FLORIDA COOS Caucus 1: Nearly 40 people participated from across Florida. Invitees included representatives from industry, federal agencies (i.e., NOAA, USCG, Navy, etc.), state agencies, and academic and research groups. It was decided to engage the State, SECOORA, and GCOOS more actively. Because so much seems settled with GCOOS at present, and because SECOORA is still in a very formative stage, effort will be focused on SECOORA in coming months. There was an exchange of information on the Gulf of Mexico Alliance and the State's new initiatives to develop a coastal ocean program and the Florida Ocean and Coastal Council (FOCC). The FL COOS Caucus plans to meet again August 2, with a larger group, just after the SEACOOS and SECOORA Workshops in late July. In the interim, we will be exploring possible linkage to the Florida Ocean Alliance and other representative entities. It was recognized that we must go beyond our traditional oceanographic approaches and find ways to link to the observing systems of the hydrologists, coastal meteorologists, terrestrial and marine ecologists, hence, a broad Florida-scale eco-system oriented coastal ocean observing system effort is required. There is interest in participating more fully in the next round of GCOOS and SECOORA deliberations. Document Retrieval for FL COOS Caucus1: Minutes Agenda Presentations Arnold, Bill (FWRI): Florida COOS: Opportunities for Integration Dhanak, Manhar (FAU): SeaTech - Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering Dodge, Rchard (NSUOC)- Overview Gleeson, Rick (FLDEP): Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas Hempil, Michelle (MOTE): MML current activies/capabilities Kovach, Charles (FLDEP): Tampa Bay studies Maul, George (FIT) Tsunami Lisbon_coded2 (movie) Puerto Rico tsunami (movie) Propagation (movie) Mooers, Chris (RSMAS/UM). FL COOS SEACOOS Morey, Steve (FSU): COAPS/FSU Contributions to the COOS/IOOS Muller-Karger, Frank (USF) FL COOS USCOP Ortner, Peter (NOAA/OAR/AOML): NOAA South Florida Program Evolutionary Progression Roffer, Mitch (ROFFS): Fostering Partnerships Between Private, Public, and Academic Sectors in Florida Shay, Nick (RSMAS/UM): High Frequency Radar Testbed along EFS: Mapping Surface Fields Using Wellen Radar Sheng, Peter (UF): UF and Coastal Ocean Observation & Prediction. Simoniello, Chris (USF/SEACOOS/FL): Florida Sea Grant Soloviev, Alex (NSUOC): Environmental Array on SE Florida Shelf: Five Years of Observations Vargo, Sandra (FIO): SEAKEYS - Capabilities and Opportunities Venezia, Bill (NAVY): iSFOMC, A Successful Navy and Academic Partnership Weatherly, Georges (FSU): Near-bottom Velocity Measurements Weisberg, Bob (USF): A Coordinated Observing and Modeling System for the W. Florida Shelf. Welsh, Pat (UNF): UNF Capabilities Yankovsky, Sasha (NSUOC): Impact of Internal Waves and Eddies Zika, Rod (RSMAS/UM): Array Moorings in S. Florida Area