18
August 2009 - The Coastal Observing Research and
Development Center—part of SCCOOS— is
providing a portable application programming interface
for access to HF radar derived surface currents from
the National Network. (learn
more)
16 June
2009 - Weather Research & Forecasting Model (WRF)
wind and precipitation forecasts provided by UCLA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Climate
Sensitivity Research Lounge can now be found at here.
(read more)
26 May 2009 -
Due to the ongoing California state budget crisis, the upcoming Ocean Protection Council (OPC) meeting scheduled for 16 July in the Bay Area has been cancelled. Proposed projects, initiatives, and planned discussions will be carried over to the next meeting, as appropriate, scheduled to take place 13 November 2009 in San Diego. The specific location will be posted to the OPC Web site once details are available.
21 May 2009 - A widespread domoic acid poisoning event is taking place as a result of a Pseudo-nitzschia bloom in the waters off southern California. (read more)
5 May 2009 - A number of bird and marine mammal strandings have occurred in the past week in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas with a possible link to domoic-acid (DA) poisoning. Significant numbers of the domoic-acid producing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia have been detected at SCCOOS Harmful Algal Bloom study sites at Stearn's Wharf, Newport Pier, and Scripps Pier over the past week. USC Webb Gliders running transects around Catalina Island also show a significant subsurface chlorophyll maximum. Additionally, low levels of domoic acid were detected in and around the Los Angeles Harbor at the end of April. (read more)
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