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SEACOOS Internal Organization
External Evaluation Materials
Materials gathered for SEACOOS' External Evaluation are available for download here.
   

Board of Directors:
Charged with SEA-COOS governance and policy making, but not inconsistent with their own institutional policies. Will establish appropriate working groups to assist in the management of the project.
Dr. Peter BetzerDr. Otis BrownMr. Rick DeVoeDr. Russ Lea (ex officio) • Dr. Harris Pastides • Dr. Jim Sanders (Chair)Dr. Paul Sandifer • Dr. Harvey Seim • Dr. Tony Waldrop
   

Executive Committee
Provides day-to-day management of SEACOOS. Composed of the Chairs of the working groups.
Madilyn FletcherChris MooersJim NelsonHarvey Seim (Chair)Lundie Spence • Bob Weisberg • Cisco Werner
   

Federal Agencies Working Group
Represents federal agency interests and perspective to SEACOOS.
Chris Mooers (Chair) • Madilyn Fletcher • Harvey Seim
   

Observing Working Group

In charge of coordination of activities related to actual collection of observations including sensor/technique selection, platform design, data transmission, supporting infrastructure for each of these components, and selection of measurement sites.
Charlie Barans • Madilyn Fletcher • Jim Nelson • Harvey Seim • Nick Shay • Bob Weisberg (Chair)
   

Remote Sensing Committee
In charge of satellite remote sensed observations.
Bob Helber • Ed Kearns • Frank Muller-Karger • Jim Nelson

Extension & Education Working Group
Responsible for coordination of activities related to interaction with non-scientific user groups within the region and with K-12 educational activities.
Bob Bacon • Madilyn Fletcher • Keith Gates • Mark Luther • Lundie Spence (Chair) • Mike Spranger • Jack Thigpen • Liz Williams
   

Information Management Working Group

Coordinates activities relating to data storage, transfer and archiving. Will also support the SEACOOS website/portal.
Madilyn Flecher (Chair) • Dwayne Porter • Ed Kearns • Mark Luther • Jim Nelson • Harvey Seim • Nick Shay
   

Modeling & Products Working Group
Responsible for coordination of activities related to modeling and/or synthesis of observations. This includes all forms of modeling (e.g. circulation, surface wave, new production, biogeochemistry).
Rick Jahnke • Mark Luther • Chris Mooers • Eric Sills • Bob Weisberg • Cisco Werner (Chair)
   

HF Radar Coordinating Committee
Responsible for coordination of partner HF Radar Systems, evaluation of systems and providing a forum for information exchange on interoperability.
Cliff Merz • Michael Muglia • Dana Savidge • Harvey Seim • Nick Shay (Chair) • Luke Stearns • Richard Styles • Bob Weisberg
   

Data Management Coordinating Committee
Establishes hardware, software, data format, and metadata conventions in order to help partners make data distribution systems operational.
Bill Abler • Inkweon Bang • Chris Calloway • Jeremy Cothran • Jeff Donovan • Hanna Habashy • Sara Haines • Monisha Kanoth • Dwayne Porter (Chair) • Xiaoyan Qi (CORMP) • Payne Seal • Colton Smith • Luke Stearns • Vembu Subramanian • Judd Taylor • Walter Tenney (CORMP) • Liz Williams
   

Modeling & Products Coordinating Committee
Responsible for modeling systems operations. Includes establishing protocols for nowcast/forecast system and hindcast studies to evaluate modeling capabilities.
Alfredo Arexhabaleta • Inkweon Bang • Brian Blanton (Chair) • Karen Edwards • Jerome Feitcher • Ruoying He • Eric Sills