Monthly Archives: October 2014

West Coast Ocean Data Network Meeting Next Week!

The West Coast Governors Alliance on Ocean Health is hosting the 3rd West Coast Ocean Data Network Meeting Nov. 3-4th, 2014 at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project building in Costa Mesa, CA. You can register and learn more at Westcoastoceandatanetwork.eventbrite.com. The goals of the meeting are to highlight accomplishments of the Network over the last three years, increase technical capacity through trainings and demos, solicit feedback on the West Coast Ocean Data Portal, chart the long term strategy for the Network, and build Continue reading →

Data Update: New data sources from IOOS and Data.gov

We are excited to announce that the West Coast Ocean Data Portal includes new records harvested from our IOOS and Data.gov partner catalogs! These contributions greatly increase the oceanographic and biological data resources available for discovery and use in West Coast ocean management, planning, and policy development. The IOOS resources include data from SCCOOS, CeNCOOS, and NANOOS and represent California and West Coast resources that highlight ocean currents, sea surface temperatures, ocean acidification assets, and many others. Much of this work was spearheaded by the joint WCGA Continue reading →