriching the Contributions of Ocean Observing Systems to Ecosystem-based Management in the Northern California Current 9. The IMOS Ocean Radar Facility, ACORN 10. How Are High Resolution Wave Observations and HF Radar Derived Surface Currents Critical to Decision-Making for Maritime Operations? 11. Observing Frontal Instabilities of the Florida Current Using High Frequency Radar 12. Fine Scale Tidal and Subtidal Variability of an Upwelling Influenced Bay as Measured by the Mexican High Frequency Radar Observing System 13. Effect of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Noise Energy on WERA Performance Using the "Listen Before Talk" Adaptive Noise Procedure on the West Florida Shelf 14. Ocean Remote Sensing Using X-band Shipborne Nautical Radar - Applications in Eastern Canada 15. Estimating Nearshore Bathymetry from X-band Radar Data 16. Wind, Wave and Current retrieval utilizing X-Band Marine Radars 17. Glider Salinity Correction for Unpumped CTD Sensors Across a Sharp Thermocline 18. Sensors for Ocean Observing: The Optical Phytoplankton Discriminator 19. Observing System Impacts on Estimates of California Current Transport 20. Assimilation of HF Radar Observations in the Chesapeake-Delaware Bay Using the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) and the Four Dimensional Variational (4DVAR) Method 21. System-Wide Monitoring Program of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System: Research to Address Coastal Management Issues 22. Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Observing Systems in Support of Science to Inform Decision Making: Case Studies for the Southeast 23. One System, Many Societal Benefits: An Efficient, Cost-effective Ocean Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico