OC13A:
Designing Support Systems for a Changing Ocean with Decision Makers and Regional Stakeholders in Mind I


Session ID#: 37588

Session Description:
Decision-makers and regional stakeholders need current, reliable, and actionable information in order to plan and respond to an ocean that is changing due to acidification, eutrophication, deoxygenation, warming, circulation changes, and alterations in ecosystem structure or function. Here we present progress on designing observing networks to support ecological assessment and forecasting efforts, as well as progress on seasonal to decadal forecasting, and other decision-support tools for policy makers, managers, and stakeholders. We focus on observing networks, such as the internationally distributed Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON), different spatial and temporal scales of forecasting models, and multi-partnered communication strategies, like regional acidification networks. Requirements for success necessitate addressing the full suite of challenges from establishing observations of ocean conditions, understanding organism responses to climate forcing, forecasts of future conditions, projections of ocean response to climate forcing, and representations of increasingly complex biological processes. Translating this into relevant decision support products, tools, and information also remains a challenge. One example is the current mismatch between the seasonal-decadal prediction requirements for resource management and the focus on nowcasting or multi-decadal-centennial timescales of existing systems. We invite submissions describing networks, products, and tools that are serving the needs of policy makers, industry, and resource managers.
Primary Chair:  Jan Newton, University of Washington & NANOOS, Seattle, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Erica Hudson Ombres, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Elizabeth J Turner, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Durham, NH, United States and Samantha Siedlecki, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States
Moderators:  Jan Newton, University of Washington & NANOOS, Seattle, WA, United States and Elizabeth J Turner, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Durham, NH, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Samantha Siedlecki, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Jan Newton, University of Washington & NANOOS, Seattle, WA, United States, Bronte D Tilbrook, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Australia and Elizabeth Jewett, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Masao Ishii1, Hisashi Ono1, Katsuya Toyama1, Naohiro Kosugi1, Daisuke Sasano2, Kazutaka Enyo2, Shinji Masuda2, Atsushi Kojima2, Yosuke Iida2, Yusuke Takatani2, Toshiya Nakano2 and Hisayuki Yoshikawa Inoue3, (1)Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)Global Environment and Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan, (3)Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Abed El Rahman Hassoun1, Elissar Gemayel1, Najlaa Raad2, Marie Abboud-Abi Saab1 and Milad Fakhri1, (1)National Council for Scientific Research-Lebanon, National Center for Marine Sciences, Batroun, Lebanon, (2)Université Saint Joseph, Faculté des Sciences, Lebanon
Wiley Evans1, Alexander Hare1, Katie Louise Pocock1, Burke R Hales2, Jeremy T Mathis3, Akash R Sastri4, Geoffery T Lebon5, Esther Kennedy6, Allison Bidlack7 and Jan Newton8, (1)Hakai Institute, Heriot Bay, BC, Canada, (2)Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)NOAA, Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, (5)NOAA, WA, United States, (6)Sitka Tribe of Alaska, AK, United States, (7)Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK, United States, (8)Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
James C. Orr, LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, Jean-Marie Epitalon, Geoscientific Programming Services, Fanjeaux, France, Andrew G Dickson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States and Jean-Pierre Gattuso, CNRS-INSU, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris VI, Observatoire Océanologique, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
Charles A Stock1, Desiree Tommasi2, Michael A Alexander3, Nicholas A Bond4, Paula Sue Fratantoni5, Rich Gudgel1, Trond Kristiansen6, Todd O'Brien5, Kathleen Pegion7, Anthony John Rosati1, Gabriel A Vecchi8, Yan Xue9 and Xiaosong Yang10, (1)Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)NOAA Boulder, ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway, (7)CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (9)Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD, United States, (10)NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States
Nicholas A Bond, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, Sukyung Kang, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Republic of Korea, South Korea and Anne B Hollowed, Alaska Fisheries Sciences Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Mercedes Pozo Buil, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States and Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Georgia Tech University, GA, United States
Isaac Kaplan1, Suzanna Officer2, Lillian Henderson3, Albert J Hermann4, Nicholas A Bond5, Emily Norton6, Mary Hunsicker7, Jan Newton8, Richard A Feely9, Simone R Alin1 and Samantha Siedlecki10, (1)NOAA, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, United States, (3)University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States, (4)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (6)Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States, (7)NOAA Newport, Newport, OR, United States, (8)Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (9)NOAA PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States, (10)University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States
António M Baptista1, Mojgan Rostaminia2, Paul Turner2 and Charles M Seaton2, (1)Oregon Health & Science University, Institute of Environmental Health, Beaverton, OR, United States, (2)Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
Elizabeth Jewett1, John Ruairidh Morrison2, Shallin Busch3, Jackie Ball2 and Robert Cardeiro2, (1)NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)NERACOOS, NH, United States, (3)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States