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Focused Studies - National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) - Partnership for Modeling the Marine Environment

We are partners in the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP).  Through NOPP, we partnered with four organizations: University of Washington (School of Oceanography and College of Education), King County Department of Natural Resources, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Ocean Inquiry Project. 

The partnership is developing, maintaining and operating:

1. A system of flexibly linked simulation models of Puget Sound’s circulation and a National Oceanographic Partnership Program Award ecosystem.



2. A data management system for archiving and exchanging oceanographic data and model results that are accessible to all members of the partnership as well as to the regional and oceanographic community
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3. An effective delivery interface for the model results and observational data for research, education and policy formulation.

The partnership engages in research activities aimed at developing fundamental understanding of Puget Sound’s working, as well as addressing practical questions raised by the regional community concerning management of Puget Sound and its resources. The partnership will function as an estuarine research node within the NOPP Ocean Information Commons.