Southern Ocean Town Hall: SOCCOM and Other Progress


Session ID#: 11186

Session Description:
The Southern Ocean Carbon & Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) project is a six-year NSF-funded study of heat and carbon uptake and nutrient resupply by the Southern Ocean and of the impact of these processes on Earth’s climate and biosphere.  SOCCOM consists of a growing network of autonomous biogeochemical profiling floats complemented by a high-resolution Southern Ocean state estimate and a high-resolution earth-system modeling program.

This forum will be an opportunity for researchers, educators, and policymakers to learn about SOCCOM progress and how to participate, with discussions of recent developments and plans for the future, including global scale observing systems.


Primary Contact:  Roberta M Hotinski, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Presenters:  Jorge L Sarmiento, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, Lynne D Talley, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Kenneth S Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, Stephen Riser, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States, Joellen L Russell, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Heidi M Cullen, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
  • HE - High Latitude Environments
  • OD - Ocean Observing and Data Management
  • PC - Past, Present and Future Climate

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