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Exploring the future of dynamic ocean management in US fisheries: opportunities, challenges and solutions
Rebecca L Lewison, San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States and Elliott L. Hazen, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Monterey, CA, United States
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Heather Mccullough1, Andrew Allegra2, Mary Wohlgemuth3, Krisa M Arzayus2 and Kenneth S Casey4, (1)National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, United States(2)National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States(3)National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC, United States(4)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Planning for the next US Global Class Research Vessel
Gregory A Cutter, Old Dominion University, Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Norfolk, VA, United States, Byron Blomquist, NOAA ESRL / University of Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, Clare E Reimers, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and James H Swift, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
The Future of Remote Sensing of Coastal and Inland Waters.
Kevin Ross Turpie, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Baltimore, MD, United States, William W Turner, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Emily Smail, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, United States; University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, Paul M DiGiacomo, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Liane S Guild, NASA Ames Res Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Arnold Dekker, CSIRO Canberra, Canberra, Australia, Erin Hestir, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States, Nima Pahlevan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Eric J Hochberg, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St.George's, GE, Bermuda, Michelle M Gierach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Kevin G Ruddick, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussel, Belgium, Martin Bergeron, Canadian Space Agency, Saint-Hubert, QC, Canada, Joseph D. Ortiz, Kent State University, Department of Geology, Kent, OH, United States, Frank E Muller-Karger, University of South Florida, IMaRS, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Uta Heiden, German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Nicole Pinnel, German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and E. Natasha Stavros, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Underwater Glider User Group (UG2)—Progress, Next Steps, and Opportunities for Collaboration
Rebecca Baltes, US IOOS Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Barbara A Kirkpatrick, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System, Sarasota, FL, United States
Update on the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2)
Raleigh R Hood, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD, United States, Edward R Urban Jr, International Council for Science, Paris, France, Michael J McPhaden, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States and Lynne D Talley, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Launch of new collaboration website for ocean acidification community
Shallin Busch, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, Elizabeth Jewett, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States and John Ruairidh Morrison, Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, Portsmouth, NH, United States
Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) Town Hall
Lisa A Levin, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Patrick Heimbach, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and Henry Ruhl, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Products for Science and Applications
Veronica P Lance, Global Science & Technologies, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States; NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Paul M DiGiacomo, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Process understanding and standardised assessment towards the eddying realm
Malcolm J Roberts, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom, Julie McClean, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Stephen Matthew Griffies, NOAA/GFDL, NJ, United States, Bablu Sinha, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom and Doroteaciro Iovino, Euro Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, Sassari, Italy
Sea-Level Rise and the Ice Sheet System Model.
Eric Y Larour, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Surendra Adhikari, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Determining Surface Stress in the Nearshore and Coastal Ocean
Melanie R Fewings, University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States, James B Edson, Univ Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States, Alexander Grant Wineteer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Ernesto Rodriguez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Mark A Bourassa, Florida State Univ, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Anthony Kirincich, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Fabrice Ardhuin, LOPS, Brest, France and Merrick C Haller, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Developing a framework for trace element, isotope, and other biogeochemical research in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Alan M Shiller, University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Heather M Benway, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, MA, United States, Robert F Anderson, Columbia University & Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Angela N Knapp, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Benjamin S Twining, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States, Kristen N Buck, University of South Florida, St, Bermuda, Matthew A Charette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Bethany D. Jenkins, University of Rhode Island, Cell and Molecular Biology and Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Marine Renewable Energy Development – Oceanographic Measurements to Support an Emerging Low-Carbon Energy Source
Andrea E Copping1, Genevra Harker-Klimes1, Brian L Polagye2 and William McShane3, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Coastal Division, Seattle, WA, United States(2)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Mechanical Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States(3)Department of Energy Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
NOAA Modeling Development Forum
Arun Chawla, NOAA, NCEP, College Park, United States, Hendrik L Tolman, NOAA Washington DC, NOAA NWS NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC, United States, Avichal Mehra, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, Vijay Tallapragada, National Centers For Environmental Prediction-Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD, United States and Michael B Ek, Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD, United States
Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board Town Hall
Larry P Atkinson1, Sarah T Gille2, Kendra L Daly3, Ruoying He4, Richard w Murray5, Bauke H Houtman5 and Lisa M Clough6, (1)Old Dominion University, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Norfolk, VA, United States(2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States(3)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States(4)NC State University, Raleigh, NC, United States(5)National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, United States(6)National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, United States
OceanObs’19 Oceans of Opportunity Town Hall
Tong Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Martin Visbeck, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Sanae Chiba, JAMSTEC, Research and Development Center for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan; Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Yokohama, Japan, Sabrina Speich, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, Paris, France, Bruce M Howe, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States and Eric J Lindstrom, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Advances and Opportunities in Global Ocean Science Education and Partnerships
Gail A Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, Robert F Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States, Paula Keener, NOAA, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Charleston, SC, United States, Peter D Tuddenham, College of Exploration, Potomac Falls, VA, United States and Liesl A Hotaling, Eidos Education/Marine Technology Society, Highlands, NJ, United States
Discovering and Utilizing Data Through Tools and Services at PO.DAAC
Jessica Hausman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, PO.DAAC, Pasadena, CA, United States, Edward M Armstrong, Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Michelle M Gierach, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Physical Oceanography Dissertations Symposia (PODS): Perspectives on Research and Careers in Physical Oceanography
Karen E Selph, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, Jaime B Palter, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, Subhas Karan Venayagamoorthy, Colorado State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Sutara H Suanda, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Georgia Inst Tech, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States
Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Town Hall: Expanding involvement and setting priorities
Rachael Stanley, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, United States, Lisa Ann Miller, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada, Emmanuel Boss, University of Maine, School of Marine Science, Orono, ME, United States, William L Miller, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, United States, Peter J Minnett, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Philip W Boyd, Univ Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Gui-Ling Zhang, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China and Jun Nishioka, Hokkaido University, Institute of low temperature science, Sapporo, Japan
AGU Data Fair: Data Planning
Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union, Data Programs, Washington, DC, United States and Erin Robinson, Federation of Earth Science Information Partners, Boulder, CO, United States
Activities of the Marine Ecosystems Collaboration Team within the US Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, United States, Guillermo Auad, U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Sterling, VA, United States and Danielle Dickson, North Pacific Research Board Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States
From the tide pool to the stars: Art/Science Collaborations on the High Seas
Eric Collins, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Hillary King, Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, Ester, United States and Hoffman Michele, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Marine Science and Sustainability, Chicago, United States
Managing the Evolution and Sustainability of Best Practices Across Ocean Science
Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Alfred Wegener Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum fūr Polar- und Meeresforschung, HGF-MPG Joint Research Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Bremerhaven, Germany, Jay Pearlman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Emma E Heslop, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Marine Technologies, operational oceanography and sustainability, Esporles, Spain
Partnership building to advance the integrated global in-situ Ocean Observing Systems
Anja Reitz1,2, Katherine Louise Hill3, William S. Kessler4, Martin Visbeck1, Sebastian Swart5, Truls Johannessen6 and Lisa M Beal7, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany(2)EU H2020 Project AtlantOS, Kiel, Germany(3)GCOS(4)NOAA/PMEL/OCRD, Seattle, WA, United States(5)Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Johannesburg, South Africa(6)University of Bergen, Geophysical Institute, Bergen, Norway(7)University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States
Release of new GEOTRACES Data Product
Robert F Anderson, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, Alessandro Tagliabue, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Gregory A Cutter, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States and Maria Teresa Maldonado, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
SOCCOM and the real-time transformation of ocean biogeochemistry: a community partnership
Roberta M Hotinski, Princeton University, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton, NJ, United States, Jorge L Sarmiento, Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton, NJ, United States, Kenneth S Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, Lynne D Talley, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, 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 Matthew R Mazloff, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
The Society for Women in Marine Science: How to bring SWMS to your institution
Christina Hernandez, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Sophie N Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Hilary I Palevsky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, School of Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Alexa R Sterling, University of Rhode Island, Cell and Molecular Biology, Kingston, RI, United States
Engaging with decision-makers to navigate ocean change
Sarah Sunu1, Karen McLeod2, Estelle S Robichaux2, Tessa M Hill3, Francis Chan4, Ana Spalding5 and Malin L. Pinsky6, (1)United States(2)COMPASS, Portland, OR, United States(3)Bodega Marine Lab, Bodega Bay, CA, United States(4)Oregon State University, Department of Integrative Biology, Corvallis, OR, United States(5)Oregon State University, School of Public Policy, Corvallis, OR, United States(6)Rutgers University, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Town Hall: Ocean science-related GEO Initiatives
Emily Smail, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, United States; University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, Steven R Greb, WDNR Science Operations Center, Madison, WI, United States; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI, United States and Gabrielle Canonico, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Planet Microbe: Reconnecting ‘omics and environmental data for enhanced data discovery
Elisha Wood-Charlson, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, Bonnie L Hurwitz, University of Arizona, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Tucson, AZ, United States and Danie Kinkade, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States
The 2017-2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space: An Overview of the Report
Arthur Charo, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC, United States, William B Gail, Global Weather Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States and Waleed Abdalati, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
CLIVAR’s Course: Accomplishments and Future Science Priorities
Kristan Uhlenbrock1, Michael Patterson1, Detlef Stammer2 and Sonya Legg3, (1)U.S. CLIVAR Project Office, Washington, DC, United States(2)University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany(3)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Community-based Modeling Forum in Support of Integrated Water Prediction
Patrick Burke, NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Derrick P Snowden, Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Clarissa Anderson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System, La Jolla, CA, United States, Christopher A Edwards, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Brian Blanton, Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
How to engage in integrative ocean research to support more sustainable human behaviour within the Ocean Knowledge-Action Network (Ocean KAN)
Anke Schneider, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Thorsten Kiefer, Future Earth, Global Secretariat Hub, Paris, France, Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, Boris Dewitte, LEGOS, Toulouse, France and Salvatore Aricò, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris, France
NOAA Ocean Sciences: Saving Lives, Protecting the Nation, and Promoting a Sustainable National Economy
Brittany Croll, US Department of Commerce, Office of the Under Secretary, Washington, DC, United States and Tim Gallaudet, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
The Community Requirements for Future of Remote Sensing of Surface Vector Winds and Currents
Mark A Bourassa, Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Ernesto Rodriguez, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, J. Thomas Farrar, WHOI, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Melanie R Fewings, University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States
Understanding the Professional Learning Needs of Emerging Ocean Leaders
Laura H Good, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Monterey, CA, United States and Eric Henry Hartge, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, CA, United States
