Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies



IS001
Active optics to sense marine productivity throughout the world's coasts and oceans
Primary Chair:  David J Suggett, University of Technology Sydney, Climate Change Cluster, Sydney, Australia
Co-chairs:  Greg Silsbe, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, United States, Maxim Y Gorbunov, Rutgers University, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Jacco Kromkamp, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Estuarine & Delta Systems (EDS), Yerseke, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  David J Suggett, University of Technology Sydney, Climate Change Cluster, Sydney, Australia


IS002
Advancing Technologies for the Future of Deep Ocean Exploration
Primary Chair:  Katherine Lynn Croff Bell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Brennan Phillips, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, Kakani Katija, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States and Randi Rotjan, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Katherine Lynn Croff Bell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States


IS003
Autonomous observing systems for macronutrients and bioactive trace metals in coastal and open ocean settings: present status, challenges and emerging technologies
Primary Chair:  Maxime Grand, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Andrew R Bowie, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, Agathe Laes-Huon, IFREMER, REM/RDT/LDCM, Plouzané, France and Alexander Beaton, National Oceanography Centre, Ocean Technology and Engineering Group, Southampton, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  Maxime Grand, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, United States


IS004
Best practices for building a Global Ocean Observing System responsive to societal needs by linking basin-scale efforts around the globe
Primary Chair:  Martin Visbeck, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Co-chairs:  Andréane Bastien, St. Lawrence Global Observatory, Rimouski, QC, Canada, Tarron Lamont, Department of Environmental Affairs, Oceans & Coasts Research Branch, Cape Town 8012, South Africa and Isabel Sousa Pinto, University of Porto, CIIMAR, Porto, Portugal
Primary Liaison:  Frank Muller-Karger, U.S Geological Survey, Washington, CA, United States


IS005
Development and application of acoustical remote sensing methods to measure ocean parameters and processes
Primary Chair:  John Anthony Colosi, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Timothy F Duda, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Andone C Lavery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Thomas C Weber, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Mechanical Engineering, Durham, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Megan S Ballard, Applied Research Laboratories at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States


IS006
Emerging ocean technologies: A Snapchat of new sensors and observing platforms
Primary Chair:  Kim I Martini, Sea-Bird Scientific, Bellevue, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Sophie N Chu, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States, Clark Richards, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada and Kersey Sturdivant, INSPIRE Environmental, Newport, RI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kim I Martini, Sea-Bird Scientific, Science, Bellevue, WA, United States


IS007
From catchments to open ocean: advances in remote sensing for monitoring water quality, food security, ecosystems and change.
Primary Chair:  Lauren Biermann, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Earth Observation Science and Applications, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Chris Banks, National Oceanography Center, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Wesley Moses, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States and Kevin Ross Turpie, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Baltimore, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Chris Banks, National Oceanography Center, Liverpool, United Kingdom


IS008
Hybrid ROVs – From the Initial Concepts, the Realizations, their Missions and Future potential for Ocean Sciences
Primary Chair:  Ralf Bachmayer, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Co-chairs:  Andrew Bowen, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Jan Opderbecke, IFREMER, Toulon, France
Primary Liaison:  Ralf Bachmayer, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany


IS009
Innovation in In-Situ Instrumentation, Sensors, and Observation Networks to Advance High-Resolution Data Collection and Biogeochemical Insight in Marine Ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Amy V Mueller, Northeastern University, Civil & Env Engineering / Marine & Env Science, Boston, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Aleck Zhaohui Wang, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Brian T Glazer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Anna PM Michel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States


IS010
Into the Deep: New insights into integrated ocean mapping and habitat characterizations of the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins
Primary Chair:  Ashley Chappell, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Caitlin Adams1, Jeremy Potter2 and Kasey Lynn Cantwell1, (1)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States(2)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ashley Chappell, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States


IS011
Moving beyond technology: how quantitative image-based methods help reveal ocean ecology
Primary Chair:  Fabien Lombard, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI -LOV, Laboratoire de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris, France; Sorbonne University, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Villefranche sur Mer, Villefranche Sur Mer, France
Co-chairs:  Mark D Ohman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Heidi M Sosik, Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Fabien Lombard, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI -LOV, Laboratoire de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris, France


IS012
New technologies and methods in fisheries science
Primary Chair:  Camille Pagniello, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jack Butler, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Marathon, FL, United States, Katherine C Wilson, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Jules S Jaffe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Camille Pagniello, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States


IS013
Operational Satellite Oceanography
Primary Chair:  Christopher Brown, NOAA, NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Paul M DiGiacomo1, Veronica P Lance1 and François Montagner2, (1)NOAA, NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States(2)EUMETSAT, Remote Sensing and Products Division, Darmstadt, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Christopher Brown, NOAA, NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States


IS014
Power in Partnerships: Innovative Collaborations between Ocean Scientists and Ocean Industry
Primary Chair:  Gwen Nero, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Janet Sprintall, Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Neil Louis Trenaman, Ocean Aero, San Diego, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Gwen Nero, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States


IS015
Remote sensing to support ecosystem modeling for a sustainable ocean
Primary Chair:  Frode Bendiksen Vikebo, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Co-chairs:  Anna B Neuheimer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States and Kai Christensen, MET Norway, Ocean and Ice, Oslo, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Anna B Neuheimer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States


IS016
Sustained Ocean Observing: From Events to Assessing Long-term Ecosystem Patterns
Primary Chair:  Michael W Lomas, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Co-chairs:  Richard K Dewey, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, John H Trowbridge, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Damian Grundle, Bermuda Institute for Ocean Science, St. Georges, Bermuda
Primary Liaison:  Michael W Lomas, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States


IS017
The Tropical Pacific Observing System: Meeting the needs of researchers and stakeholders
Primary Chair:  Shelby Brunner, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Meghan F Cronin, NOAA PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States, Janet Sprintall, Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Adrienne J Sutton, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Shelby Brunner, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division, Silver Spring, MD, United States


AI002
Fluxes and Physical Processes Near the Air-Sea Interface: Observations and Modeling [Co-sponsored by the AMS Committee on Air-Sea Interaction]
Primary Chair:  Nathan Laxague, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Co-chairs:  Melanie R Fewings, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, David H Richter, University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States and David G Ortiz-Suslow, Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Nathan Laxague, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States


AI006
Recent breakthroughs in air-sea CO2 exchange
Primary Chair:  Jaime B Palter, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Co-chairs:  Jorge L Sarmiento, Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton, NJ, United States, Joellen L Russell, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Alison R Gray, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jaime B Palter, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States


CP001
Application of Remote Sensing to Coastal /Upwelling Regions
Primary Chair:  Jorge Vazquez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jose Gomez-Valdes, CICESE National Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Mexico, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, Farallon Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States and Marouan Bouali, USP University of Sao Paulo, IOUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
Primary Liaison:  Jorge Vazquez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States


CP003
Close-Range Remote Sensing of Nearshore Processes and Coastal Morphology
Primary Chair:  Brittany Lynn Bruder, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Duck, NC, United States
Co-chairs:  Jonathan A Warrick, U.S. Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Shawn R Harrison, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Rafael Almar, LEGOS, CNES, Toulouse, France
Primary Liaison:  Brittany Lynn Bruder, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Duck, NC, United States


CP013
Regional to Global Monitoring of Coral Reef Ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Greg Asner, Arizona State University, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Tempe, AZ, United States
Co-chairs:  Chris M Roelfsema1, Lauren Kickham2 and Stuart R Phinn1, (1)University of Queensland, Remote Sensing Research Centre, St Lucia, QLD, Australia(2)Vulcan Inc., Seattle
Primary Liaison:  Jiwei Li, Arizona State University, Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Tempe, AZ, United States


CP014
The connections between coral reef state, physical processes, and coastlines
Primary Chair:  Andrew William Mackay Pomeroy, The University of Western Australia, Oceans Graduate School, Crawley, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth, Australia; University of Western Australia, The UWA Oceans Institute, Crawley, WA, Australia
Co-chairs:  Curt Daron Storlazzi, USGS Pacific Science Ctr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Ap Van Dongeren, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  Andrew William Mackay Pomeroy, University of Western Australia, The UWA Oceans Institute, Crawley, WA, Australia; The University of Western Australia, Oceans Graduate School, Crawley, Australia; Australian Institute of Marine Science, Perth, Australia


CP016
The Inner Shelf: The Impacts of Interconnected Processes
Primary Chair:  Jacqueline McSweeney, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Co-chairs:  Emily P Lemagie, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, Melissa Moulton, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Amy Frances Waterhouse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jacqueline McSweeney, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States


CT006
Ocean Ventilation: Results and Innovations from Transient and Deliberate Tracers
Primary Chair:  Toste S Tanhua, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Co-chairs:  Douglas Wallace, Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, NS, Canada, Mark J Warner, Univ Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States and Rana A Fine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Toste S Tanhua, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany


CT009
Significance of Photochemistry in Marine Biogeochemical Cycles
Primary Chair:  Heather E Reader, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada
Co-chairs:  William L Miller, University of Georgia, Marine Science, Athens, GA, United States, David J Kieber, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse, NY, United States and Yuting Zhu, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Heather E Reader, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada


ED003
Capacity Development:  A key need for global ocean observing systems
Primary Chair:  Brian K Arbic, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Co-chairs:  Alexis Valauri-Orton, The Ocean Foundation, Washington, DC, United States, John Wilkin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Savannah Hartman, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brian K Arbic, University of Michigan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


ED010
Propelling the Blue Economy through Ocean Exploration, Unmanned Systems Technology and STEM Education
Primary Chair:  Brittany Alaina Croll, NOAA, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Brandon Elsner1, Tim Gallaudet2 and Kevin Wheeler2, (1)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, United States(2)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brittany Alaina Croll, NOAA, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States


ED011
Teaching with Data: Engaging students in learning ocean sciences through large data sets
Primary Chair:  Cheryl Lee Greengrove, University of Washington Tacoma Campus, Tacoma, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Denise Bristol, Hillsborough Community College, Biological and Earth Sciences, Ruskin, FL, United States, Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, Stockton University, Pomona, United States and Logan D Brenner, Barnard College, New York, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Janice D McDonnell, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Youth Development, New Brunswick, NJ, United States


HE001
Arctic-North Atlantic connectivity: Variability, changes, and impacts of freshwater and heat exchange
Primary Chair:  Dmitry S Dukhovskoy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Co-chairs:  Igor Yashayaev, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Laura de Steur, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway and Kristina A Brown, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Dmitry S Dukhovskoy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States


HE002
Biogeochemical Fluxes and Ecological Processes in the Rapidly Changing Coastal Arctic
Primary Chair:  Maria Tzortziou, CUNY City College of New York, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, NY, United States
Co-chairs:  Atsushi Matsuoka, Universite Laval, Department of Biology, Québec, QC, Canada and Blake Clark, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & USRA, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Maria Tzortziou, CUNY City College of New York, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, NY, United States


HE010
Sustaining an Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System - Opportunities, Challenges and Benefits
Primary Chair:  Bruce M Howe, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
Co-chairs:  Agnieszka Beszczynska-Moeller, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland and Hanne Sagen, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Bruce M Howe, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States


IS012
New technologies and methods in fisheries science
Primary Chair:  Camille Pagniello, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jack Butler, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Marathon, FL, United States, Katherine C Wilson, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Jules S Jaffe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Camille Pagniello, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States


IS017
The Tropical Pacific Observing System: Meeting the needs of researchers and stakeholders
Primary Chair:  Shelby Brunner, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Meghan F Cronin, NOAA PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States, Janet Sprintall, Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Adrienne J Sutton, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Shelby Brunner, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division, Silver Spring, MD, United States


ME003
Biologging Ecology and Oceanography: Integrative approaches to animal-bourne observations in a changing ocean
Primary Chair:  T Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Kenneth Alex Shorter, University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Amy Kukulya, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Lauran Brewster, Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst., Fort Pierce, FL, United States


ME009
Hyperspectral Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments
Primary Chair:  Steven G Ackleson, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., DC, United States
Co-chairs:  Heidi M Dierssen, University of Connecticut Avery Point, Groton, CT, United States, Raphael Martin Kudela, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Michelle M Gierach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Steven G Ackleson, S A Ocean Services, Falls Church, VA, United States


ME014
Underwater Flux Studies and their Ecological Implications
Primary Chair:  Peter Berg, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Co-Chair:  Clare E Reimers, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Peter Berg, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States


ME015
Using satellite remote sensing and in situ data to evaluate marine biodiversity and ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Maury Gordon Estes Jr, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Co-chairs:  William W Turner, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, DC, United States, Gabrielle Canonico, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Frank E Muller-Karger, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, IMaRS, St Petersburg, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Maury Gordon Estes Jr, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States


MG002
Marine Geohazards
Primary Chair:  Drake M Singleton, San Diego State University, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jillian M Maloney1, Emily Ann-Yi Wei2 and Shannon Klotsko2, (1)University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States(2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Drake M Singleton, San Diego State University, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States


OB001
Approaches to study marine oxygen deficient zones from macro to micro scales
Primary Chair:  Annie Bourbonnais, University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States
Co-chairs:  Andreas Haas, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, Den Burg, Netherlands, Mark A Altabet, Univ Massachusetts Darmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States and Brett Walker, University of Ottawa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Annie Bourbonnais, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States


OB003
Bentho-Pelagic Interactions from Coastal to Deep Ocean Environments
Primary Chair:  Natalya Gallo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Marine Biology Research Division, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Amanda Nicole Netburn, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, United States, Jeffrey Drazen, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States and Anela Choy, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Natalya Gallo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Marine Biology Research Division, La Jolla, CA, United States


OB005
Biogeochemistry in the BGC-Argo era: from process studies to ecosystem forecasts
Primary Chair:  Paolo Lazzari, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy
Co-chairs:  Katja Fennel, Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, NS, Canada, Giorgio Dall'Olmo, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom and Alexandre Mignot, Mercator Océan International, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Primary Liaison:  Paolo Lazzari, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy


OB011
From the twilight zone to the troposphere: ocean optics applications to biogeochemical cycling in and through the surface ocean
Primary Chair:  Norman B Nelson, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jason Graff, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Margaret L Estapa, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States and Ivona Cetinic, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Norman B Nelson, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


OB013
Life, material transport and element cycling in the hadal realm
Primary Chair:  Ronnie N Glud, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Biology, Odense, Denmark
Co-chairs:  Frank Wenzhofer, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Bremerhaven, Germany, Matthias Zabel, Univ Bremen, Bremen, Germany and Doug Bartlett, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ronnie N Glud, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Biology, Odense, Denmark


OB020
New Tools and Approaches to Constrain the Marine Nitrogen Cycle: From the Surface to the Sediments
Primary Chair:  Christopher J Somes, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Co-chairs:  Mar Benavides, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Marseille, France, Angela Landolfi, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany and Carolin R. Löscher, Univ Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Primary Liaison:  Christopher J Somes, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany


OB024
Quantifying Carbon Export Pathways in the Global Ocean
Primary Chair:  David Siegel, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Deborah K Steinberg, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Biological Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, Ivona Cetinic, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Stephanie Henson, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
Primary Liaison:  David Siegel, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


OB028
The role of cell size and plankton community structure as drivers of ocean metabolism
Primary Chair:  Angelicque E White, University of Hawaii, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Co-Chair:  Laurie W Juranek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Angelicque E White, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States


OC003
Interdisciplinary approaches for understanding the biological consequences of global ocean change
Primary Chair:  Emily Bethana Rivest, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Biological Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
Co-chairs:  David A Hutchins1, Catherine V Davis2 and Naomi Marcil Levine1, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States(2)UC Davis, Petaluma, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Emily Bethana Rivest, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Biological Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States


OD002
Artificial Intelligence systems for advancing the study of aquatic ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Moritz S Schmid, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States
Co-chairs:  Eric Coughlin Orenstein, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Christian Briseño-Avena, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States and Emlyn Davies, SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Moritz S Schmid, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States


OD003
Cloud Data: Challenges and Successes
Primary Chair:  Barry Eakins, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-Chair:  Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Barry Eakins, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States


OD007
Integrating, Disseminating, and Visualizing Quality Data at the Regional Scale to Support Resilient Coastal Communities
Primary Chair:  Gerhard Kuska, Mid Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System, Newark, DE, United States
Co-chairs:  Debra Lee Hernandez, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association. SECOORA, Charleston, SC, United States, Barbara A Kirkpatrick, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System, Sarasota, FL, United States and John Ruairidh Morrison, NERACOOS, Portsmouth, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Gerhard Kuska, Mid Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System, Newark, DE, United States


OM003
Advances in Ocean Data Assimilation, Forecasting, and Reanalysis
Primary Chair:  Ibrahim Hoteit, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Co-chairs:  Mohamed Iskandarani, University of Miami - RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Zhijin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States and Aneesh Subramanian, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ibrahim Hoteit, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Department of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia


PS005
Multi-scale Oceanic Processes and Air-sea Interactions in Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension Region: Observations and Modeling
Primary Chair:  Zhao Jing, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Co-chairs:  Xiaohui Ma1, Zhaohui Chen1 and Ping Chang2, (1)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China(2)Texas A & M Univ, College Station, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Zhao Jing, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China


PS007
Observing the Ocean Surface Topography at High Resolution – opportunities and challenges for the future SWOT Mission
Primary Chair:  Rosemary Morrow, LEGOS CNRS/CNES/IRD/University Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
Co-chairs:  Lee-Lueng Fu, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, J. Thomas Farrar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Francesco d'Ovidio, LOCEAN, Paris, France
Primary Liaison:  Rosemary Morrow, LEGOS CNRS/CNES/IRD/University Toulouse III, Toulouse, France


PS008
Physical processes governing the distribution and transport of dispersed particles in the ocean
Primary Chair:  Kara L Lavender Law, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Stefano Aliani, Institute of Marine Sciences CNR, La Spezia, Italy, Tracy Mandel, University of New Hampshire, Mechanical Engineering, Durham, CA, United States and Nimish Pujara, University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Madison, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Kara L Lavender Law, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA, United States


SI002
Interaction between environment and offshore wind energy
Primary Chair:  Ruo-Qian Wang, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Piscataway, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Joseph F Brodie, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States and Travis N Miles, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ruo-Qian Wang, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Piscataway, United Kingdom


SI004
Ocean Renewable Energy and Synergies with Ocean Technologies
Primary Chair:  Andrea E Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Coastal Division, Seattle, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Zhaoqing Yang, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Coastal Division, Seattle, WA, United States, Simon P Neill, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom and M Reza Hashemi, University of Rhode Island, Department of Ocean Engineering and Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andrea E Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Coastal Division, Seattle, WA, United States


SI007
Research for the Greater Good: Enabling the Advancement of Innovative Technology & Conservation for Ocean Resilience
Primary Chair:  Allison Miller, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Palo alto, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Leonard J Pace, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Washington, DC, United States and Carlie Wiener, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Palo alto, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Allison Miller, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Palo alto, CA, United States


T006
Easy access to satellite and other oceanographic datasets using the ERDDAP data server
Primary Presenter:  Cara Wilson, NOAA/NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, United States
Co-Presenter:  Dale H Robinson, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Santa Cruz, CA, United States


T009
Finding just the data you need: new developments in online oceanographic data discovery tools
Primary Presenter:  Phillippa Bricher, Southern Ocean Observing System, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Australia
Co-presenters:  Patricia L Yager, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States and Patrick Gorringe, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden


T013
Oceanic carbon sequestration - the role of the Particle Injection Pumps
Primary Presenter:  Philip W. Boyd, University of Tasmania, Biogeochemistry, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Co-Presenter:  Thomas S Weber, University of Rochester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States


T015
Past, Present, and Future Satellite Radar Altimeters
Primary Presenter:  Edward Zaron, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States


T016
Plankton measurements now
Primary Presenter:  Emmanuel Boss, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States
Co-presenters:  Anya M Waite, Ocean Frontier Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada and Fabien Lombard, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI -LOV, Laboratoire de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris, France


T019
Turbulence Microstructure Measurements in the 21st Century
Primary Presenter:  Justine McMillan, Rockland Scientific Inc, Victoria, BC, Canada
Co-Presenter:  Matthew H Alford, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States