Abstract deadline: August 4th 2011.

OS19: Towards Autonomous Ocean Carbon Cycle Observations

Conveners:
Todd Martz (trmartz@ucsd.edu),
James Bishop (jkbishop@berkeley.edu)

Prediction of future changes to the ocean carbon cycle is hindered by a
chronic lack of observations of time-varying pools and fluxes of dissolved
and particulate inorganic and organic carbon species in the water column
and at the air/sea interface. Of particular concern is the almost complete
lack of observations of the subsurface biotic flows of carbon. This
session seeks contributions that highlight progress in the development of
low cost/low power autonomous sensors for carbon parameters (and carbon
cycle process relevant parameters) and their integration and deployment on
long lived autonomous platforms such as (but not limited to) profiling
floats, gliders, surface drifters and moorings.

Jim Bishop,
Professor of Marine Science,
307 McCone Hall,
Department of Earth and Planetary Science,
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-4767 USA

Office: 499 McCone Hall; tel: 510 642 6110
email: jkbishop@berkeley.edu