Joint OCB-US CLIVAR Scoping Workshop on the Major Expansion of BGC-Argo and the Use of Profiling Floats

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June 28-30, 2021

Virtual Workshop on the New Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Array

Building a Community of Biogeochemistry Float Data Users

The Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) array is a 5-year effort funded by the US National Science Foundation to produce and deploy 500 profiling floats equipped with biogeochemical sensors in the world ocean.  Deployments will begin in the first quarter of 2021. To inform and engage a broad oceanographic user community, the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) and the US Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Programs are working with GO-BGC leadership to plan a virtual GO-BGC Scientific Workshop from June 28-30, 2021. The objectives of the workshop are to:

  • Introduce the GO-BGC plan to the global scientific community
  • Discuss and innovate on scientific applications of GO-BGC data
  • Provide background information on the flow of data and archiving
  • Deliver hands-on tutorials and computer code for accessing GO-BGC data

Presentations and discussions will be scheduled for 3-4 hours on each day.  Some pre-recorded presentations will be available online prior to each day’s events, so that participants can consider discussion items before the meeting. The organizers look forward to a large online participation in the meeting as this new, multi-year program gets underway.

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Monday, June 28, 2021
Day 1 Theme: What is GO-BGC: Outline and Plans (Chair: Sarah Purkey, Scripps Inst. Oceanography)

10:00-10:05  am (PACIFIC TIME) Welcome
10:05-10:35 Keynote (Ken Johnson, MBARI)
10:35-11:30 Basic questions about GO-BGC (based on curated, online talks)
(a) Float technology (Steve Riser, UW - 10 mins.)
(b) O2, NO3, pH, FLBB sensor review (Yui Takeshita, MBARI - 25 mins.)
(c) Cruise planning (Lynne Talley, Scripps Inst. Oceanography - 10 mins.)
(d) Data management (Tanya Maurer, MBARI - 10 mins.)
11:30-12:00 Panel Discussion
12:00-12:15 Break
12:15-1:15 Science applications (15 mins. each, curated)
(a) O2/nutrients/pH/Chl (Lionel Arteaga, NASA GSFC)
(b) Fisheries (Cara Wilson, NOAA SWFSC)
(c) Carbon (Seth Bushinsky, Univ. Hawai'i)
(d) Models (Matt Mazloff, Scripps Inst. Oceanography)

 


Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Day 2 Theme: GO-BGC Science (Chair: David "Roo" Nicholson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.)

10:00-10:05  am (PACIFIC TIME) Introduction
10:05-11:30 Short talks from prospective national GO-BGC users
Nathan Briggs (UK)
Marti Gali (Spain)
Mariana Bif (Brazil/US)
Fei Chai (China)
Emily Osborne (US)
Christina Schallenberg (Australia)
Miguel Piecho-Santos (Portugal)
11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:30 Breakout rooms for specific discussions among users
12:30-1:15 Panel Discussion: report from breakout rooms; plan for Day 3

 


Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Day 3 Theme: GO-BGC and Community Interaction (Chair: Todd Martz, Scripps Inst. Oceanography)

10:00-10:05 am (PACIFIC TIME) Introduction
10:05-10:30 Outreach (George Matsumoto, MBARI)
10:30-11:45 Data tutorials: Matlab, Python, and R (Lead: Alison Gray, UW)

MATLAB, R, and Python code developed for BGC Argo data access tutorials on the GO-BGC GitHub page: https://github.com/go-bgc

11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-12:30 Engagement with other programs
Pete Strutton (Australia)
Katja Fennel (Canada)
Hedy Edmonds (US/NSF)
Emily Smith (US/NOAA)
12:30-1:15 Meeting summary, questions, final discussion

Steve Riser (UW)
Andrea Fassbender (NOAA/PMEL)
Roberta Hotinski (Princeton)
George Matsumoto (MBARI)
Ken Johnson (MBARI)
Jorge Sarmiento (Princeton)
Lynne Talley (SIO)

Susan Wijffels (WHOI)
Heidi Cullen (MBARI)
Alison Gray (UW)
Todd Martz (SIO)
David (Roo) Nicholson (WHOI)
Sarah Purkey (SIO)
Yui Takeshita (MBARI)