OT023
Tools in Harmony: Integrating Observations and Models for Improved Understanding of a Changing Ocean
Session ID#: 253627
Session Description:
Despite serving as two major research tools in ocean science, ocean observing and modeling tend to act as distinct scientific communities, composed of researchers with different skill sets, training, preferred methodologies, and vocabularies. As marine ecosystems are experiencing increasingly severe and rapid changes, it is critical to come together as a community to co-develop ocean biogeochemical observing networks and models that support research and monitoring, decision making, operational forecasting, and other stakeholder applications. Today’s ocean research and monitoring activities face a fundamental challenge: the need for seamless integration of observing systems and models to understand and predict ocean processes. We welcome submissions that highlight cross-disciplinary studies utilizing both observations and models to address pressing research questions and contemporary challenges in ocean science (Ombres et al., 2025*). Presentations should describe mechanisms of collaboration and data-model integration and share lessons learned from the dual application of models and observations.
*Ombres, E., H. Benway, K. Bisson, A. Larkin, L. Perotti, L. Wright-Fairbanks (eds.) (2024). Connecting Observations to Models: Biogeochemical Observing and Modeling Workshop, 2024 Summary Report and Suggested Steps Forward. Published Date: 2024 Series: NOAA technical memorandum OAR-OAP; 6, DOI : https://doi.org/10.25923/wpdj-ja69.
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Index Terms:
4260 Ocean data assimilation and reanalysis [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Primary Chair: Heather M Benway, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-chairs: Erica Hudson Ombres, NOAA, OAR Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, United States, Alyse Larkin, Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Department of Commerce, Washington DC, United States and Elizabeth Wright-Fairbanks, NOAA OAR Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, United States
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