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OCB Operational Phytoplankton Observations WG to convene town hall at OSM2024

Posted by hbenway 
· Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 

OSM Town Hall, Friday February 23rd 2024, 12:45 - 13:45 CST

Convention Center, Room: R02-R03, Second Floor

Building a Community of Practice for the Collection and Assessment of Operational Phytoplankton Observations 

The number of particle imaging instruments (PII) for quantifying and identifying phytoplankton in aquatic environments has grown over the last decade. PIIs are poised to revolutionize our understanding of planktonic ecosystems and will allow us to effectively monitor global changes over time. Each PII and sampling method has inherent limitations associated with the detection and imaging of particles, and the environment being sampled. Such standards have been established for optical and biochemical measurements, many of which have been reported in a series of protocol  documents, including the IOCCG Protocols for Satellite Ocean Colour Sensor Validation. The OCB Operational Phytoplankton Observations (OPO) working group was formed to develop a set of best practices for both the collection and downstream processing of phytoplankton images produced by PIIs that will result in consistent, quantitative observations of phytoplankton taxonomy and biomass. 

Our goal for this Town Hall will be to provide a space and framework for discussion around emerging topics related to best practices when using PIIs through interactive breakout groups.

Potential discussion topics:

  • Data and derived products
  • Imaging data management and sharing
  • Operational considerations for imaging instrument deployment
  • Uncertainties in imaging data

RSVP here by Friday February 16th to help us gauge numbers and help us refine the discussion topics.

 

Register for the next BECS Webinar

Posted by hbenway 
· Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 

The OCB Benthic Ecosystem & Carbon Synthesis (BECS) are hosting a webinar!

WHEN
November 28, 2023, 10:00-11:00 AM EST

SPEAKERS
Chris Somes (GEOMAR) - The impact of reductive sedimentary iron release on changing ocean biogeochemistry simulations of the Anthropocene

Kanchan Maiti (LSU) - Oxygen and carbon dynamics in Mississippi river influenced shelf sediments

REGISTER

Learn more about the BECS Working Group

IOCS-2023 Meeting: poster abstract & travel grant deadline approaching

Posted by hbenway 
· Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 

Registration is still open for the International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS-2023) meeting, scheduled to take place from 14 – 17 November 2023 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, with training courses included on 13 November 2023, and the GEO AquaWatch Biennial 1-day Meeting occuring at the same venue.

The IOCS-2023 program includes invited keynote speakers, breakout workshops, town hall sessions, and poster presentations for participants to share their research. The deadline to submit an abstract for the poster session, or to request travel support is 15 September 2023, only 10 days away!

Discounted accommodation for meeting participants is also available through the IOCS-2023 meeting website at https://iocs.ioccg.org/logistics/. Book by 1 October 2023 for the discounted rate.

REMINDER OF IMPORTANT DATES

15 Sep 2023   Deadline for travel support & poster abstracts
1 Oct 2023      Last day for discounted accommodation
14 Oct 2023    Regular registration ends (late rate applies hereafter)

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The IOCS-2023 Planning Committee

BioGeoSCAPES Data Management and Informatics Webinar

Posted by hbenway 
· Thursday, August 17th, 2023 

Virtual Panel/Webinar on International Data Management and Repository Collaborations for BioGeoSCAPES

August 30, 2023 11am EDT

One of the challenges facing large research programs is the ability to manage and archive datasets. In this panel we will gather experts with experience in data management for oceanographic research programs and hear about their experiences. We will have a discussion with the community about the challenges they have faced and what challenges an interdisciplinary program like BioGeoSCAPES will face. Audience participation will be invited to collect ideas from the community using online tools. A future webinar will be focused on data integration and management strategies. Together these webinars will help contribute to a workshop on data management and informatics.

Overall Theme: What can we learn from other ocean, data-rich programs to help create a successful international BioGeoSCAPES data model?

Panelists:

  • Stéphane Pesant – European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
  • Reiner Schlitzer – Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
  • Danie Kinkade – Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
  • Karen Stocks – CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office (CCHDO)

Register for the webinar

Please share your input by July 20! OCB External Review

Posted by hbenway 
· Friday, June 23rd, 2023 

As part of a formal program review process, the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Project Office in partnership with SustainaMetrix and the agencies that support OCB are gathering feedback on the impacts and effectiveness of the OCB Program, both from a scientific and a programmatic perspective. You have been selected to participate based on your affiliation with OCB or network linkage with an OCB partner organization. While your participation is entirely voluntary, we hope that you are willing to complete this survey. It should require between 15-20 minutes. By completing the survey, your feedback will greatly assist the OCB Program to more effectively assess its impact to date and help to shape a trajectory into the future to better serve the needs and interests of the community.

All data collected from this survey will remain confidential and will be essential to informing future directions, activities, and agency investments. All data submitted will be used in the survey analysis. SustainaMetrix will collect the data, conduct raw data compilation, and the synthesis will be made available to the general public through a published Story Map in late Fall 2023. Please note that you have the option of providing your name if you would like the Project Office to follow up with you on a specific issue.  Please complete by July 20, 2023.

By completing this survey, you give your consent to participate in this assessment process. If you have any questions or concerns about this survey, please contact Heather Benway, (Executive Officer, OCB Project Office) at hbenway@whoi.edu.

TAKE THE SURVEY

Webinar July 11 Benthic Organisms & Biogeochemistry – BECS Working Group

Posted by hbenway 
· Friday, June 23rd, 2023 

Join us on Tuesday, July 11 at 10 am ET for the next Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis (BECS) Working Group Webinar, theme is Benthic Organisms and Biogeochemistry.

Speakers:

Clare Woulds, University of Leeds (google scholar)

Chih-Lin Wei, National Taiwan University (google scholar)
To learn more about the BECS Working Group, please visit the BECS webpage. As with all OCB webinars, this will be recorded and posted on the OCB YouTube Channel, which now includes a BECS playlist!

Register for the webinar

New publication from the OCB Mixotrophs & Mixotrophy Working Group

Posted by hbenway 
· Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 

Mixoplankton and mixotrophy: future research priorities

Nicole C Millette, Rebecca J Gast, Jessica Y Luo, Holly V Moeller, Karen Stamieszkin, Ken H Andersen, Emily F Brownlee, Natalie R Cohen, Solange Duhamel, Stephanie Dutkiewicz ... Show more

Journal of Plankton Research, fbad020, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbad020

Published: 09 June 2023

Learn more about this working group on their web page! And check out the press release from Bigelow Laboratory on this and another recent mixotrophy publication.

GO-BGC Webinar – June 20

Posted by hbenway 
· Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 

GO-BGC Webinar – June 20
New tools for data access and visualization

Please join us on June 20th, 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern for the quarterly GO-BGC/BGC-Argo webinar, hosted by the US Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Project Office. This webinar will include two presentations on new tools for BGC-Argo data access and visualization. Dr. Reiner Schlitzer will present on webODV, a new online tool based on Ocean Data View that can be used to visualize, explore, and export BGC-Argo data through a GUI interface. Hartmut Frenzel will present on the One-Argo toolbox, an open source toolbox designed to efficiently access, process, and visualize BGC, Core, and Deep Argo data. Float data can be searched using a variety of criteria including sensor type, location, and date. Recordings will be available on the OCB and GO-BGC websites.

Agenda for June 20, 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern

Yui Takeshita (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA):  Updates on GO-BGC

Reiner Schlitzer (Alfred Wegener Inst., GERMANY):  Online analysis and visualization of BGC-Argo data with webODV

Hartmut Frenzel (NOAA/PMEL, USA):  OneArgo toolbox for accessing and analyzing Argo data – overview and new features

Discussion and Q&A

REGISTER for June 20 webinar

Organizers
Yui Takeshita, MBARI
Alison Gray, U. Washington
Yibin Huang, NOAA PMEL
Channing Prend, SIO
Jonathan Sharp, NOAA PMEL
Lynne Talley, SIO

OCB Project Office – Heather Benway, Mai Maheigan, Mary Zawoysky

C-CoMP Faculty Fellow Program

Posted by hbenway 
· Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 

Program Description

We are pleased to invite applications for the new C-CoMP Faculty Fellow Program. The C-CoMP Faculty Fellow Program supports researchers whose lines of inquiry complement C-CoMP's scientific and education research agendas. We strongly value diversity and encourage people from minoritized and marginalized groups to apply. The Faculty Fellowship will provide one month of salary ($40K, including benefits and institutional indirect costs) per year for up to 2 years to support research and networking activities that advance C-CoMP's mission in a manner consistent with our guiding principles. Faculty Fellows are expected to participate in C-CoMP meetings and working groups, and are encouraged to contribute to C-CoMP's goals in education, outreach, and diversity.

Eligibility

Individuals must have a PhD and be employed at a US-based institution as research- or tenure-track faculty and researchers currently affiliated with -CoMP laboratories are not eligible. C-CoMP is committed to promoting equity and inclusion in ocean science research to enhance diversitv in the ocean science workforce. We seek to amplifv voices and perspectives from historically marginalized groups, including underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities as well as from individuals who would bring other dimensions of diversity to ocean science (e.g., sexual, gender, ableness, socioeconomic). We strongly encourage individuals from traditionally minoritized and marginalized backgrounds to apply.

Application Materials

Individuals should provide a curriculum vitae (up to 5 pages) and a research statement (up to 2 pages) that articulates specific complementary benefits of participation to the applicant and C-CoMP. In our research statement, please include 1-2 sentences expressing your commitment to the C-CoMP guiding principles. We also request that individuals submit a voluntary self identification data sheet. Combine application materials into a single pdf file and email to contact_c-comp@whoi.edu (CC Sofia Ibarrarán-Viniegra, sibarraran@whoi.edu) with the subject line FF2023_lastname. Applications will be accepted until June 15, 2023. Fellows will be notified of their appointments in mid-August. Please visit the C-CoMP Faculty Fellow Program webpage to learn more!

GO-BGC/BGC-Argo Science Workshop

Posted by hbenway 
· Friday, April 28th, 2023 

A GO-BGC/BGC-Argo Float Data Workshop will be held August 21-23, 2023 at UMass Boston, USA. The format of the workshop will be a hands-on exercise with open practices, inclusive participation, and thoughtful problem exploration. Attendees will generate research ideas utilizing Biogeochemical Argo float data and start working on projects as teams. This will be an active experience designed to familiarize participants with float data analysis techniques, illustrate scientific applications of float data, facilitate collaboration among diverse participants, and develop new tools for data analysis.

Workshop participants will be staying in the student dorms at UMass Boston. Rooms will be single occupancy with private bathrooms. Your room, breakfast and lunch for the workshop will be covered as part of the GO-BGC NSF Grant. Some travel awards are available for domestic travel to and from the workshop with a focus on early career participants.

The workshop is designed for in-person participation due to the collaborative nature of the projects. Some content will be recorded.

Applications are now open. Evaluation of applications and travel award requests will begin on 20 May 2023.

For more information please visit the website: https://www.go-bgc.org/event/go-bgc-science-workshop

GO-BGC organizers: David Nicholson (WHOI), Yui Takeshita (MBARI), Alison Gray (UW)

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