Ocean Sciences



Advances in Observationally Informed Earth System Modeling for Coastal Environments
Primary Convener:  Darren Engwirda, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Andrew Roberts, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Zeli Tan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Darren Engwirda, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States


Characterization of subsurface natural gas hydrate systems by leveraging diverse datasets
Primary Convener:  Michael Nole, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Jennifer Frederick, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Alexey Portnov, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Michael Nole, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, United States


Characterizing subsurface natural gas hydrate systems
Primary Convener:  Ann Cook, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Conveners:  Seth S Haines, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States, Vincent J Clementi, Rutgers University, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Warren T Wood, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Ctr, MS, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ann Cook, OSU Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States


Getting the most value from ocean and aquatic environmental satellite observations: Ocean, coastal and/or inland water applications using cutting edge techniques and practices to address environmental, ecological and human concerns.
Primary Convener:  Veronica P Lance, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, NOAA CoastWatch, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Emily Smail, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, United States, Guangming Zheng, University of Maryland College Park, ESSIC, College Park, MD, United States and Paul M DiGiacomo, NOAA, NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Veronica P Lance, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, NOAA CoastWatch, College Park, MD, United States


Global Ocean Sciences and impacts to inland human lives and habitats
Primary Convener:  Daijiro Kaneko, Remote Sensing Environmental Monitor, Inc., President, Yokohama, Japan
Conveners:  Swadhin K Behera, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan and Yuko Uchida, National Institute of Animal Health , The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Head of Influenza Unit (Group), Tsukuba, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Swadhin K Behera, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan


Hydrocarbon Cold Seeps: Gas Hydrate Stability, Methane Escape, and Their Impact on the Ocean Environment Across Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales
Primary Convener:  Adam D Skarke, Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, MS, United States
Conveners:  Davide Oppo, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States and Samantha B Joye, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Adam D Skarke, Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, MS, United States


Improved observational and modeling skills to understand tropical cyclones and winter storms and their impacts in the coastal zone
Primary Convener:  Meng Xia, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, United States
Conveners:  Brian Dzwonkowski, University of South Alabama / Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Marine Science, Dauphin Island, AL, United States and Jayaram Veeramony, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Primary Liaison:  Bishnupriya Sahoo, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China


Integrated Nearshore Modeling; modeling and observational needs
Primary Convener:  Ali Abdolali, EMC/NOAA/NWS, College Park, United States; IMSG, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners:  Ty Hesser, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, United States, Athena P Clark, USGS Coastal Storm Team Leader, Montgomery, United States and Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ty Hesser, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, United States


Interaction of Tropical Basins: Processes, Pathways, and Predictability
Primary Convener:  Yuko Okumura, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Ingo Richter, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, Andrea Taschetto, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Chunzai Wang, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Primary Liaison:  Yuko Okumura, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States


Machine Learning in Coastal and Oceanographic Remote Sensing
Primary Convener:  Patrick Clifton Gray, Duke University, Duke University Marine Lab, Durham, NC, United States
Convener:  Yackar Mauzole, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Physical Laboratory, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Patrick Clifton Gray, Duke University, Duke University Marine Lab, Durham, NC, United States


Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Earth System: Insights from Multiple Approaches
Primary Convener:  Kelly H Kilbourne, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Lab, Solomons, MD, United States
Convener:  Michael A Spall, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kelly H Kilbourne, University of Maryland (UMCES CBL), Solomons, MD, United States


Monitoring and Modeling of the Fate of Contaminated Water Discharged into the Oceans and Estuaries
Primary Convener:  Yonggang Liu, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Conveners:  Yonggang Liu, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States and Robert H Weisberg, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yonggang Liu, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States


Non-spherical Swimmers in the Ocean
Primary Convener:  Lei Fang, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Convener:  Xu Liang, University of Pittsburgh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jeen-Shang Lin, University of Pittsburgh, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States


Ocean Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico
Primary Convener:  Karina Khazmutdinova, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Gulf Research Program), Washington, United States
Conveners:  Donald F Boesch, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Gulf Research Program), Annapolis, MD, United States, Jim Pettigrew, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Gulf Research Program), Houston, TX, United States and Melbourne G Briscoe, OceanGeeks LLC, Alexandria, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Karina Khazmutdinova, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Gulf Research Program), Washington, United States


Ocean Observations for Improving Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts
Primary Convener:  Cheyenne Stienbarger, NOAA OAR, Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Conveners:  Renee Richardson, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Emily A. Smith, NOAA Washington DC, OAR, Washington, DC, United States and Gustavo Jorge Goni, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Cheyenne Stienbarger, NOAA OAR, Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States


Recent Advances in Natural Methane Seep and Gas Hydrate Systems
Primary Convener:  Ira Leifer, Bubbleology Research International, Solvang, CA, United States
Conveners:  Martin Scherwath, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kyushu University, Engineering Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan and Benjamin J Phrampus, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ira Leifer, University of California, Santa Barbara, Solvang, CA, United States


Science and Application of Equitable Solutions to Future Sea-Level Rise
Primary Convener:  Benjamin D Hamlington, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Emily A. Smith, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, MD, United States, Philip R Thompson, JIMAR, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States and Jill Gambill, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, Athens, United States
Primary Liaison:  Benjamin D Hamlington, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States


Tropical Pacific Atmospheric and Oceanic Boundary Layer Process Understanding and Representation in Models
Primary Convener:  Aneesh C Subramanian, University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Anna-Lena Deppenmeier, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Deepak Cherian, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, William S. Kessler, NOAA/PMEL/OCRD, Seattle, WA, United States and Cheyenne Stienbarger, UNC Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Aneesh C Subramanian, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, CA, United States


Advanced remote sensing in preparation for NASA's PACE mission
Primary Convener:  Brian Cairns, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
Convener:  Lorraine Ann Remer, University of MD Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brian Cairns, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States


AI Techniques for Improving Predictive Understanding of Climate Modes of Variability and Their Teleconnections
Primary Convener:  Linsey Passarella, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
Conveners:  Salil Mahajan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge, United States, Min Xu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Muralikrishnan Gopalakrishnan Meena, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Primary Liaison:  Linsey Passarella, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States


Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Processes in the Maritime Continent and Indo-Pacific
Primary Convener:  Ning Zhao, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Conveners:  Elizabeth Jennifer Thompson, NOAA PSL, Physical Sciences Lab, Boulder, CO, United States, Je-Yuan Hsu, National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography, Taipei, Taiwan and Sean William Freeman, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ning Zhao, JAMESTEC, Tokyo, Japan


Causes and Consequences of Polar Amplification
Primary Convener:  Lantao Sun, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, US
Conveners:  James Screen, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom, Yutian Wu, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Qinghua Ding, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Lantao Sun, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States


Deep Space Earth Observations
Primary Convener:  Alexander Marshak, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Convener:  Adam Szabo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jay Herman, UMBC, Greenbelt, United States


Diagnostic tools and metrics for improving subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction
Primary Convener:  Benjamin P Kirtman, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Conveners:  Matthew Janiga, US Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States, Yan Xue, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD, United States and Jessie Carmen, NOAA, Weather Program Office, Washington DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Benjamin P Kirtman, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States


Extratropical and High-latitude Storm Tracks, Circulation Dynamics, and Extreme Events in the Context of Rapidly Changing Arctic and Antarctic Climate
Primary Convener:  Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  Kent Moore, Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada and James E Overland, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Xiangdong Zhang, Univ Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, United States


High resolution Earth system modeling on large supercomputers
Primary Convener:  L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Conveners:  Gokhan Danabasoglu, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Malcolm J Roberts, Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom, Pier Luigi Vidale, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology and National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Reading, United Kingdom and Rein Haarsma, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States


Machine Learning for Weather and Climate: Predictions and Applications
Primary Convener:  Venkata Ratnam Jayanthi, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Conveners:  Jing-Jia Luo1, Takeshi Doi2 and Swadhin K Behera2, (1)NUIST Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Institute for Climate and Application Research (ICAR), Nanjing, China(2)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Primary Liaison:  Venkata Ratnam Jayanthi, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan


Microplastics in the Atmosphere and Ocean
Primary Convener:  Robert A Duce, Texas A&M University College Station, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States
Conveners:  Timothy D Jickells, Univ East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, Melanie Bergmann, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany and Peter S Liss, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Robert A Duce, Texas A&M University College Station, Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States


Subseasonal to Seasonal Climate Prediction, Processes, and Services
Primary Convener:  Andrew William Robertson, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners:  Arun Kumar, NOAA/NCEP, College Park, MD, United States, Kathleen Pegion, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States and Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andrew William Robertson, Columbia University, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY, United States