John Morgan (CEO) and Rob Murdoch (GM for Research) of the New Zealand Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), will visit NOAA on August 5th for a series of meetings. NIWA has been a longstanding partner of NOAA and shares a very similar research portfolio (more info). The purpose of the meeting is two-fold:
US/NZ Joint Commission Meeting (JCM), August 25th-26th: NOAA will be sitting across the table from NIWA at the upcoming JCM in Auckland, and will co-chair two working groups. This meeting will cover advance coordination for JCM topics.
Enhancing NOAA/NIWA Collaborations: NOAA and NIWA signed a letter of intent in 2012 to further collaboration in a range of potential areas. This meeting will serve as an opportunity to further expand on these discussions.