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OCB: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program

OCB: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program. OCB Mission: to establish the evolving role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle, in the face of environmental change, through studies of marine biogeochemical cycles and associated ecosystems.

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OCB: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program

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  1. OCB: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program OCB Mission:to establish the evolving role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle, in the face of environmental change, through studies of marine biogeochemical cycles and associated ecosystems

  2. Promote, plan, and coordinate collaborative, multidisciplinary research opportunities within the U.S. research community and with international partners OCCC Ocean Carbon & Climate Change NACP North American Carbon Program SOLAS Surface-Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study IMBER Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecology

  3. OCB Science Objectives • To characterize quantitatively the marine biogeochemical cycles of carbon and related nutrient elements; • To explore interactions between these biogeochemical cycles and the dynamics of marine ecosystems, including food-web dynamics, and microbial processes as they impact biogeochemical cycling; • To determine the sensitivity of these cycles and associated interactions to changing environmental conditions including climate change and ocean acidification; • To produce more reliable predictions of the ocean's interactive role in global change; • To investigate the coupling of biogeochemical processes across ocean-atmosphere and ocean-land interfaces.

  4. Observing System Repeat Hydrography/CO2 HOT, BATS, CARIACO U.S. efforts in CarboOcean ORION, … New & Future Projects U.S. single-investigator & medium-size research projects funded by NASA, NOAA, and NSF OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management OCB Program Structure

  5. OCB Program Structure Observing System Repeat Hydrography/CO2 HOT, BATS, CARIACO U.S. efforts in CarboOcean ORION, … New & Future Projects U.S. single-investigator & medium-size research projects funded by NASA, NOAA, and NSF OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management

  6. OCB Program Structure NSF Phil Taylor, Don Rice, Fred Lipschultz NASA Paula Bontempi NOAA Kathy Tedesco CCSP Program Office Roger Hanson OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management

  7. OCB Program Structure OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management Scott Doney (WHOI) Bob Anderson (LDEO) Ginger Armbrust (UW) Kathy Barbeau (SIO) Debbie Bronk (VIMS) Mary-Elena Carr (JPL) Richard Feely (NOAA) Dave Karl (U. Hawaii) Joanie Kleypas (NCAR) Steve Lohrenz (U. S Miss.) Wade McGillis (LDEO) Brent McKee (UNC) Galen McKinley (U Wisconsin) Mark Ohman (SIO) Tammi Richardson (U-SC) Chris Sabine (NOAA)

  8. OCB Program Structure OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management Director: Scott Doney Program Coordinator: Heather Benway Current website: ocb.whoi.edu Future: www.us-ocb.org

  9. OCB Program Structure OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management Biological & Chemical Ocean Data Management Office: Current website: ocb.whoi.edu Future: www.bco-dmo.org

  10. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) The BCO-DMO was created to serve PIs funded by the NSF Biological and Chemical Oceanography Sections. It is a location from which marine biogeochemical and ecological data and information developed in the course of scientific research can easily be disseminated, protected, and stored on short and intermediate time-frames. The Office is located at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Web-site is: www.bco-dmo.org The Office is managed by: Robert Groman (rgroman@whoi.edu) Cyndy Chandler (cchandler@whoi.edu) David Glover (dglover@whoi.edu) Peter Wiebe (pwiebe@whoi.edu) funded by NSF

  11. OCB Program Structure Observing System Repeat Hydrography/CO2 HOT, BATS, CARIACO U.S. efforts in CarboOcean ORION, … New & Future Projects U.S. single-investigator & medium-size research projects funded by NASA, NOAA, and NSF OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management

  12. Observing Carbon Observing System • Existing/Ongoing/New Elements • Repeat Hydrography CO2 Program • CO2 Volunteer Observing System Transects • Time-series (HOT, BATS, CARIACO, MBARI) • Satellite Remote Sensing • POGO Moorings & NSF ORION • Coastal Observing Networks

  13. U.S. CLIVAR: CO2 Repeat Hydrography Program Goal:Quantify decadal changes in heat, fresh water, CO2 & CFC inventory and transport Approach:Reoccupy subset of WOCE era transects on ~10 year timeframe Achievements:~50% complete and on schedule to finish first global survey by 2012 (http://ushydro.ucsd.edu/) Completed Planned

  14. Pacific Northwest Endurance Array • Cabled mooring line off Oregon • Uncabled mooring line off Washington • Highly capable sites at 500 m (upper slope), 80 m (mid shelf) and 25 m (inner shelf) • Less capable sites at 50 and 150 m • Gliders

  15. PNW Endurance Array: Ecosystem Response to Climate Variability • Sustained presence enables observation of interannual variability • High-power, high-bandwidth capability enables use of advanced sensors • Moored array provides regional context for interpretation

  16. Observing Carbon Observing System • Existing/Ongoing/New Elements • Repeat Hydrography CO2 Program • CO2 Volunteer Observing System Transects • Time-series (HOT, BATS, CARIACO, MBARI) • Satellite Remote Sensing • POGO Moorings & NSF ORION • Coastal Observing Networks

  17. OCB Program Structure Observing System Repeat Hydrography/CO2 HOT, BATS, CARIACO U.S. efforts in CarboOcean ORION, … New & Future Projects Single to multi-investigator/ small to med-sized research projects funded by NASA, NOAA, and NSF OCB SSC Scientific Steering Committee OCB Office OCB Project Office Data Management Biological and Chemical Ocean Data Management

  18. New & Future Projects Single to multi-investigator, small to med-sized* research projects funded by NASA, NOAA, and NSF *Typical examples of recently NSF Funded, mid-sized projects, e.g. EDDIES, VERTIGO, MEDFLUX, E-FLUX; $2-4M and 5-10 Investigators • Leverage existing efforts in ocean carbon observing system • SSC is working on list ofResearch Priorities …examples are • Ocean acidification • Ocean margin biogeochemistry • Links between community structure and biogeochemistry (as impacted by environmental change) • Exact scope of new projects will be determined by the research community - e.g. through proposals you submit to core programs • “Bottom-up” planning allows for flexibility as science evolves

  19. OCB Activities Promote, plan, and coordinate collaborative, multidisciplinary research opportunities within the U.S. research community and with international partners • Bring together researchers across disciplines through workshops and meetings & enhance communication and outreach • OCB Summer Workshop, July 23rd-26th, Woods Hole • Data support – submission, management, and access (happening now!) • Maintenance of a catalog of OCB-related Project Profiles

  20. OCB Project Profiles • Catalogue of OCB-related projects • Coordinate new & planned field studies • Portal to data & science results • Voluntary, self-selected by PIs Example Projects (under construction) Gruber: The role of mesoscale processes in controlling the upper ocean carbon cycle in the coastal environment: an integrated study in Santa Monica Bay. Marra and Vaillancourt: The control of photosynthetic quantum yield of phytoplankton by light intensity and diapycnal nutrient flux McGillicuddy et al.: EDDIES: Eddy Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition (Impacts of Eddies and Mixing on Plankton Community Structure and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Sargasso Sea) Benitez-Nelson et al.: E-Flux: Eddy Dynamics, Mixing, Export, and Species composition (Impacts of Eddies and Mixing on Plankton Community Structure and Biogeochemical Cycling in the North Pacific) McKinley et al.:Collaborative research - The carbon balance of Lake Superior: Modeling lake processes and understanding impacts on the regional carbon budget

  21. Moving OCB Forward • OCB is already underway! • Continued funding for CO2 survey, etc. • PIs encouraged to submit OCB-related proposals to NSF-core and related NASA & NOAA opportunities • NSF Chemical Oceanography (core program) pledge of $3M (FY2008) for OCB • NASA pledge of additional FY2008 funds for OCB • Data Management Office is up and running • Community input is needed (now!) for OCB Research Priorities and Implementation (contact SSC member or agency rep) • Near future – OCB Science Workshop (July 23rd-26th, 2007; Woods Hole; check web site)

  22. The BCO-DMO data system will be designed to be interoperable with other data systems to facilitate discovery of and access to ocean science data and supporting documentation.

  23. Coordinate NACP and OCCC to give a continuum from dry land to the open ocean NACP OCCC • NACP has primary responsibility for land-ocean exchanges • Both programs have responsibility for shelf processes • OCCC has primary responsibility for shelf-open ocean exchanges

  24. K2 ALOHA VERTIGO: VERtical Transport In the Global Ocean Buesseler et al., submitted Open = d#1 Closed = d#2 Flux 500/150m = 20% at ALOHA and 50% at K2 More efficient transport of C to deep ocean at K2 in association with end of diatom bloom Fz=F150(z/150)-b

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