Now published – workshop report from the Pathways Connecting Climate Changes to the Deep Ocean: Tracing physical, biogeochemical, and ecological signals from the surface to the deep sea
A joint OCB-US CLIVAR scoping workshop
This workshop will brought together observational oceanographers and modelers across physical, biogeochemical, and ecological communities to assess our understanding of pathways connecting the surface to the seafloor and to develop recommendations for improved detection and attribution of change in the global deep ocean system.
Workshop goals:
- Provide an updated comprehensive assessment of the deep ocean’s state and changes across disciplines, of key quantities in which these changes are expressed, and of pathways and timescales connecting the surface to the seafloor.
- Review existing observation and modeling tools and their adequacy for constraining, understanding, and attributing changes in the deep ocean system. Identify critical knowledge and observational data gaps and model deficiencies.
- Develop a collective set of recommendations for improved detection and attribution of change in the global deep ocean system, with a focus on better serving and supporting deep ocean science across disciplines.
- Build an interdisciplinary network of ocean modelers and observers across disciplines. Our aim is to open communication channels and facilitate collaborative exchange of data, knowledge, and tools across communities.
Scientific Organizing Committee
Xinfeng Liang (Univ. Delaware), Monique Messié (MBARI), Leslie Smith (Your Ocean Consulting LLC, DOOS), Isabela Le Bras (WHOI), Patrick Heimbach (Univ. Texas, Austin), Helen Pillar (Univ. Texas, Austin), Zachary Erickson (NOAA/PMEL), Charlie Stock (NOAA/GFDL)
