Virtual Workshop on the New Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Array

Building a Community of Biogeochemistry Float Data Users

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To inform and engage a broad oceanographic user community, the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) and the US Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Programs, along with GO-BGC leadership, held a virtual GO-BGC Scientific Workshop from June 28-30, 2021. The objectives of the workshop were to:

 

  • Introduce the GO-BGC plan to the global scientific community
  • Discuss and innovate on scientific applications of GO-BGC data
  • Provide background information on the flow of data and archiving
  • Deliver hands-on tutorials and computer code for accessing GO-BGC data

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Recordings of the talks and discussions can be found in the links below.

All recorded talks
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Pre-recorded Videos

Preconference Viewing

Lionel Arteaga Phytoplankton Blooms and Productivity Inferred from BGC-Argo Bio-optical Sensors
Cara Wilson Fisheries & Fishery Management and the BGC-Argo Array
Matt Mazloff GO-BGC for Modeling and Assimilation
Yui Takeshita pH measurements and derived CO2 parameters from BGC profiling floats
Yui Takeshita Nitrate measurements from BGC profiling floats
Yui Takeshita O2 measurements from BGC profiling floats
Tanya Maurer GO-BGC Data Management
Seth Bushinsky How biogeochemical float pH and derived carbon products are changing our understanding of the carbon cycle
Lynne Talley Basic questions about GO-BGC (c) Cruise Planning
Steve Riser Profiling Float Technology

Day 1 Theme: What is GO-BGC: Outline and Plans

Monday, June 28, 2021

Chair—Sarah Purkey, Scripps Inst. Oceanography

10:00-10:05  am (PACIFIC TIME) Welcome & Introduction
10:05-10:35 Keynote (Ken Johnson, MBARI)
10:35-11:30

Basic questions about GO-BGC (short summaries of pre-recorded talks above)

Float technology (Steve Riser, UW)
O2, NO3, pH, FLBB sensor review (Yui Takeshita, MBARI)
Cruise planning (Lynne Talley, Scripps Inst. Oceanography)
Data management (Tanya Maurer, MBARI)
11:30-12:00 Panel Discussion
12:00-12:15 Break
12:15-1:15

Science applications (short summaries of pre-recorded talks above)

O2/nutrients/pH/Chl (Lionel Arteaga, NASA GSFC)
Fisheries (Cara Wilson, NOAA SWFSC)
Carbon (Seth Bushinsky, Univ. Hawai’i)
Models (Matt Mazloff, Scripps Inst. Oceanography)

Day 2 Theme: GO-BGC Science

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Chair—David “Roo” Nicholson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.

10:00-10:05  am (PACIFIC TIME) Introduction
10:05-11:30

Short talks from prospective national GO-BGC users

Nathan Briggs (UK)
Marti Gali (Spain)
Mariana Bif (Brazil/US)
Fei Chai (China)
Emily Osborne (US)
Christina Schallenberg (Australia)
Miguel Piecho-Santos (Portugal)

11:30-11:45 Break
11:45-12:30 Breakout rooms for specific discussions among users
12:30-1:15 Panel Discussion: report from breakout rooms

Day 3 Theme: GO-BGC and Community Interaction

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Chair—Todd Martz, Scripps Inst. Oceanography

 

10:00-10:05 am (PACIFIC TIME) Introduction
10:05-10:30 Outreach (George Matsumoto, MBARI)
10:30-11:45

Data tutorials

Introduction (Alison Gray, UW)
Matlab, Python, and R

MATLAB, R, and Python code developed for BGC Argo data access tutorials on the GO-BGC GitHub page: https://github.com/go-bgc
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-12:30

Engagement with other programs

Pete Strutton (Australia)
Katja Fennel (Canada)
Hedy Edmonds (US/NSF)
Emily Smith (US/NOAA)
12:30-1:15 Meeting summary, questions, final discussion