TH45C:
SOCCOM and the future of BGC-Argo in the U.S.

Session ID#: 92217

Session Description:
The Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) program (http:// soccom.princeton.edu) is a National Science Foundation-funded project (with major additional contributions from NOAA and NASA) that has a primary focus of deploying a large array (~200) of Biogeochemical-Argo profiling floats in the Southern Ocean.  These floats carry oxygen, nitrate, pH, and biooptical sensors (as well as CTD), with all data available in real-time and assimilated into the Biogeochemical-Southern Ocean State Estimate in order to provide closed budgets for BGC processes. SOCCOM is entering its 6th year of funding, and continuation for an additional 4 years has been approved, which supports deployment of 30 floats each year.  In addition to SOCCOM, US BGC-Argo efforts in the equatorial Pacific, California Current, and North Atlantic have been funded.  A Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure proposal to extend the US program globally is presently in review. 

In this Town Hall, we will review past efforts and future plans, with a primary focus on the funded SOCCOM program.The success of the SOCCOM BGC-Argo observing system development rests on strong science goals and funded science analysis - we seek community input on issues ranging from data access to mechanisms to interact with process oriented science projects.

Co-Sponsor(s):
  • HE - High Latitude Environments
  • IS - Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
  • OB - Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry
  • OC - Ocean Change: Acidification and Hypoxia
Primary Contact:  Roberta M Hotinski, Princeton University, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton, NJ, United States
Presenters:  Jorge L Sarmiento, Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton, NJ, United States, Kenneth S Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, Lynne D Talley, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, United States, Stephen Riser, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States, Joellen L Russell, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, Matthew R Mazloff, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, Heidi M Cullen, Schmidt Sciences, New York, United States and Roberta M Hotinski, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States

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