Request for public input to the comprehensive NASA/IOCCG-sponsored Aquatic Primary Productivity Field Protocol for Satellite Validation and Model Synthesis, which was recently posted on the IOCCG website for a 90-day community feedback period. This document is the product of a three-year effort with the objective to produce community consensus protocols for aquatic primary productivity appropriate […]
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2022 OCB Activity Solicitation The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program is soliciting proposals for OCB activities that will take place or begin during the 2022 calendar year. Due to ongoing COVID-related uncertainties, in-person activities should include contingency plans in case delays or cancellations are necessary. We seek proposals for OCB-relevant workshops and activities as […]
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SAVE THE DATE: Virtual Community Meeting on pre-Arctic-COLORS Data Synthesis As NASA prepares for the Arctic-COLORS large-scale field campaign (https://arctic-colors.gsfc.nasa.gov/) in the near future, it is imperative to identify and characterize existing field data sets, modeling activities, and remote sensing capabilities within the coastal Arctic region that make up the Arctic-COLORS study domain. To work […]
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Daily to Decadal Ecological Forecasting along North American Coastlines Workshop, a joint workshop between OCB and US CLIVAR will take place April 12-14, 2022. Currently the plan is to host the workshop in person in Woods Hole, MA with virtual participation options. Coastal areas share unique intersections of large-scale climate variability and local hydrology, wetland, […]
Read MoreSAVE THE DATE! Carbon Isotopes in the Ocean: Ensuring High-Quality Results Workshop WHEN: Nov 1-3, 2021 (NEW DATES) WHERE: Virtual Are you interested in this workshop and/or its products? Sign up for updates and stay tuned on the workshop website.
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The OCB Phytoplankton Taxonomy Working Group has been working to establish standards and best practices for submitting taxonomic and morphological information for plankton and other particles from images collected by imaging instruments, such as the Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB), FlowCAM and Underwater Vision Profiler (UVP), to data repositories (e.g., NASA’s SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS) and […]
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Comment by August 6: Draft Air-Sea Workshop Report (US SOLAS Science Plan) now available for comment
The OCB Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Committee (OAIC) recently convened a 3-day science workshop to identify US air-sea research priorities and foster new collaborations. From the discussions at the workshop, the OAIC led the assembly of a “grassroots” document to provide a common set of science goals and research priorities. The draft document was open for […]
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Dear Colleagues, The US BioGeoSCAPES Planning Workshop, funded by the US Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) program will take place November 2021 (rescheduled). The proposed BioGeoSCAPES program aims to improve our understanding of the functioning and regulation of ocean metabolism and its interactions with nutrient cycling, within the context of a hierarchical seascape perspective. This […]
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OCB2021 was an interactive series of online events with early career activities, interactive panel discussions, virtual poster sessions, and opportunities for networking and socializing throughout the month of June. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented, spoke, joined discussions, led topics, developed sessions, and made OCB2021 a successful summer workshop! It was our largest attendance […]
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On June 28-30, 2021, MBARI, OCB, and US CLIVAR co-hosted a virtual community workshop to: Introduce the new NSF-funded GO-BGC program 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 […]
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NOAA Press Release Piloting Bio-GO-SHIP on US cruises: Towards a global analysis of large-scale changes to ocean plankton systems NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program (GOMO) and Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), in partnership with NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program, recently awarded $500,000 via the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) to several institutions […]
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Virtual Workshop on the New Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Array – Building a Community of Biogeochemical 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 […]
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Now available: Ocean Sciences Across the Solar System NASA report. Submit your comments by July 30. SUMMARYThe discovery that there are major oceans beyond Earth is exciting for Earth oceanographers and planetary scientists alike. As life on Earth began in the ocean, these other worlds offer tantalizing possibilities of finding life beyond our own planet. […]
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Open Meeting: May 26 OCB WG Filling the gaps in observation-based estimates of air–sea carbon fluxes
The OCB “Filling the gaps in observation-based estimates of air–sea carbon fluxes” working group will be holding a two day online meeting May 26 and 27. May 26 will have a range of presentations and is open to all interested attendees. Register here. Wednesday, May 26, 11:00-16:00 EDT Who: Working group members and open webinar […]
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Integrated Ocean Carbon Research: A Summary of Ocean Carbon Knowledge and a Vision for Coordinated Ocean Carbon Research (IOC-R) and Observations for the Next Decade The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) has just published the “Integrated Ocean Carbon Research: A Summary of Ocean Carbon Knowledge and a Vision for […]
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