In June, U.S. IOOS celebrated ocean data! The IOOS Association and all 11 Regional Associations came together on June 25 to amplify the value, utility, and impact of ocean data across the country. Did you know that the IOOS Regional Associations submit 13 million observations to the GTS — the primary data platform that supports weather forecasting and modeling — every year? The U.S. IOOS office got in on the fun, putting up this page spotlighting the reach of IOOS data. Check it out to see more about where our data goes and to access national and regional data portals.
Coming up later this month: the IOOS Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on July 21 and 23. The meeting will be held virtually on July 21, 2025 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and July 23, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT). The meeting will focus on working sessions to identify committee work plan topics and updates from NOAA and key partners. The latest version of the agenda and registration information will be posted on the commitee website.
And last but not least, the HFRNet transition is complete! The oceanographic high-frequency radar data assembly center (DAC) is now hosted at NOAA. There was a lot of hard work on many fronts to make this migration by the June 30 deadline, so a big congratulations to the whole team, including NOAA’s U.S. IOOS Office, NESDIS Office of Common Services, and National Data Buoy Center; Scripps’ Coastal Observing Research & Development Center (SIO-CORDC); and TetraTech companies RPS and Axiom for crossing the finish line. And we want to send thanks to SIO-CORDC for their efforts hosting this DAC since its inception in 2005. You can find ocean surface current velocity and wave data flow from our new HFRNet live at https://hfradar.ioos.us/hfrnet/.