Recent Accomplishments

 

Accomplishments of CICPO since inception

  1. Nauticus office and display areas were established and occupied.

    2. In collaboration with Mr. Jim Dixon (NOAA/NOS) CICPO and CCPO have established an office in the Nauticus (The National Maritime Center) in downtown Norfolk. ODU/CCPO displays are being prepared now that will show the connection between research and the safe and efficient use of our nations ports and coastal waters.

    Yearly seminars and forums are being planned for NOS National PORTS. These seminars and forums will be held at NAUTICUS with strong partner support from the City of Norfolk and the national maritime industry.

  2. Collaboration on NSF sponsored study of mouth of Chesapeake Bay.

    3. Dr. Kate Bosley (NOAA/NOS) is a co-PI with Dr. Arnoldo Valle-Levinson (CCPO) and Dr. Kuo Wong (U. Delaware) in an NSF sponsored study on the Chesapeake Bay entrance. This spring current meters and tide gauges are being deployed. NOAA supplied hardware, logistical support and ADCP bottom platforms and gear.

  3. Start planning of Tide Course

    4. A course on ocean tides is being developed with Dr. Steve Gill (NOAA/NOS). This course will provide needed information to private individuals and companies engaged in hydrographic surveying as well as NOAA and other governmental employees.

  4. Science plan initiated.

    5. A science plan has been presented to NOAA..

  5. Supporter of 10th Biennial Conference on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS).

    6. PECS will be held in Norfolk in October 2000. It has previously been held in Japan(1998), Netherlands (1996), Woods Hole (1994) , Australia (1992), and Wales (1990). Local hosts are Arnoldo Valle-Levinson (ODU/CCPO/CICPO) and Carl Friedrich (VIMS). PECS will be an opportunity for CICPO to display the progress NOAA/NOS has made in its PORTS, NWLON and other programs. Upward of 200 coastal physical oceanographers from around the world are expected to attend.

     

     

  6. Coastal salinity workshop held

CICPO was a co-host of a "Coastal Salinity Workshop" held in September 1998. The workshop was sponsored by the National Data Buoy Center. The goal of the workshop was to address the need for adequate salinity measurements in the coastal zone. Salinity is a key to understanding how changes in land use and climate are affecting the coastal ocean.