NSU Represented at Regional Ocean Observing Conferences

From left: Alex Soloviev, Ph.D., professor at NSU’s Oceanographic Center; Debra Hernandez, executive director of SECOORA; Richard Dodge Ph.D., dean of NSU OC and SECOORA secretary.

Richard Dodge, Ph.D., dean of NSU’s Oceanographic Center (NSU OC), and NSU OC professor Alex Soloviev attended the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) Board and annual members meeting held May 12-13 in Jacksonville, Fla.SECOORA is composed of ocean observing members from academia, government, and

Industry from the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The purpose of SECOORA is to represent the interests of those that use, depend on, study, and manage coastal environments and their resources in the Southeast Region of the U.S.

Dodge is secretary of the organization and was reelected to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.   Dr. Soloviev gave an invited presentation to attendees during the members meeting on “Long Term Observations of the Undercurrent and Coastal Countercurrent in the Straits of Florida.”