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September 10, 2019

AOML supported a record 15 P-3 flights into Dorian

Fifteen NOAA P-3 (NOAA42) missions were flown into Dorian in the Caribbean and West Atlantic. The missions were flown as taskings for the NOAA/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center to provide airborne data collection (tail Doppler radar, dropsonde, Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer, and flight level observations), to initialize the operational Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) Model. We believe this is the most NOAA P-3 missions (15) ever flown in a single storm. AOML also provided ground radar science support for the P-3 to transmit Tail Doppler Radar analyses from the aircraft to EMC and NHC (for visualization in their operational AWIPS-II environment).
One P-3 flight included overflight of the NOAA/AOML Ocean Gliders located north and south of Puerto Rico (see figure below). The P-3 mission enabled researchers to release two dropsondes within 10-13 nautical miles of two glider locations in the storm.
Although the missions were all operationally-tasked, P-3 and G-IV flights into Dorian will likely prove to be very beneficial for research as many experiments within the
Early, Mature, and End Stages of the HFP Science Plan overlap with sampling performed during the missions. Sampling of the near complete life cycle with aircraft is
unique, and should be valuable to our researchers and collaborators.

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New Published Research from OOMD’s Arctic Research Program

Knome Radio Mission published a story featuring research from Arctic Research Program PI Bob Pickart: Latest Research From Chukchi Sea Finds More Warm Water, Harmful Algal Blooms.

Research from PIs Jessie Creamean, Jessica Cross, Bob Pickart, and others was published in AGU's Geophysical Research Letters: Ice Nucleating Particles Carried From Below a Phytoplankton Bloom to the Arctic Atmosphere.

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CPO-funded Oregon’s Coastal and Ocean Information Network holds 3rd annual meeting as Webinar, improves attendance

For the first time, the Oregon Coastal and Ocean Information Network (OCOIN), supported by the CPO Pacific Northwest (CIRC) RISA team, held their annual meeting as a webinar to encourage participation. 

Marine managers and decision-makers struggle to keep current with ongoing regional research and access it when needed. Addressing this need, OCOIN was created in 2016 through a CPO CIRC-RISA grant to develop a web resource and an organizational network for Oregon marine practitioners (managers and scientists) to share data and provide networking opportunities. 

The Network held its first two annual meetings, in 2017 and 2018, respectively, in person. In order to address decreased attendance at the 2018 annual meeting, OCOIN held it's 3rd annual meeting as a Webinar. Over 46 OCOIN members attended — an increase from 2018. The webinar highlighted a new partnership with Oregon Sea Grant as well as research presentations from 3 marine practitioners in the state.

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