EP11A:
Physical-Biogeochemical Interactions Across Scales: From Microscale to Mesoscale I


Session ID#: 37858

Session Description:
Observations reveal spatio-temporal variations in marine and coastal biogeochemistry and ecosystems on scales ranging from the microscale to the mesoscale. Models suggest that processes at these small scales integrate to impact the larger scales. Recent developments in airborne, underway, and autonomous technologies allow for adaptive sampling (e.g. guided by glider swarms and drones). Increased computational power further provides new views onto a wider range of ecological and biogeochemical dynamics over a wider range of time and space scales than ever before. Questions that may be relevant to this session include: How do biophysical drivers of ecosystem structure scale up spatially - through trophic levels, or across biological scales of organization? What are the limits of predictability at different scales? How are recent engineering and computational innovations facilitating advances in the science? By bringing together observational and modeling efforts, we aim to develop a more complete perspective of the cross-scale physical-biogeochemical interactions in coastal and marine systems and new ideas about how to integrate these dynamics into predictive models.
Primary Chair:  Daniel B Whitt, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-chairs:  Soeren Thomsen, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Jessica Y. Luo, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics, Boulder, CO, United States and Liam Brannigan, Stockholm University, MISU, Stockholm, Sweden
Moderators:  Daniel B Whitt, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Liam Brannigan, Stockholm University, MISU, Stockholm, Sweden, Soeren Thomsen, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany and Jessica Y. Luo, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics, Boulder, CO, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Daniel B Whitt, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Index Terms:

4273 Physical and biogeochemical interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • BN - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
  • IS - Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
  • OM - Ocean Modeling
  • PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

High-resolution observations and modeling of submesoscale patterns in shallow water (310142)
Reiner Onken, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany and Burkard Baschek, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany
Fine-Scale Spatiotemporal Distribution of Plankton Across a Mesoscale Eddy - Insights from Underwater Imaging (322202)
Moritz S Schmid1, Kelly L Robinson2, Jessica Y. Luo3, Robert Cowen1 and Su Sponaugle1,4, (1)Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States, (2)University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Department of Biology, Lafayette, LA, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Oregon State University, Department of Integrative Biology, Corvallis, OR, United States

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