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NASA OBB Advanced Science Plan: Comment by Aug 15

Posted by mmaheigan 
· Friday, May 26th, 2017 

In 2015, the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry science communities kicked off an effort to revisit, evolve, and revise the 2007 NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program’s Advanced Plan entitled Earth’s Living Ocean: the Unseen World.  The revised draft Advance Plan covers the next decade (2017-2027) of community research and technology ideas, and is now ready for community review and public comment.

I gratefully acknowledge the dedicated, volunteer efforts from the Working Group members:

  • Mike Behrenfeld (Oregon State University)
  • Heidi Dierssen (University of Connecticut)
  • John Dunne (NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)
  • Matthew Long (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
  • Antonio Mannino (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
  • Patricia Matrai (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
  • Frank Muller-Karger (University of South Florida)
  • Raymond Najjar  (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Anastasia Romanou (Columbia University, NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies)
  • Cecile S. Rousseaux (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
  • Maria Tzortziou (City University of New York, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

And others who served as external reviewers and contributors, including:

  • Dave Schimel (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  • Dave Siegel (University of California – Santa Barbara)
  • Tony Freeman (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory),
  • Galen McKinley (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
  • Jorge L. Sarmiento (Princeton University)
  • Mitchell A. Roffer (Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.)
  • Scott Doney (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

The NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program is currently seeking feedback on all aspects of the draft Advanced Plan.  NASA is particularly looking for feedback on the proposed science questions and observational strategies, and whether any important scientific or technological components are missing from the report.

Your comments will be considered in construction of the final plan.  Please email comments to obb_comments@cce.nasa.gov no later than 15 August 2017

Thank you for your time and efforts in helping NASA to refine the OBB Advanced Plan, and a hearty thank you to the authors, working group members, and reviewers who spent two years working on evolving the previous plan, which was a wonderful input to creating new scientific opportunities for the program and associated communities.   I look forward to hearing from you all.

Best wishes,
Paula Bontempi
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D.C., USA

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