Description
The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is seeking to fund projects that advance new or existing solutions to address long-standing and emerging coastal modeling and forecast product development challenges. The goal of this effort is to grow the federal suite of operational ocean modeling products to better understand coastal, ocean, and lake processes and to improve predictions of events and changes that impact coastal lives and livelihoods. Key areas of focus include advancing the coastal component of the Unified Forecast System, coastal resilience and ecosystem modeling, and partnerships and transition. Applicants must demonstrate that NOAA, IOOS Regional Associations, and/or other potential operational hosts are integral to the transition activities.
• Advancing the coastal component of the Unified Forecast System
• Coastal resilience and ecosystem modeling
• Partnerships and transition
• Readiness Levels are used to assess the maturity of R&D projects from research to operation
• Applicants must identify intended end users of the model or product that will be evaluated in the Testbed