IASlinks.org - Oceanography of the Intra-Americas Sea

Welcome, IASlinks.org endeavors to foster oceanographic research in the Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Sea (Intra-Americas Sea) system. It is our goal to develop an interest in regional scale coordinated studies, by helping to disseminate information on ongoing research programs, existing data sources, and regional institutions, scientists, and organizations.

Visit the Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Layered Ocean Model (NLOM) real-time nowcast / forecast site. Data products (updated daily) are available from the 1/16° global model for several ocean regions, including the Intra-Americas Sea. Products include real-time regional plots and movies of sea surface height (SSH), sea surface temperature (SST) and surface currents. The site also includes MODAS (1/8° global Modular Ocean Data Assimilation) SSH and SST analyses.

The 1/16° global NLOM is run daily by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) with atmospheric forcing from the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS) and assimilation of SST and satellite altimeter data obtained from NAVOCEANO. Questions regarding the data available at this NRL site should be directed to Tammy Townsend. To view the movies available, you may need to download an animation viewer such as the Autodesk Animation Player.

Check out these great web sites!

CoastWatch is a NOAA program providing remotely sensed, environmental data (including QuikSCAT wind fields and SST) via the WWW. The Caribbean Regional Node is located at AOML, in Miami, Florida.

IASInitiative.org - The University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Intra-Americas Sea Initiative site. -- "Developing and promoting an international, multi-institutional effort to improve understanding of the connectivity and social impacts of climate variability, oceanography, geology, and ecology of the Intra-Americas Sea and adjacent regions."

IOCARIBE - UNESCO's Inter-Governmental Oceanographic Commission's Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. -- "...Responsible for the promotion, development and coordination of the IOC's marine scientific research programs, ocean services, and related activities... in the Caribbean and adjacent region."

Previous Meetings

5th Congress on Marine Sciences - MARCUBA 2000 (December 2000)

FINAL REPORT

Intra-Americas Sea Initiative First Biennial Science Meeting (November 1999)

DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPANTS - RSMAS IASI Web Site

ABSTRACTS RECEIVED - RSMAS IASI Web Site

Climate Observing System for the Tropical Atlantic (COSTA) workshop (May 1999)

FINAL REPORT

Intra-Americas Sea Initiative research planning meeting (October 1998)

DRAFT SUMMARY

COUNTRIES THAT BORDER THE INTRA-AMERICAS SEA
Country maps and flags may be referenced in the CIA's 2001 World Fact Book.

		5th Congress on Marine Sciences - MARCUBA 2000 (December 2000)
		FINAL REPORT
		Intra-Americas Sea Initiative First Biennial Science Meeting (November 1999)
		DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPANTS - RSMAS IASI Web Site
		ABSTRACTS RECEIVED - RSMAS IASI Web Site
		Climate Observing System for the Tropical Atlantic (COSTA) workshop (May 1999)
		FINAL REPORT
		Intra-Americas Sea Initiative research planning meeting (October 1998)
		DRAFT SUMMARY