Digital Ocean



DO001
Advances in Ocean Data Assimilation and Prediction Science
Primary Chair:  Ibrahim Hoteit, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Earth Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Co-chairs:  Marie Drevillon, Mercator Océan, Toulouse, France, Matthew Martin, Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom and Gregory C Smith, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada


DO002
Advances in the Digital Ocean for Coastal Monitoring and Forecasting
Primary Chair:  Kelli Johnson, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems-Analysis and Modelling, Geesthacht, Germany
Co-chairs:  Kai Christensen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Ocean and Ice, Oslo, Norway, Mrs. Emma Reyes, PhD, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing And Forecasting System (SOCIB), Palma, Spain and Ivan Federico, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Lecce, Italy


DO003
Advancing Multi-Decadal Global Ocean and Climate Datasets and their Uncertainties
Primary Chair:  Matthew D Palmer, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom; University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Aimee Slangen, NIOZ, Yerseke, Netherlands, Richard Cornes, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom and Donata Giglio, CU Boulder, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, United States


DO004
Applying GIS to Analyze and Communicate Ocean Conditions
Student/Early Career Chair:  Ankita P Katkar, Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, United States
Primary Chair:  Keith VanGraafeiland, ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  George McLeod IV, Old Dominion University, GeoSEA Center, Norfolk, United States and Tom Allen, Old Dominion University, Geography, Norfolk, United States


DO005
Bridging the Ocean with Data: Connected Regional Services Driving a Resilient, Interoperable Global Ocean Digital Ecosystem
Primary Chair:  Dr. Adam Leadbetter, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Decade Coordination Office for Ocean Data Sharing, Ostend, Belgium
Co-chairs:  Corinne J Bassin, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Palo alto, United States, Kate Larkin, Seascape Belgium, EMODnet Secretariat, Oostende, Belgium and Benoit Pirenne, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada


DO006
Cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence for Oceanographic Monitoring, Modeling, Forecasting, and Marine Knowledge Generation
Student/Early Career Chair:  Haoyu Wang, Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Primary Chair:  Jan Saynisch Wagner, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Co-chairs:  Xiaofeng Li, Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, Janet Sprintall, Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, United States and Maike Sonnewald, University of California Davis, Computer Science, Davis, United States


DO007
Digital Twins of the Ocean: Science and Innovation for a Sustainable Future
Primary Chair:  Joanna Staneva, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany
Co-chairs:  Sigmund Kluckner, IEEE, Vienna, Austria, Fei Chai, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China and Justin James Henry Buck, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom


DO008
Finding the Needle in the Sea Stack: How New Methods and Techniques are Solving Marine Ecology’s Problem of Pattern and Scale
Primary Chair:  Alli N Cramer, Arizona State University, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States
Co-chairs:  Sheila Miller Edwards, Arizona State University, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Phoenix, United States and Aaron Ninokawa, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse, United States


DO009
From Global Models to Local Seas: Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches to Ocean Downscaling
Primary Chair:  Dr. Amber M. Holdsworth, MSc PhD , Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada
Co-chairs:  Albert J Hermann, University of Washington, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES), Seattle, United States and Susan Allen, University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada


DO010
Numerical and Computational Challenges in the Development of Ocean Models and their Coupling to Earth System Components
Student/Early Career Chair:  Carolin Mehlmann, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg, Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics, Magdeburg, Germany
Primary Chair:  Knut Klingbeil, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende (IOW), Rostock, Germany
Co-chairs:  Ana Barbosa Aguiar, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, Florian Lemarié, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inria, Grenoble, France and Vera Sidorenko, Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany


DO011
Physics-Guided Machine Learning and Differentiable Programming for Ocean Modelling
Primary Chair:  Julien LeSommer, Grenoble, FRANCE
Co-chairs:  Nora Loose, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, James Roland Maddison, University of Edinburgh, School of Mathematics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Dr. Andrea Storto, PhD, CNR Institute for Marine Science, Rome, Italy


DO012
Regionally Downscaled Ocean Climate Predictions and Projections
Student/Early Career Chair:  Leonie Barghorn, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Rostock, Germany
Primary Chair:  Anna Katavouta, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Konstantinos Christakos, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway, Jun She, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark and Leonie Barghorn, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Rostock, Germany