3. The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System: a component of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System and of the Global Ocean Observing System Worth D. Nowlin, Jr. GCOOS/Texas A&M University SEMARNAT Mexico City June 19, 2008 3

4. Topics for Background Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) NOAA and the IOOS

5. Overview of National Data Buoy Center’s Activities in the Gulf of Mexico Region Paul F. Moersdorf, Ph.D., Director NOAA National Data Buoy Center Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, U.S.A. Mexico / U.S. Coordination Meeting SEMARNAT 19 June 2008 NDBC

6. Outline NDBC Observing Systems Data Access – NDBC’s Web Presence Project to Add Ocean Sensors to NDBC’s Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico Overview of Mexico / EPA / NDBC Red Tide Project Summary

7. GCOOS Pilot Projects Building Toward An Operational Ocean Observing System SEMARNAT Mexico City June 19, 2008 Ann E. Jochens Worth D. Nowlin, Jr. Alfredo E. Prelat

8. Recommended Pilot Projects Improving forecasts of hurricane severity Develop a Pilot GCOOS Operations Center Improve forecasts of three-dimensional currents Place instrumentation on volunteer observing ships Assemble and distribute water quality measurements for human pathogens Produce probability maps of bottom hazards and maps of hydrocarbon seeps Develop a measurement and products archive Produce maps of marine mammals and endangered turtles

15. Next Steps Invitation to Board Meeting, Corpus Christi August 19, 2008 Invitation to Harmful Algal Blooms Workshop Dec. 2008-St. Petersburg Invitation to Board meeting February 2009 Worth Nowlin provided USA contacts to Sergio Cerdeira Estrada on new algorithms and products for chlorophyll expressions Signature of Memorandum of Agreement