Advancing NOAA and National Goals
NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research works closely with other parts of NOAA and national and international partners to plan and undertake ocean expeditions and projects that highly leverage resources to maximize return on investment of public funds, while advancing the goals of NOAA, partners and the nation.
America's Ship for Ocean Exploration
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is the only federal vessel that systematically explores the ocean to collect deep-ocean baseline environmental intelligence.
Advancing Technology
Technology to support deep-ocean exploration, research and information collection has steadily improved but greater improvements are needed to significantly increase the pace, effectiveness and scope of understanding our ocean world.
Information Delivery
A hallmark of OER is fast and accurate information delivery. OER’s open data practices enable adaptive operational management and catalyze innovation and research by others. Effective and efficient data management systems interconnect OER’s data acquisition and delivery systems, optimize data stewardship procedures and embrace the administration’s Open Data Initiatives for easy access to useable data.
Advancing Knowledge
For more than a decade, the mission of NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, formerly the Office of Ocean Exploration, has been to explore, discover and advance knowledge by obtaining and sharing ocean information of high value with a variety of audiences.
The Course Ahead
In 2015, OER will investigate ocean areas in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, initiate the first U.S. network to monitor marine biodiversity at scales ranging from microbes to whales and enhance ecosystem observation programs by integrating genome-enabled techniques and technologies into the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI).
