Alliance for Coastal Technologies Workshop Proceedings: National Coastal Ecosystem Moorings Workshop. University of Washington 20-21 March 2018..

Abstract

The Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT, www.act-us.info) convened the "National Coastal Ecosystem Moorings Workshop" in Seattle, Washington at the University of Washington on 20 and 21 March 2018. The primary objectives of this workshop were to: 1) Provide a synthesis of stakeholder information requirements, 2) Explore current and emerging sensors to meet those requirements, 3) Provide a summary of technical needs inclusive of power and telemetry, 4) Provide a summary of deployment logistics, operation and maintenance, 5) Identify tiers/options for ecosystem moorings configurations, dependent on the regions and costs, and to 6) Discuss integration (data management, communications, infrastructure) with other observing systems. The participants were from various sectors including research scientists, technology developers, industry providers, and technology users.