Communications Documents

IOOS document library is a compilation of many of the documents the IOOS has to offer. Click on a section to drill down to the document you are looking for.

• Flyers, Fact Sheets, and Brochures
• Messaging Materials
• Press Releases
• Outreach Materials

Flyers, Fact Sheets, and Brochures

• IOOS in Action: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response (pdf, 4.01Mb)
• First Unmanned, Underwater Robot Crosses the Ocean (pdf, 1.05Mb)
• Delivering Benefits:The Integrated Ocean Observing System (pdf, 4.7Mb)
• IOOS in Action: The Mid-Atlantic (pdf, 1253kb)
• IOOS in Action: The Northeast (pdf, 1986kb)
• IOOS in Action: The Pacific Islands (pdf, 1488kb)
• IOOS Linkages to Marine Protected Areas (pdf, 358kb)
• IOOS Linkages to the National Water Quality Monitoring Network (pdf, 1021kb)
• IOOS Climate Brochure (pdf, 283kb)
• Dear Colleagues (pdf, 18kb)
• NOAA Day Flyer 2008 (pdf, 204kb)
• Tri-Fold Brocure (pdf, 2296kb)
• IOOS Linkages to the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) (pdf, 2202kb)
• IOOS In Action: Enhancing Lives of American Citizens (pdf, 2419kb)
• NOAA Data Integration One-Pager (pdf, 1174kb)
• NOAA's Regional Partnerships (pdf, 1377kb)
• Regional Projects at a Glance (pdf, 1812kb)
• IOOS Linkages to Climate (pdf, 1427kb)
• IOOS Linkages to Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (pdf, 1377kb)

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Messaging

• Dear Colleagues letter (pdf, 18kb)
• IOOS Message Guide (pdf, 476kb)
• PowerPoint Template blue background(ppt, 331kb)
• PowerPoint IOOS Template white background(ppt, 500kb)
• IOOS PowerPoint Theme(zip, 222kb for Office 2007)
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• IOOS Messaging Packet (pdf, 475kb)
• IOOS Power Point template (pdf, 328kb)

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Press Releases

• National Ocean Observing System to See Marine Animal Migration, Adaptation Strategies, 3/4/2011
• First Underwater Robot to Cross Atlantic Highlighted at Smithsonian Ocean Hall, 12/8/2010
• Alaska Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Alliance for Coastal Technologies Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Caribbean Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Central, Northern California Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Great Lakes Funding 8/13/2009(pdf, 68kb)
• Gulf Coast Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Hawaii & U.S. Pacific Islands Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Mid-Atlantic Funding 8/13/2009(pdf, 68kb)
• New England Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Pacific Northwest Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Southeast Funding 8/13/2009 (pdf, 68kb)
• Southern California Funding 8/13/2009(pdf, 68kb)
• NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard: New Ocean Current Data to Improve Search and Rescue Activities 5/4/2009 (pdf, 70kb)
• Ocean Temperature Forecast Helps Recreational Tuna Fishers Find Catch, Conserve Fuel 10/14/2008(pdf, 37 kb)
• Southeast Marine Data Portal 8/19/2008(pdf, 33 kb)
• Southern California Funding 7/31/2008(pdf, 42kb)
• Great Lakes Funding 7/30/2008(pdf, 42kb)
• Southeast Funding 6/13/2008 (pdf, 37kb)
• Alaska Funding 5/30/2008 (pdf, 38kb)
• Caribbean Funding 5/30/2008 (pdf, 38kb)
• Central, Northern California Funding5/30/2008 (pdf, 37kb)
• Gulf Coast Funding 5/28/2008 (pdf, 39kb)
• Mid-Atlantic Funding 5/28/2008(pdf, 40kb)
• New England Funding 5/28/2008 (pdf, 41kb)
• Hawaii & U.S. Pacific Islands Funding 5/28/2008 (pdf, 39kb)
• Pacific Northwest Funding 5/28/2008 (pdf, 40kb)
• Data Integration Effort Begins 4/30/2008(pdf, 12 kb)
• NOAA partners with Shell Oil(pdf, 72 kb)
• NOAA Announces New Southeast Marine Weather Web Site

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Outreach Materials

One Pagers

• IOOS: Biological Observations Project (pdf, 807Kb)
• IOOS: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response (pdf, 3.96Mb)
• IOOS: First Unmanned, Underwater Robot Crosses the Ocean (pdf, 1.02Mb)
• IOOS: Partnerships Serving Lives and Livelihoods (pdf, 1.16Mb)
• IOOS In Action: Enhancing Lives of American Citizens(pdf, 1.93Mb)
• IOOS in Action: Data Integration (pdf, 1.1Mb)
• IOOS in Action: Regional Partnerships (pdf, 1.46Mb)
• IOOS in Action: Regional Association Activities (pdf, 1.9Mb)
• IOOS Linkages to the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) (pdf, 273kb)
• IOOS Linkages to Marine Protected Areas(pdf, 659kb)
• IOOS Linkages to the National Water Quality Monitoring Network (pdf, 1.1Mb)
• IOOS Linkages to Ocean and Coastal Mapping (pdf, 2.8Mb)
• IOOS Unlocking the Mysteries of the Earth's Climate (pdf, 1.5Mb)

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Regional One Pagers

• IOOS in Action: The Caribbean, 2011 (pdf, 2.73Mb)
• IOOS in Action: The Great Lakes, 2011 (pdf, 1.46Mb)
• IOOS in Action: The Pacific Northwest, 2011 (pdf, 783Kb)
• IOOS in Action: The U.S. Pacific Islands, 2011 (pdf, 1.7Mb)
• IOOS in Action: The Southeastern U.S., 2011 (pdf, 1.3Mb)

 

• IOOS in Action: The Mid-Atlantic, 2009 (pdf, 1.3Mb)
• IOOS in Action: The Northeas2, 2009 (pdf, 2039kb)
• IOOS in Action: The Pacific Islands, 2009 (pdf, 1576kb)

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Brochures

• Improving Safety, the Economy and the Environment(pdf, 1368kb)
• IOOS Climate-Focused Brochure(pdf, 3081kb)

Podcasts

• Collecting Ocean Data with Marine Mammals. Scientists are enlisting marine mammals with electronic tags to collect critical ocean data from around the nation. NOAA's Integrated Ocean Observing System is working to standardize various tagging programs so researchers can better tap into this data stream.

• Benefits of Ocean Observing Data (October 14, 2010) - IOOS Communications Specialist Jennie Lyons tells about the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System that’s now available to users in Hawai‘i. 
  
• Stories of Ocean Observing Along California's Coast (October, 2010) -

  The Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS), and the Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence Networked Ocean World (COSEE NOW) traveled the California coast to document how several different people rely on IOOS.

• Benefits of Ocean Observing Data (January 27, 2010) - IOOS Director Zdenka Willis talks about benefit of ocean observing data both for managers and for the public.
• Salute to the Scarlet Knight (January 6, 2010) - IOOS Director Zdenka Willis talks about The Scarlet Knight's successful misstion crossing the Atlantic.
• Ocean Glider Set to Attempt Atlantic Crossing (April 8, 2009) - IOOS Director Zdenka Willis talks about The Scarlet Knight's upcoming attempt to cross the Atlantic.
• IOOS Aids in Hudson River Plane Crash Response (February 20, 2009)
• What is IOOS

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Program Updates, Z-Grams

Z-Grams are an additional source of communications materials. These are semi-monthly updates that provide information on the progress of the IOOS Program and its development activities. 

Bi-weekly program updates

Education Resources

• Websites, lesson plans, multimedia and resources for using real data.
• Data in the Classroom: NOAA Data Education (NODE) Project - Download Lesson Plans Here

The Statutory Authority

Statutory Authority, ICOOS Act and Progress Report

Congressional Report

Integrated Ocean Observing System Report to Congress, 2008