TweetMembers of the steering committee from the 2010 NOPP-hosted workshop Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network have published an article in BioScience outlining the need and plan for a Marine Biodiversity Observation Network. The authors suggest that while no extensive marine biodiversity monitoring program currently exists, one is needed to promote and effectively manage the [...]
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Office is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity in partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO), and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), titled Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Effects Assessment and Monitoring.
TweetNOPP is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity in partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Power Technologies Office (WWPTO), and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), titled “Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Effects Assessment and Monitoring”!
Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: DE-FOA-0000816
Letters of Intent [...]
TweetNOPP is excited to announce a new funding opportunity in partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR)!
Funding Opportunity Number: ONR-BAA13-011
On behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) solicits research proposals on the following topic: Advancing Air-Ocean-Land-Ice Global Coupled Prediction on Emerging Computational Architectures.
Full proposals are due by 2 [...]
Across the world’s oceans bob 3,500 free-floating instruments. Every ten days, the probes descend to 1,000 meters, drift, descend to 2,000 meters, and then rise to the surf
TweetThe NOPP Excellence in Partnering awards ceremony hosted by the NOPP Office in October at the MTS/IEEE Oceans ’12 conference in Virginia Beach, VA has been featured in the most recent publication of the Marine Technology Society’s newsletter (MTS) Currents. The article can be found here.The most recent volume of Currents can also be found [...]
Innovative Global Observing System Funded Under NOPP for First 12 Years
NOPP Office staff attended and hosted an exhibit booth at the MTS/IEEE Oceans ’12 Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 15-18 October. NOPP was pleased to host an awards ceremony honoring the 2011 Excellence in Partnering Awardees on Monday, 14 October.
Today, NOPP presented the research team of the NOPP-funded project Exploration and Research of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Natural and Artificial Hard Bottom Habitats with Emphasis on Coral Communities: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks (also known as Lophelia II) with the 2011 Excellence in Partnering Award at a breakfast held at the MTS/IEEE Oceans ’12 Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The NOPP Office would like to once again congratulate Takemasa Miyoshi, Masaru Kunii, Eugenia Kalnay, and Hong Li on their two new publications resulting from NOPP-funded research on tropical cyclone forecasting and modeling!

