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16 May 2008 - Senator Boxer signs IOOS support letter
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer has signed a letter initiated by Senator Olympia Snow (ME) to the Senate Appropriations Committee in support of a $96 million request in FY 2009 for the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and regional ocean observing associations. The NOAA IOOS is a principal funder of SCCOOS, as the regional component of IOOS for Southern California. The letter highlights the importance and benefits of a truly integrated coastal ocean observing system and the impacts of reduced funding on the development of IOOS and the regional systems over the last several years. The letter can be viewed here.

2 May 2008 - ASBPA call for abstracts
The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) announces a call for presentations for its 2008 National Coastal Conference: "Sustainable Beaches," 15-17 October 2008, at the Chicago Mart-Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. (more)

2 May 2008 - The draft of the California Coastal Impact Assistance Plan (CIAP) is now available for public comment. The draft CIAP assists the state and the state's 17 coastal political subdivisions (CPS) in moderating the impacts of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas production. (more)

7 April 2008 - Making Use of Ocean Observing Systems Workshop Report released
The final report for the September 2007 workshop, Making Use of Ocean Observing Systems: Applications to Marine Protected Areas and Water Quality, was released in March 2008 and is available to download. (more)

26 March 2008 - Los Angeles / Long Beach Harbors theme site
SCCOOS is pleased to annouce the creation of its first "theme site." Using data provided by CDIP, SCCOOS developers have built a web portal that both integrates CDIP's regional wave-model graphics and allows users to gather Southern California wave data directly from regional research buoys. Click here to access the site.

18 March 2008 - HF Radar Best Practices brochure now available
In an effort to bring together the HF Radar technical community from around the nation for discussions on field installations, radar operation, software programming, and site integration, a workshop was convened by the Radiowave Operators Working Group (ROWG) in September 2007 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The main goal of the workshop was to garner input from participants into a "Best Practices" document to highlight the many aspects of HF radar operations. The Best Practices brochure is now available and can be downloaded as a pdf here. The document covers siting requirements, communications, supporting equipment, software settings, data management, and quality assurance/quality control. Development of the document was sponsored by the NOAA IOOS program office and State of California.

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SCCOOS brings together coastal observations in the Southern California Bight to provide information necessary to address issues in climate change, ecosystem preservation and management, coastal water quality, maritime operations, coastal hazards and national security.

As a science-based decision support system, SCCOOS works interactively with local, state and federal agencies, resource managers, industry, policy makers, educators, scientists and the general public to provide data, models and products that advance our understanding of the current and future state of our coastal and global environment. (more)


Access realtime and archived SCCOOS data collected within the Southern California Bight (SCB). Find related data products, information on metadata, database schema and data flow charts. (more)

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Access the SCCOOS maintained ocean observatory events calendar. Please note: Times listed are Pacific Standard TIme (click here)

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SCCOOS is principally funded by the California Coastal Conservancy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Additional funds for focus projects are provided by several local, state and federal agencies and private interests. SCCOOS is one of eleven Regional Associations comprising the coastal component of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). For more information, click here.For more information, click here.


Joint effort of SCCOOS and CenCOOS click here to view the MOU

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