Established in 2000, the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) is a NOAA-funded partnership of research institutions, resource managers, and private sector companies dedicated to fostering the development and adoption of effective and reliable sensors and platforms.
Technology Verifications are evaluations of commercially available instruments to verify manufacturers’ performance specifications or claims, which must be carried out at five or more (but typically at all) Partner sites.
Ex officio, non-voting members of the Board include representatives from NOAA Coastal Services Center and the ACT Executive Director.
The Stakeholders Council was created to foster the interactive flow of information and ideas among the various user groups and disciplines critical to the success of ACT.
They are also responsible for defining and conducting regional outreach activities and serve as information conduits to the broader coastal science and management communities.