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New Tsunami Preparedness Mobile App
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NANOOS and the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries have released a new mobile app! The brand new Tsunami Evacuation App provides easy access to tsunami hazard areas on the Oregon and Washington coasts. Whether you are a coastal resident or just taking a trip to the coast, you can use the app to see if you are in a tsunami evacuation zone, plan your evacuation routes, and download published evacuation brochures!
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NANOOS Contributes to 2017 Puget Sound Marine Overview Report
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A comprehensive look at Puget Sound marine conditions for the year 2017 is now available. Physical, chemical, and biological information ranging from large-scale climate variations to local biota monitoring are summarized to provide a thorough overview of Puget Sound conditions for 2017. The report includes many contributions from NANOOS. This report is published by Puget Sound Partnership and NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center as part of the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program.
You can access the full report here.
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NANOOS Participates in NOAA West Watch
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NOAA's most recent West Watch was held on 22 January 2019. The webinar summarized coastal environmental conditions and impacts in the Western Region. The webinar included contributed slides from the NANOOS, CeNCOOS, and SCCOOS regions, who regularly report on their local coastal ocean conditions. Contact us at NANOOS if you want to participate and please let us know if you have any comments! View the webinar slide set here.
The next webinar date is TBD.
Contact us at NANOOS to sign up for the webinar or to let us know your comments on this webinar series.
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NANOOS Engagement Activities
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Saltwater Sportsmen’s Show
NANOOS had the pleasure of participating in the Saltwater Sportsmen’s Show at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem, OR, on February 23-24. Hosted by the Oregon Coalition for Educating ANglers (OCEAN). Outreach staff member Alex Mitchell-Morton hosted a seminar on using the NVS Tuna Fishers App to help fishermen catch tuna more efficiently and monitor sea surface conditions.
Thank you to OCEAN for hosting us, and for all the fishermen who stopped by the NANOOS booth to share their experiences with the app!
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Promoting Safe Boating Conditions
NANOOS Outreach staff again provided demonstrations of the NVS Boaters App at annual boat shows in both Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Recreational boaters were able to try out the NVS Boaters App by visiting the NANOOS booth at the Portland Boat Show January 12-13, and watched a live demonstration at the Seattle Boat Show on January 31.
The NVS Boaters App provides users with real-time and forecast water and weather data in order to plan safe trips.
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NANOOS Engages Marine Stewards
NANOOS staff participated in the annual Sound Water University: "A One Day University for All" on Whidbey Island, WA on February 3, where they engaged with interested citizens with a variety of backgrounds. NANOOS offered NVS demonstrations of all our user-defined apps to gain insight on current and forecasted coastline, estuaries, ocean, and weather conditions.
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