Ocean Sciences



AI and Machine Learning for Sustained Ocean Observing: Progress and the Road Ahead
Primary Convener:  Katharine Bigham, University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States
Conveners:  Ben Biffard, Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada and Martin Scherwath, University of Victoria, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
Student/Early Career Convener:  Ada Carter, University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States


Abrupt Changes in the North Atlantic Ocean Circulation: Past, Present, and Future
Primary Convener:  Jack Wharton, University College London, Dept. of Geography, London, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Ruza F Ivanovic, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, Tillys Petit, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom and Margarita Markina, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Xinyue Wei, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States


Advances in AI, Inverse Problems, and Data Assimilation for Ocean Applications
Primary Convener:  Abed Hammoud, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Convener:  Bianca Champenois, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States


Advances in AI-driven Ocean Modeling: Data, Methods, and Applications
Primary Convener:  Tianning Wu, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
Conveners:  Ashesh Kumar Chattopadhyay, University of California Santa Cruz, Applied Mathematics, Santa Cruz, United States, Bowen Chen, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, nc, UNITED STATES and Dr. Yongfei Deng, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Bowen Chen, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, nc, UNITED STATES


Advances in Flood Prediction and Risk Assessment in Coastal, Inland, and Transition Zones
Primary Convener:  Fariborz Daneshvar, Coast Survey Development Laboratory, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, United States
Conveners:  Saeed Moghimi, Coast Survey Development Laboratory, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, United States, Albert Cerrone, University of Notre Dame, Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States and William Pringle, Environmental Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Atieh Alipour, Coast Survey Development Laboratory, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, United States


Advances in Nearshore Processes
Primary Convener:  Vivek Bheeroo, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Conveners:  Chelsea Volpano, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States and David Honegger, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States


Advances in Numerical Methods for Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling
Primary Convener:  Mark R Petersen, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Computational and Artificial Intelligence Division, Los Alamos, United States
Conveners:  Steven R Brus, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States and Erin Thomas, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, United States


Advances in Understanding Global Meridional Overturning Circulation from Past to Future: Insights from Multiple Approaches
Primary Convener:  Feng He, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States
Conveners:  Kelly H Kilbourne, University of Maryland (UMCES CBL), Solomons, United States, Maureen H Walczak, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Washington, United States and Madeleine K Youngs, University of Maryland College Park, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jack Wharton, University College London, Dept. of Geography, London, United Kingdom


Advances in oceanography, marine geophysics, and cryosphere science from the SWOT satellite mission
Primary Convener:  Lee-Lueng Fu, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Yao Yu, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, United States and Angelica R Rodriguez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Allison Ho, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States


Advancing Climate Adaptation in the Blue Economy: Implications for Coastal One Health and Socio-Ecological Sustainability.
Primary Convener:  Prince Emeka Emeka Ndimele, Lagos State University, Department of Fisheries, Lagos, Nigeria
Conveners:  Osas Adeniyi, Ajayi Crowther University, Department of Crop and Animal Science, Oyo, Nigeria, Olusola Adeoye, Nature Cares Resources Centre, Lagos, Nigeria and Esther Oghenede, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Physical and Chemical Oceanography Department, Lagos, Nigeria
Student/Early Career Convener:  Josephine Oluseyi Adebayo, University of Ibadan, Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Ibadan, Nigeria


Arctic Coastal Ocean Dynamics: Coupled Processes, Observations, and Models
Primary Convener:  MacKenzie Elise Jewell, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States
Convener:  Eidam Emily, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Alina Spera, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, United States and MacKenzie Elise Jewell, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States


Bathymetry Through Time: Advances in Modern Mapping, Paleo-Reconstruction, and Oceanographic Applications
Primary Convener:  Arghya Goswami, Northwest Missouri State University, Department of Natural Sciences, Maryville, MO, United States
Convener:  Anand Gnanadesikan, Johns Hopkins University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States


Bridging Oceanographic Disciplines Using Observations from Repeat Hydrography
Primary Convener:  Zachary K Erickson, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Viviane V Menezes, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States and Jason Graff, Oregon State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Corvallis, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Stephanie O'Daly, University of Washington Seattle Campus, CICOES, Seattle, United States


Bridging Scales to Advance Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal
Primary Convener:  Shihan Li, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Conveners:  Tricia Light1, Devon Cole1 and Mojtaba Fakhraee2, (1)Hourglass Climate, Montclair, United States(2)University of Connecticut, Groton, United States


Coastal Climate Risk in a Changing Ocean: Processes, Projections, and Resilience
Primary Convener:  Cong Gao, Princeton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Han Zhang, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanographic Administration of China, Hangzhou, China, Xiaochen Zhao, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States and Soheil Radfar, The University of Alabama, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Tuscaloosa, United States


Coastal Ocean and Shelf Sea Dynamics
Primary Convener:  Sutara H Suanda, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Center for Marine Science, Wilmington, NC, United States
Conveners:  Alexander L Kurapov, COAS/Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, United States; NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, United States and Jianping Gan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau (CORE), Department of Ocean Science and Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong, China


El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Pantropical Climate Interactions: Mechanisms, Predictability, Impacts, and Projections
Primary Convener:  Soong-Ki Kim, Yale University, New Haven, United States; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Sen Zhao, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Honolulu, United States, Malte F Stuecker, International Pacific Research Center and Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States and Antonietta Capotondi, University of Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Matt Luongo, University of Washington, CICOES, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States


Enhancing Multiscale Air-Sea Interaction Science with Uncrewed Systems (UxS) and Integrated Observations
Primary Convener:  Dongxiao Zhang, CICOES/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, United States
Conveners:  Gregory R Foltz, NOAA/AOML, Miami, United States and Grant Rawson, NOAA/OMAO/UxSOC, Silver Spring, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Lev Looney, NOAA/AOML & UMiami/CIMAS, Miami, United States and Edoardo Mazza, CICOES/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, United States


Evaluating environmental impacts of marine CDR
Primary Convener:  Abigale Wyatt, PhD, [C]Worthy, LLC, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Sarah Smith, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, United States, Mariam Maku Swaleh Mwasaria, Technical University of Mombasa, Pure and Applied Sciences, Mombasa, Kenya and Emily Seelen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States


From Streets to Streams and Seas: Tracking, Modeling, and Managing Plastic and Litter Pathways in Communities
Primary Convener:  Nazife Oruc Baci, University of Georgia, School of Environmental, Civil, Agriculture, and Mechanical Engineering, Athens, GA, United States
Conveners:  Felix Luis Santiago-Collazo, University of Georgia, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Athens, United States, Matthew Willi Brand, Louisiana State University, Civil Engineering, Baton Rouge, United States and James Lofty, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany


Gas Hydrate Systems in Arctic and Marine Environments
Primary Convener:  Seth S Haines, U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, United States
Conveners:  Ann Cook, OSU Earth Sciences, Columbus, United States, Maureen A L Walton, US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Divison, Washington, DC, United States and Warren T Wood, US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States


Global Perspectives on the Dynamics and Impacts of Methane Cold Seeps from Tropical Margins to Polar Basins
Primary Convener:  Davide Oppo, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Conveners:  Sunita R Shah Walter, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States and Adam D Skarke, Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, MS, United States
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Kaleigh Block, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Lewes, United States and Elizabeth Tuttle, University of Georgia, Marine Sciences, Athens, United States


Human–Ecosystem Connections in a Changing World: Interdisciplinary Pathways to discovery and solutions
Primary Convener:  Osaimianmionmwan Adeniyi, Ajayi Crowther University, Ibadan, Nigeria
Conveners:  Jacob Ewutanure, Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, , , , , Delta State, Nigeria, Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture, Warri, Nigeria, Augustina Okereke, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Lagos, Nigeria and Charles Faseyi, University of Cape Coast, Biological Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
Student/Early Career Conveners:  Curyło Emilia, Graduate Student, Joint Master's Programme in Coastal Hazards and Climate Risks Delft, Netherlands, Deft, Netherlands and Osaimianmionmwan Adeniyi, Ajayi Crowther University, Ibadan, Nigeria


Improved the understanding of tropical cyclones and winter storms and their impacts in the coastal zone through observing, modeling systems and AI/ML
Primary Convener:  Meng Xia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Department of Natural Sciences, Princess Anne, MD, United States
Conveners:  Yonggang Liu, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, United States, Brian Dzwonkowski, University of Maine, Orono, United States and Jayaram Veeramony, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sreelakshmi Sreenivasan, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Department of Natural Sciences, Princess Anne, United States


Linking Remote Sensing Observations and Numerical Models in Estuarine and Coastal Ocean Systems
Primary Convener:  Ali Reza Payandeh, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Convener:  Cecilia Lopez-Gamundi, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States


Long-Term Ocean Observatories as Drivers of Sensor and Data Science Innovation
Primary Convener:  Michael Vardaro, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, United States
Conveners:  Wendi Ruef, University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States and Edward Paul Dever, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States


Long-term Seafloor Sensing for Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction using Submarine Cables
Primary Convener:  Ethan F Williams, University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States
Conveners:  Dr. Bruce M Howe, PhD, University of Hawaii, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Honolulu, United States, Siobhan Niklasson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States and William S D Wilcock, University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States


Marine and Estuarine Sediment: Transport Processes, Deposits, and Impacts
Primary Convener:  Courtney Harris, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, United States
Conveners:  Timothy Dellapenna, Texas A and M University, Oceanography Department, College Station, United States, Eidam Emily, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Kehui Xu, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jongwi Chang, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, United States


Ocean Mapping: The Interdisciplinary Use and Importance of Bathymetry
Primary Convener:  Vicki Lynn Ferrini, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners:  Tim Kearns, Map the Gaps, Seattle, United States and Daniel Wagner, Ocean Exploration Trust, Honolulu, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sheila Caceres Ferreras, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States


Physical, Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Processes in the Southern Ocean through Observations, Theory, State Estimation, Modeling: What have we learned and what do we need to unlearn?
Primary Convener:  Joellen L Russell, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Oscar Schofield1, Lynne D Talley2 and Matthew R Mazloff2, (1)Rutgers University, Center of Ocean Observing Leadership, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New Brunswick, United States(2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, United States


Prediction and Predictability of Coastal Flooding Risks on Subseasonal-to-Interannual Timescales
Primary Convener:  Matthew Newman, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  William Sweet, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, United States, Matthew Widlansky, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, CIMAR UH Sea Level Center, Honolulu, United States and Laura McGee, University of Colorado CIRES and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Laura McGee, University of Colorado CIRES and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States


Recent Advances in Seabed Mineral Science on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
Primary Convener:  Adam A Soule, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
Conveners:  Aurora Elmore, NOAA Ocean Exploration, Silver Spring, United States, William Mowitt, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, United States, Amy Gartman, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States and Jeremy Potter, BOEM, Washington DC, United States


The role of the ocean in extreme weather from subseasonal to decadal timescales
Primary Convener:  Gregory R Foltz, NOAA Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Conveners:  Karthik Balaguru, PNNL, Marine Sciences Laboratory, Seattle, United States, Hyodae Seo, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States and Cong Gao, Princeton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States


Why Does Cleaning Marine Plastic Cost $75,000 per Ton—And Still Leave the Waste on Land?
Primary Convener:  Jianwen Zhang, Shanghai Hehe New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Research & Development, Auckland, New Zealand
Convener:  Charles A. Young, International Outlook Federation, Supervisor General, Auckland, New Zealand
Student/Early Career Convener:  Salam Muhammad, Currently working on padova university ltaly, Padova, Italy