Line offices across NOAA will engage in a seminar and networking session aimed at strengthening collaboration and building coastal research partnerships across mission areas.

Dr. Lonnie Gonsalves, Division Chief within NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS), and Artara Johnson  will address priority mission areas, key technical skill areas, and the communities served across NOS offices. Lonnie will focus predominantly on NCCOS, with connectivity to work in coastal states, national marine sanctuaries, disaster response, and forecasting. Tara will discuss environmental intelligence and prediction from the F4 offices perspective, with applications to economic services (ports and shipping), resilience, and disaster response.

Additional perspectives will be provided by Physical Scientists Dr. Veeshan Narinesingh, and Matthew Harrison of NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). They will highlight research and operational integration across OAR and GFDL, with discussion of observing systems, modeling, remote sensing, engineering innovations, and applications relevant to environmental intelligence and Earth system science.