The purpose of this meeting is to spur discussion of Tropical Americas and Caribbean regional tropical cyclone observing, modeling, and forecasting in the context of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).  

 

The meeting will be held in the context of the GOOS Caribbean Regional Alliance (IOCARIBE-GOOS) and the Tropical Cyclone Exemplar, which is part of the GOOS Ocean Observing Co-Design Programme. Key participants include leadership from the Tropical Cyclone Exemplar under the IOCARIBE-GOOS, TAC-OOFS, and GOOS, as well as the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH).

 

Invited Participants

• CIMH | Dr. David Farrell (Principal)

• IOCARIBE-GOOS | Dr. John Cortinas (IOCARIBE VC), Devin Burri (NOAA OAR/International Activities)

• TAC-OOFS | Dr. Doug Wilson (University of the Virgin Islands)

• GOOS Co-Design Tropical Cyclone Exemplar | Cheyenne Stienbarger (NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program) and Dr. Scott Glenn (Rutgers University), Dr. Travis Miles (Rutgers University), Dr. Matthieu Le Henaff (NOAA AOML), Dr. Hyun-Sook Kim (NOAA AOML)

• NOAA AOML | Dr. Molly Baringer, Dr. Rick Lumpkin, Dr. Francis Bringas 

• ECOPs | Lev Looney (UM/AOML), Leah Hopson (Rutgers), Joe Gradone (Rutgers)