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Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Meeting - 2014

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Presenter(s)

Various

Hosted By

NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Group

Time

May 5-7, 2014,8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT(1230-1600 UTC)

Location

Washington, D.C.

Agenda - May 5, 2014

NASA Headquarters Update

Time	Speaker/Affiliation
8:30 a.m.	Update for NASA's Earth Science Division and Research and Analysis programs - J. Kaye/NASA Headquarters
9:00 a.m.	Welcome/Program Update for NASA Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry/Community Q&A - P. Bontempi/NASA Headquarters

NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group Updates

Time	Speaker/Affiliation
10:00 a.m.	NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group Update (MODIS, VIIRS, MERIS, HICO, GOCI, SGLI, OLCI, LandSat-8, Multi-Mission Processing) - B. Franz/NASA GSFC 12:00-1:30LUNCH - (on your own)
10:40 a.m.	Lunch
11:00 a.m.	SeaDAS Updates - S. Bailey/NASA GSFC - FutureTech
11:20 a.m.	SeaBASS Updates (SeaBASS/NOMAD, Validation Exercises, HPLC Activity, Field Program Support Group Activities) - C. Proctor/NASA GSFC - SSAI
11:40 a.m.	In Situ Protocols Update (CDOM absorption workshop, Particle absorption workshop, IOCCG working group, Field Program Support Group) - A. Mannino/NASA GSFC

Field Project Updates

Time	Speaker/Affiliation
1:30 p.m.	Ship-Aircraft Bio-Optical Research (SABOR) campaign - I. Cetinic/Univ. of Maine
2:00 p.m.	Impacts of Climate on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment (ICESCAPE) Synthesis - W. Balch/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
2:30 p.m.	EXport Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) - Introducing a Science Plan for a NASA Field Campaign on the Ocean's Biological Pump - D. Siegel/Univ. of California - Santa Barbara
3:00 p.m.	Lunch
3:30 p.m.	Scoping for Interdisciplinary Coordinated Experiment of the Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle (ICESOCC) - G. Mitchell/University of California - San Diego - SIO
4:00 p.m.	Arctic COastal Land Ocean InteRactions Scoping Study (Arctic-COLORS) - J. Salisbury/Univ. of New Hampshire
4:30 p.m.	The characteristics of IOPs in the Arctic Ocean; Contribution of the Tara Polar Circle expedition - E. Boss/University of Maine
5:00 p.m.	GOCAD and the Remote Sensing of Dissolved Organic Carbon and CDOM in the Global Ocean - D. Aurin/NASA GSFC
5:20 p.m.	Adjourn
5:30 p.m.	Poster Session

Agenda - May 6, 2014

Beyond PACE: Advanced Planning for Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry

Time	Speaker/Affiliation
9:00 a.m.	Introduction and Overall Goals of the Special Session - P. Bontempi/NASA HQ
9:10 a.m.	The Science of PACE - What PACE Can and Cannot Do - C. DelCastillo/NASA GSFC
9:40 a.m.	Beyond PACE: Future measurements requirements for fully coupled biogeochemical models - A. Gnanadeskan/JHU
10:10 a.m.	Update on NASA's Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) Mission Pre-Formulation Activities - A. Mannino/NASA GSFC
10:30 a.m.	Lunch
11:00 a.m.	Beyond PACE: Future measurement requirements of coastal and applications research - M. Tzortiou/University of Maryland
11:20 a.m.	Discussion session, in particular about: next big science questions? Science and missions in preparation for the next NRC Decadal Survey? - All, lead by C. DelCastillo/NASA GSFC
12:00 p.m.	Lunch - (on your own)

Project Updates

Time	Speaker/Affiliation
1:30 p.m.	Future Earth/IMBER and results from the North Atlantic-Arctic workshop - E. Hofmann/Old Dominion University
2:00 p.m.	Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study Update - B. Miller/University of Georgia
2:15 p.m.	Arctic Productivity Round Robin - P. Matrai /Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
2:45 p.m.	North American Carbon Program Coastal Carbon Synthesis - M. Friedrichs/VIMS
3:15 p.m.	Lunch
3:45 p.m.	Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) for freshwater systems: an early warning indicator for toxic and nuisance blooms using ocean color satellites - B. Schaeffer/EPA
4:15 p.m.	Connecting phytoplankton cell size to variability in the ocean carbon sink - C. Mouw/Michigan Tech. University
4:45 p.m.	Seasonal, Interannual and Interdecadal Variability in Global Phytoplankton Community Size Structure Derived From Ocean Color Remote Sensing and IPCC-Class Ecosystem Models - I. Marinov/Univ. of Pennsylvania
5:15 p.m.	Adjourn
5:30 p.m.	Poster Session

Agenda - May 7, 2014

Project Updates

Time	Speaker/Affiliation
8:45 a.m.	Autonomously estimating mean particle size using high-frequency fluctuations in optical measurements - N. Briggs/Univ. of Maine
9:00 a.m.	A multi-sensor assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: surface expression and volume - C. Hu/Univ. of South Florida
9:30 a.m.	The PRISM (Portable Remote Imagine SpectroMeter) Sensor: Evaluating Floating Vegetation and Carbon Flux in Florida Bay - H. Dierssen/University of Connecticut - Avery Point
10:00 a.m.	Lunch
10:30 a.m.	Net Community Production and Carbon Export in the Southern Ocean: Measurements and Scaling - M. Bender/Princeton University
11:00 a.m.	Closure of particle backscattering coefficient in oligotrophic waters - Z. Lee/Univ. of Massachusetts - Boston
11:30 a.m.	Open discussion/Community Q&A on OBB activities/Next OCRT/IOCS - P. Bontempi/NASA Headquarters
12:00 p.m.	Adjourn

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