Mark Bushnell, CoastalObsTechServices, Virginia Beach, VA, United States, Kathleen Bailey, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Julie A Bosch, NOAA / NCEI, Stennis Space Center, United States, Eugene F Burger, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, Jennifer Dorton, SECOORA, Wilmington, NC, United States, Robert Heitsenrether, NOAA Chesapeake, Chesapeake, VA, United States, Jeff King, USACE, Washington, United States, Shannon McArthur, National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Mario Tamburri, University of Maryland (UMCES CBL), Solomons, MD, United States, Julie Thomas, UCSD/SIO/IOD, La Jolla, CA, United States and Christoph Waldmann, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany