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Annette deCharon -
Contact Info:

University of Maine
193 Clark's Cove Road
School of Marine Sciences, Ira C. Darling Marine Center
Walpole, ME 04573
Phone: 2075633146ext298
Fax: (207) 563-3119

Annette deCharon

University of Maine

COSEE Role:
COSEE-OS Director

Primary COSEE Affiliation: Ocean Systems
Other affiliations:
- COSEE.net

Interaction with COSEE Network:

Member of COSEE Council (Chair 2008-09) and involved with several COSEE Working Groups (i.e., Evaluation, Governance, and Web). Attend all COSEE meetings and represent the Network at professional conferences (e.g., NMEA, AGU).


Background with Respect to Ocean Sciences Education:

M.S., Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Oceanography) 1988. Began career in ocean education / outreach at the NASA Jet Propulsion, as Education lead for the TOPEX/Poseidon Mission. In addition am Education manager for the NASA Aquarius, launching in May 2010 to measure global ocean salinity.


Selected Publications:

G. Lagerloef, F. Colomb, D. Le Vine, F. Wentz, S. Yueh, C. Ruf, J. Lilly, J. Gunn, Y. Chao, A. deCharon, G. Feldman, and C. Swift, 2008, “The Aquarius / SAC-D Mission: Designed to Meet the Salinity Remote-Sensing Challenge,” Oceanography, v. 21(1), 68-81.

C. Strang, A. deCharon, and S. Schoedinger, 2007, "Can you be science literate without being ocean literate?," Current: The Journal of Marine Education, v. 23(1), 7-10.

A. deCharon, S. Etheridge, T. McDonnell Wysor, and M. Sieracki, 2006, "HAB outreach using multimedia: integrating ocean research and education," African Journal Marine Science, 28(2): 459-463

A. deCharon and J. Ryan, 2006, "Phytopia: Upwelling Zones," URL: www.bigelow.org/upwelling

A. deCharon and M. Sieracki, 2003, "Phytopia: Discovery of the Marine Ecosystem," educational CD-ROM


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