At the 2026 IOOS Modeling Community of Practice Workshop, there was a strong consensus that formalizing the IOOS Modeling Community of Practice (CoP) was the next step towards advancing community priorities and working towards shared goals. Central to this CoP is its role in facilitating two-way communication between NOS and the broader modeling community through the U.S. IOOS Office and the Regional Associations (RAs), to drive research-to-operations and operations-to-research across the community. The CoP consists of a strategic planning team and priority-focused working groups, and will host engagement opportunities through virtual community events, workshops, and leveraging existing meetings and conferences for community focused gatherings. The CoP will coordinate closely with other NOAA CoPs, including the Coastal Inundation CoP, Coastal Coupling CoP, and Marsh Modeling CoP.
The IOOS Modeling CoP provides the foundation for a collaborative, action-oriented modeling community that leverages collective expertise, capabilities, and assets across the IOOS modeling ecosystem to advance coastal and ocean modeling. By strengthening collaboration across the community, the CoP will ensure operational needs are communicated to inform research and that research advances translate into operational capabilities. Sustained engagement across stakeholders and partners will ensure meaningful outcomes and enable the community to evolve with changing user needs, emerging scientific priorities, and technological innovations.
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