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February 20-24, 2012 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Visit www.sgmeet.com/osm2012 or contact osm2012@sgmeet.com for more information. Call for Papers Abstract Submission Deadline: October 7, 2011 Call For Papers TOS/AGU/ASLO Contents 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Call for Papers..............................................................................................................................................................................................................2 Summary of Important Dates...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2 . Meeting Sponsors................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2 . 2012 OSM Meeting Organizers........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2 The Scientific Program........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 Plenary Lectures and Presentations.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 About Salt Lake City . .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 About the Meeting Site.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Session Codes, Information, Organizers and Abstarcts.......................................................................................................................................................................................4-37 . General Sessions . ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37 Other Sessions, Town Halls, Workshops, and Auxiliary Meetings........................................................................................................................................................................38 NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research - New Program of Telepresence-enabled Systematic Exploration ............................................................................................................ 38 Humor and Science: A Comical Look at Ourselves ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 The Role of Social Media in Ocean Science and Conservation . ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 RPM Challenge for Ocean Sciences . ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 The Future of Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Advancing the Science with the Next Generation of Sensors ................................................................................................................................ 39 Highlighted Topics Published within the Annual Reviews of Marine Science . .................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Abstract Preparation Specifications...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................39 Your Presentation...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 Oral Presentations . .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Poster Presentations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 41 Audio-Visual Equipment .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Exhibits and Additional Sponsorship Opportunities................................................................................................................................................................................................41 . Special Opportunities and Information for Students & Early Career Professionals .........................................................................................................................................41 Student Travel Awards......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 ASLO Early Career Travel Grants..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Outstanding Student Presentation Awards..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Student Poster Judging......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Student Mentoring................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Student Lounge/Career Center.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 . Student Social Mixer............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 42 Student Workshops............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Roommates Wanted............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42 . ASLO Multicultural Program............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Town Halls, Workshops and Auxiliary Meetings.......................................................................................................................................................................................................42 Social Events........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42 Travel Information for Non-U.S. Attendees ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................42 Customs Information – Entry Regulations..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 ESTA......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Currency and Banking ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43 Transportation .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43 Airlines..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Ground..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Airport Shuttle and Taxi Service ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Light Rail System................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Car Rentals.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 44 Registration Information..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44 Special Needs......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 Child Care Information....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 . Hotel and Accommodation Information......................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 Meeting Hotel Map ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46 For More Information.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Registration Form......................................................................................................................................................................................................49 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Abstract Submission Form......................................................................................................................................................................................51 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Student Travel Award Application........................................................................................................................................................................53 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting ASLO Early Career Travel Grant Application . .................................................................................................................................................54 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Exhibitor Registration Form...................................................................................................................................................................................55 2012 Camp OSM – Child Care ASLO Grant Request Form . ................................................................................................................................................................................56 1 TOS/AGU/ASLO 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Call for Papers AGU galvanizes a community of Earth and space scientists that collaboratively advances and communicates science and its power to ensure a sustainable future. 20 – 24 February 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA ASLO This joint meeting is an international gathering of more than 4,000 attendees and is being sponsored by TOS, AGU and ASLO. For more than 50 years, ASLO has been a leading professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science, working to provide for their needs at all phases of professional development. ASLO is best known for its highly rated research journals, its interdisciplinary meetings and its special symposia. The society supports increasingly important programs in public education and outreach and public policy. It strives to encourage student participation and to increase opportunities for minorities in the aquatic sciences. TOS, AGU and ASLO invite the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentation. You must submit before the abstract deadline of 23:59 pm Central Daylight Time on 7 October 2011 (04:59 Greenwich Mean Time on 8 October 2011) in order for your abstract to be considered. Registration and payment of all fees are due at the time of abstract submission and are payable in U.S. Dollars. Links to TOS, AGU and ASLO websites will be provided so that you may join or renew membership in one or more societies to take advantage of the discounted registration rate for participating society members. Historically, ASLO has been known as The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. In 2011, the ASLO membership voted overwhelmingly in favor of changing the name of the society to the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography to better represent its international membership. Summary of Important Dates Call for Papers Issued.................................................................. Summer 2011 2012 OSM Meeting Organizers Abstract Submission Deadline and Early Registration Ends........................................................... 7 October 2011 . Co-Chairs: Authors Notified.......................................................................December 2011 Mel Briscoe (TOS) Consortium for Ocean Leadership mbriscoe@oceanleadership.org Student & Early Career Travel Awardees Notified...........December 2011 Program Schedule Posted............................................................January 2012 Meeting.......................................................................... 20 – 24 February 2012 . Eric Itsweire (AGU) National Science Foundation eitsweir@nsf.gov Meeting Sponsors Mary Scranton (ASLO) Stony Brook University mary.scranton@stonybrook.edu TOS The Oceanography Society was founded in 1988 to disseminate knowledge of oceanography and its application through research and education, to promote communication among oceanographers, and to provide a constituency for consensus-building across all the disciplines of the field. In addition to sponsoring scientific conferences, TOS presents prestigious awards such as The Walter Munk Award presented in recognition of distinguished research in ocean acoustics, and The Jerlov Award for contributions to the field of ocean optics. OCEANOGRAPHY magazine, published quarterly by TOS, has become widely respected throughout the marine science community. Organizing Committee: Kay Bidle Rutgers University bidle@marine.rutgers.edu Amy Burgess Western Washington University burgesa@students.wwu.edu Regina Easley University of South Florida reasley@marine.usf.edu AGU The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is an international scientific society with over 60,000 members representing over 148 countries, committed to advancing Earth and Space science. Established in 1919 as a committee within the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, AGU was independently incorporated in 1972. Since its founding, AGU is dedicated to furthering the sciences of geophysics through the individual efforts of our members and in cooperation with other national and international scientific organizations. These goals are met through publishing scientific journals and other technical publications, sponsoring scientific meetings of various sizes throughout the year and a variety of other educational and scientific activities. Ken Golden University of Utah golden@math.utah.edu Peter Huybers Harvard University phuybers@fas.harvard.edu Kimberly Keats Memorial University kkeats@mun.ca 2 Call For Papers TOS/AGU/ASLO Susanne Keeley AGU SKeeley@agu.org field observations. His work led to the inclusion of chlorophyll fluorescence bands in MODIS (the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s EOS Terra and Aqua satellites) to support next-generation ocean primary productivity algorithms that used these fluorescence data to estimate the physiological health of upper ocean phytoplankton. He is funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to explore advanced computer architectures for use in undersea platforms. He is serving a six-year term on the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation and provides scientific advice to the White House and to Congress. He is vice chair of the Oregon Global Warming Commission, which is leading the state’s efforts in mitigation and adaptation strategies in response to climate change. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Consortium for Ocean Leadership as well as the Board of Trustees for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. He is President-Elect of The Oceanography Society. Jim Lerczak Oregon State University jlerczak@coas.oregonstate.edu Jim McManus Oregon State University mcmanus@coas.oregonstate.edu Jenny Ramarui TOS jenny@tos.org Helen Schneider-Lemay ASLO business@aslo.org Julie Vanderhoff Brigham Young University jvanderhoff@byu.edu Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University Brenda Weaver AGU bweaver@agu.org Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird, an Associate Professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, is the author or co-author of more than 35 journal publications applying acoustics to study the ecology of pelagic ocean ecosystems. Her work examines a wide range of animals including zooplankton, fish, squid, and marine mammals, in all cases emphasizing the mechanisms creating spatial and temporal dynamics in pelagic marine ecosystems, the effects these dynamics have on interactions between organisms, and the mechanisms animals use to cope with these patterns. She has been involved in the development of several new optical and acoustical instruments and has made fundamental acoustical measurements of a variety of species in the process of addressing ecological processes in the ocean. In 2010, Kelly was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly referred as a “genius award” for her “exceptional creativity and promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment”. Her work has also been recognized by the Acoustical Society of America with the 2009 R. Bruce Lindsay Award for “contributions to marine ecological acoustics” and the American Geophysical Union which awarded her the 2008 Ocean Sciences Early Career Award for “innovative application of acoustical techniques”. Kelly is also the recipient of a United States Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, a Young Investigator Award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research, and a U.S. National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers Fellowship. Causes and Consequences of Heterogeneity of Organisms in the Ocean: From Phytoplankton to Dolphins Cheryl Ann Zimmer University of California, Los Angeles cazimmer@biology.ucla.edu The Scientific Program The Scientific Planning Committee is developing a program that will cover a wide range of topics in aquatic sciences. Please continue to check the conference web site (http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012) for up-to-date information and consult the program that will be posted on the website approximately four weeks prior to the meeting. A printed copy of the program will be handed out at the conference. Abstracts of papers presented during the meeting will be published on the meeting website and in PDF format for downloading. Abstracts also will be archived following the meeting. An abstract book will not be published. Plenary Lectures and Presentations Dr. Mark R. Abbott, Oregon State University Graduate Education in the Ocean Sciences Dr. Damian Chapman, Stony Brook University Mark R. Abbott is Dean and Professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. in Conservation of Natural Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1974 and his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis, in 1978. He has been at OSU since 1988 and has been Dean of the College since 2001. Prior to coming to OSU, he was a member of the technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a research oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His research focuses on the interaction of biological and physical processes in the upper ocean and relies on both remote sensing and Biology in a Bowl: Studying Sharks to Save Them from Becoming Shark Fin Soup Dr. Damian Chapman is a shark scientist with the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University. His research includes development of genetic testing for tissue identification from the great white shark. This led to a successful proposal to list the great white species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). He is the author or co-author of numerous journal publications regarding a variety of sharks and their relatives. Dr. Chapman received his doctorate from Nova Southeastern University in 2007. 3 TOS/AGU/ASLO 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting February is an ideal month for skiing. Special ski packages will be available through the Ski Salt Lake Superpass. Up-to-date information may be accessed at http://www.visitsaltlake.com/ski/ after September 2011. Dr. Mick Follows, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Modeling Marine Microbes: From Molecules to Ecosystems Mick Follows is an oceanographer working in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He studied Physics as an undergraduate at the University of Leeds in the UK, and earned a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of East Anglia in 1991. After a year as a Royal Society Post-doctoral Fellow hosted at the Max Planck Institute for Atmospheric Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, working on models of ozone in the lower atmosphere, he joined what is now the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate at MIT as a post-doc in 1992 and began studying ocean biogeochemical cycles. He has remained there since and is now a Senior Research Scientist. He uses data analysis, simple models and numerical simulations to understand and interpret the global ocean cycles of elements including carbon and iron. Fascinated by the biological and ecological aspects of marine biogeochemical cycles, he has spent recent years learning about and modeling marine micro-organisms and the organization of their communities in the ocean. Utah is in the Mountain Time Zone. Salt Lake City offers a wide variety of restaurants, bars, pubs and night clubs within the downtown area and beyond. Restaurants, bars and clubs all offer full bar service. The minimum age to purchase or consume alcohol in Salt Lake City is 21. Most clubs and lounges in the City are open from 11:00 am until 2 am. About the Meeting Site The Salt Palace Convention Center (SPCC) combines spacious meeting facilities with 21st-century environmental technology. Containing 675,000 square feet of conference area, management strives to reduce, reuse and recycle. The 2006 expansion of SPCC was awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s Silver LEED status for being designed and constructed utilizing environmentally responsible techniques. A key component of this planning utilizes water efficient landscaping which has reduced anticipated water needs for the facility’s landscaping by 50 percent. Dr. Chris Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Hotels, restaurants and other venues are in close proximity to the Salt Palace Convention Center. Over 140 restaurants, bars, nightclubs and brew pubs are within walking distance. The TRAX light rail system offers free fares in the convention district. How Did We Do: Academia’s Contributions to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Christopher Reddy is a senior scientist in the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry and Director of the Coastal Ocean Institute at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He studies oil spills, including those that have occurred in 1969, 1974, 1996, 2003, 2007 (two), and the Deepwater Horizon. According to a 2010 survey by Thomson Reuters, Dr. Reddy is one of the top cited and published scientists studying oil spill effects. Session Information Sessions for the meeting are organized into the following 18 categories: 1. Geology and geophysics 2. Physical oceanography and limnology 3. Biological oceanography, aquatic biology 4. Chemical oceanography, aquatic chemistry 5. Watersheds, lakes, rivers, estuaries 6. Nearshore and coastal regions 7. High latitude studies 8. Climate change, environmental change, ocean acidifcation 9. Ecosystems: processes, assessment, and management 10. Education, scientific outreach, scientific workforce 11. Ocean policy, resource management 12. Optics, acoustics, remote sensing 13. Observatories, operational oceanography, new technology 14. Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico 15. Miscellaneous 16. Data Management 17. Air-Sea Interactions 18. Bio-geochemistry He has testified once for the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon, twice for US Congress on the Deepwater Horizon, and briefed numerous staffers and leaders in the executive branch. Dr. Reddy has written eight op-eds on the Deepwater Horizon. He was an academic liaison at the Unified Area Command during the Deepwater Horizon. Dr. Reddy has received many honors including being a Kavli Fellow, awarded in 2009 and 2010 by the National Academy of Sciences, Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow (2006), and Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award (2003). He received his Ph.D. in chemical oceanography from the University of Rhode Island in 1997 and an executive education certificate from MIT Sloan’s School of Business in 2010. About Salt Lake City Salt Lake City is a winter sports paradise, offering world-class skiing - even at night - within an hour’s drive. The city is home to several museums and art galleries, and hosts numerous cultural performances and professional sports competitions. The Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau (http://www.visitsaltlake.com/visit/) offers detailed information on places to go and area activities. Sessions have been categorized for reference by topic. A set of numbers appears in parenthesis following each session description. These numbers indicate the category to which the session pertains. Salt Lake City offers a unique blend of urban oasis and world class recreational facilities nestled in the surrounding mountains. With an elevation of 4,330 feet, Salt Lake City is temperately cold with average daily high temperatures around 44 ⁰F. Temperatures in the mountain areas may be as much as 20 degrees cooler. 001: Gases as Tracers of Oceanic Processes 4 Organizers: Roberta Hamme, University of Victoria, rhamme@ uvic.ca; David Ho, University of Hawaii Manoa, ho@hawaii.edu This session seeks to bring together the gas tracer community to exchange knowledge regarding new observations, applications, Call For Papers TOS/AGU/ASLO and/or modeling of gases as tracers for understanding oceanic physical and biogeochemical processes. We welcome abstracts on a variety of topics including distributions of natural and anthropogenic gases and their isotopes in the ocean, atmospheric measurements as they relate to ocean processes, tracer release experiments, and process studies of air-sea transfer mechanisms. Presentations on observations, method development, modeling, and data synthesis and interpretation are all encouraged. (2, 4, 17) Thus, understanding the processes that shape the Southern Ocean mean state, variability, and response to external forcing is essential for our understanding of the climate system as a whole. Data collections have expanded significantly over the past decade, and modeling efforts have advanced through Earth System Model development, data assimilation solutions, and process models. These new developments require investigation of how (or whether) the representation of the Southern Ocean has been improved using a combination of model-model and model-data comparisons. The goal of this session is to present modeling and/or data efforts that investigate all aspects of the Southern Ocean, including its mixing and mesoscale processes, large-scale circulation, ocean-atmosphere and ocean-ice interactions, and biogeochemical processes. We particularly encourage analyses using models for the upcoming IPCC Fifth Assessment Report and assimilated models. (2, 4, 7, 8, 18) 002: ASLOMP Student Symposium Organizers: Benjamin Cuker, Hampton University, benjamin. cuker@hamptonu.edu; Deidre Gibson, Hampton University, deidre.gibson@hamptonu.edu This session is sponsored by the ASLO Multicultural Program. It provides undergraduate and beginning graduate students an opportunity to present their work in an oral session with a friendly and supportive audience. Any student attending the conference who has not before presented in the student symposium or in a regular oral session may submit their abstract for this session. Thus the session is open to all students that meet this criterion, regardless of their affiliation with the Multicultural Program. We look forward to a mix of students from all backgrounds and interests. (10) 005: Metal Speciation in the Ocean: Metal-Binding Ligand Composition and Role in the Transport of Metals through the Marine Environment 003: The Cold Frontline of Marine Global Climate Change: The Response of Mid and High-Latitude Calcifiers Recent research has highlighted the large variability of responses by calcifying marine biota to changes in their physical environment. Critically, those calcifiers provide important ecosystem services and in addition, studies using novel environmental proxies from cold-water carbonates are helping form our understanding of environmental variability and responses to past periods of rapid climate change This session will promote a more complete understanding of how mid- to high-latitude biomineralizing organisms including corals, coralline algae, bryozoans and mussels respond to environmental changes such as rapid climate change, ocean acidification, hypoxia, etc. The session will include sub-organism to ecosystem level processes, evidence for acclimation and geochemical proxy records. It will combine palaeo aspects with research investigating present-day biotic and physical adaptations and the responses of services provided by biogenic habitats. The aim is to provide the holistic approach required to further our understanding of mid and high-latitude calcifier responses to global change. (1, 3, 7, 8) The biogenic trace metals iron, cobalt, zinc, nickel and copper are complexed by organic ligands in the marine system, which can influence trace metal solubility and bioavailability. Little is known about the composition of these metal-binding ligands, although siderophores, thiols, humic substances and saccharides have been identified. There is evidence that this organic complexation helps transport trace metals from their source (hydrothermal vents, estuaries, etc.) to the open ocean. Dynamic aspects related to photochemical changes in metal speciation are also being recognised. This session welcomes abstract submissions related to all aspects of metal speciation in the oceans, and particularly to identifying sources and cycling processes of metal-binding ligands. (4) Organizers: Nick Kamenos, University of Glasgow, nick. kamenos@glasgow.ac.uk; Maggie Cusack, University of Glasgow, maggie.cusack@glasgow.ac.uk; J. Murray Roberts, Heriot-Watt University, J.M.Roberts@hw.ac.uk Organizers: Sylvia Sander, University of Otago, sylvia.sander@ otago.ac.nz; Constant van den Berg, University of Liverpool, vandenberg@liverpool.ac.uk; Kristen Buck, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, kristen.buck@bios.edu 006: Advances in Coastal Ocean Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction 004: The Southern Ocean and Its Role in the Climate System Organizers: Stephanie Downes, Princeton University, sdownes@ princeton.edu; Nicole Jeffery, Los Alamos National Laboratory, njeffery@lanl.gov; Joellen Russell, University of Arizona, jrussell@email.arizona.edu; Wilbert Weijer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, wilbert@lanl.gov Over the past decade, the climate dynamics, biogeochemistry and physical oceanographic communities have highlighted the Southern Ocean as a key player in the climate system. 5 Organizers: Villy Kourafalou, University of Miami/RSMAS, vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu; Pierre De Mey, LEGOS - Laboratoire d’Etudes en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiales, demey-redir@neyak.org; Ruoying He, North Carolina State University, rhe@ncsu.edu; Alex Kurapov, Oregon State University, kurapov@coas.oregonstate.edu Downscaling and extending predictability in coastal and shelf seas are two of the objectives of the GODAE OceanView (GOV) initiative through its Coastal Ocean and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSSTT). Broad participation and international coordination of interdisciplinary coastal and shelf models nested in data assimilative large scale models is a COSSTT priority. This session will provide a forum for multi-scale hydrodynamic modeling and observational studies that aim toward scientific validation, prediction and operational applications of numerical models in coastal and shelf seas, leading to new understanding of multiscale nonlinear ocean processes. Applications of nested models, such as the influence of physical processes on ecosystem dynamics and interdisciplinary coastal predictions are also welcome. The session will promote the discussion of methodologies that lead to reliable coastal forecasts (such as TOS/AGU/ASLO 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting data assimilation, error analysis, influence of nesting, resolution and forcing), Observing System Simulation Experiments and the impact of sustainable, integrated modeling and observational networks that connect local, regional and global scales. Applications on lessons learned from prediction and/ or hindcasts during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the 2011 tsunami in Japan are particularly welcome. (2, 6, 13, 14) frequency, and spatial coverage, and to achieve these objectives at lower cost. Autonomous sensor technology has advanced rapidly in the past decade in response to these demands. This session focuses specifically on new autonomous carbon cycle sensors, recent studies that have used these sensors, and descriptions of deployment strategies. Analysis of data from in situ, autonomous shipboard or remote, e.g. satellite, measurements of any carbon-related parameters are welcomed. We also encourage posters that discuss strategies to most effectively utilize existing (e.g. Argo) and future (e.g. Ocean Observatory Initiative) autonomous platforms. (4, 13) 007: High-Resolution Geochemical Proxies of Global Change: Progress, Problems, and Utility Organizers: Alan D. Wanamaker Jr., Iowa State University, adw@ iastate.edu; David P. Gillikin, Union College, gillikid@union.edu Knowledge of climate and environmental change throughout geological time is derived from deep-sea and terrestrial records representing long time scales. However, while records of climate and environmental changes at long time scales are essential, high-resolution marine-based records at seasonal, annual, and decadal scales are equally important and under-represented in the literature. Much of what we know about past environments is based on the geochemical signature in various proxy archives. While substantial progress continues to be made in this area, specific obstacles and problems do exist. We encourage papers presenting geochemical records of global change, including calibration/validation studies, in biologic or inorganic carbonates and highly resolved (decadal resolution) sediments. Geochemical studies highlighting recent progress, problems, or utility are especially welcome. (1, 4, 8) 010: Ocean Observing Systems — What are we learning? Organizers: Michael S. Tomlinson, University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, tomlinson86@q.com; Eric Heinen De Carlo, PhD, University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, edecarlo@soest.hawaii.edu; James T. Potemra, PhD, University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, jimp@hawaii.edu It has been 7 years since the first of eleven Regional Associations of Ocean Observing Systems (OOSs) in the United States came online and started providing data and information to their stakeholders and the general public. These OOSs provide valuable real-time, high-resolution data and information in support of environmental protection, ocean safety, and ocean economic benefits. In addition, the OOSs provide ocean scientists with access to large, multivariable, high temporal and spatial resolution datasets which enable us to better understand atmosphere-land-ocean interactions; the effects of extreme events (e.g., tsunamis, storms, spills); and larger scale phenomena such as ENSO, PDO, and important issues such as ocean acidification. In this session, we envision a combination of oral and poster presentations that focus on some of the most important findings obtained from OOS data across the nation to date, although we also encourage submissions from international colleagues involved in ocean observing efforts elsewhere. We want to emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of the OOS and the data collected and how these large data sets allow us to examine specific phenomena and resolve the effects of these phenomena spatially and temporally in detail that heretofore was not possible on such a large scale. (8, 13) 008: Arctic Ocean Boundary Currents: Observations, Theory and Modeling Organizers: Mary-Louise Timmermans, Yale University, mary-louise.timmermans@yale.edu; Sheldon Bacon, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, s.bacon@noc.ac.uk; Robert Pickart, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, rpickart@whoi.edu Arctic Ocean boundary currents are central to the heat, freshwater and geochemical budgets of the Arctic system and can rapidly propagate and modify high-latitude climate signals. Their scales range from the Arctic Circumpolar Boundary Current, extending thousands of kilometers around the perimeter of the basin, to regional shelfbreak jets, such as those adjacent to the Chukchi, Beaufort, and Barents Seas. This session explores all aspects of Arctic basin boundary flows, including, but not limited to: seasonal and longer-term water-mass changes; governing dynamics; exchange processes linking the continental shelf and slope to the deep central basins, such as eddies, dense water flows and wind-forced circulation; and exchanges between Arctic boundary currents and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and coastal Arctic seas. We invite contributions that bring new insights into the system of boundary currents of the Arctic Ocean through observational, theoretical and modeling studies. (2, 7) 011: Biology, Biogeochemistry, and Bio-optics of the Pacific Sector of the Arctic Ocean 009: Autonomous Ocean Carbon Cycle Sensors: New Technology, Deployment Strategies and Data Analysis Organizers: Mike DeGrandpre, University of Montana, michael. degrandpre@umontana.edu; Todd Martz, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, trmartz@ucsd.edu Our methods for studying the ocean are constantly evolving, driven by the need to improve sensitivity, measurement 6 Organizers: Kevin R. Arrigo, Stanford University, arrigo@ stanford.edu; Marcel Babin, Universite Laval, Marcel.Babin@ takuvik.ulaval.ca Rapid changes in the physical environment of the Arctic Ocean over the last decade are likely to markedly alter its biology and biogeochemistry. Changes have been most extreme in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean and, consequently, this area has received considerable scientific interest in recent years. Remote sensing studies suggest that as sea ice cover and the length of sea ice season has decreased, primary productivity in the pelagic environment has risen, particularly on continental shelves. However, associated changes within the sea ice ecosystem are not known. Unfortunately, satellite remote sensing in Arctic waters is challenging and an improved understanding of the optical characteristics of its surface waters and sea ice cover is sorely needed. The goal of this session is to present recent efforts to characterize ongoing changes in the biology and biogeochemistry in the Pacific sector of Call For Papers TOS/AGU/ASLO the Arctic Ocean, using both field-based and satellite-based approaches, and relate these to changes in the physical environment, including sea ice. We also welcome results from work being done to improve our ability to monitor changes in this remote and difficult to sample environment using satellite measurements of ocean color, as was done during the Malina and ICESCAPE cruises. (3, 7, 12, 18) species, novel diagnostic techniques, and forward and inverse modeling approaches to use tracers to constrain dynamical and biogeochemical processes. (2, 4, 8) 014: Ocean Deoxygenation and Coastal Hypoxia in a Changing World Organizers: Nancy N. Rabalais, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, nrabalais@lumcon.edu; Daniel Conley, GeoBiosphere Centre, Department of Geology, Lund University, daniel.conley@geol.lu.se; Francis Chan, Oregon State University, chanft@science.oregonstate.edu The interaction of ocean warming and human activities in watersheds is increasing the occurrence, frequency and severity of oxygen deficiency in oceanic and coastal waters. Climate change is warming ocean waters and thereby reducing the solubility of oxygen and its availability to aerobic organisms. Human alterations to hydrology and nutrient flux further aggravate oxygen depletion in coastal waters. These interactions may in fact result in positive influences to aquatic ecosystems, but the overall result is expected to be negative impacts for oceanic waters, including expansion of oxygen minimum zones and coastal hypoxia. In addition, indications are that increases in deoxygenation will exacerbate ocean acidification. There is little doubt that deoxygenation is increasing around the globe, but these observations result primarily from new reports of oxygen deficiency in the literature. The long-term records for ocean deoxygenation and coastal hypoxia are limited, but these data with correlative information can tell us much about changing conditions and changes in oxygen concentrations in marine waters. This session focuses on long-term data for changing oxygen dynamics in marine waters, both hydrographic data sets and paleoindicators for decreasing oxygen concentrations with their ancillary data that point to causal relationships. (4 ,6, 8, 9) 012: The Chukchi Sea Region: Rapid Changes in the Pacific Gateway to the Arctic Organizers: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, jgrebmei@umces.edu; Russell R. Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, hopcroft@ ims.uaf.edu; Robert S. Pickart, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, rpickart@whoi.edu; Bill Williams, Institute of Ocean Sciences, DFO Canada, bill.williams@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Over the last decade the Chukchi Sea has warmed significantly, experienced major reductions in seasonal sea ice cover, and responded to shifts in atmospheric forcing. These changes demonstrate the sea’s vulnerability to climate perturbations and its interconnectivity to the Arctic and global oceans. Numerous scientific programs are underway with support from state and US government agencies, private industry, and via international efforts based in Canada, China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. These programs are rapidly increasing our understanding of the Pacific gateway to the Arctic and promise better system-level understanding. This session invites contributions on emerging results from field and modeling studies that implicate key ocean-atmosphere interactions, including sea ice dynamics, physical and biogeochemical processes in the water column, and biological response throughout the marine food web. Data on changes to external forcing that may promote marine species shifts or evidence of major ecosystem reorganizations are also welcome. This multidisciplinary and international session will provide a state of the art evaluation of the environmental status and trends of the Arctic’s Pacific sector, including physical forcing, biogeochemical cycling, biological response, modeling and social-economic interactions. (2, 7, 8) 015: Nearshore Processes 013: Oceanic Uptake of Heat and Greenhouse Gases: Dynamic and Thermodynamic Controls and Inferences from Tracers The oceans play a major role in climate, because they are a sink for heat and carbon capable of delaying the climatic response to forcing and thus affecting climate on all space and time scales. This session aims to further our understanding of how, when, and where the properties of the interior ocean are changing with a focus on the controls exerted by ocean dynamics and the constraints provided by observed transient and steady tracers. A key theme of the session is how tracers can inform inform us about the role of the oceans in climate variability and change. Contributions are solicited that present observational, theoretical, and/or modeling results from either of two general areas: (i) the role of ocean dynamics and thermodynamics in governing the uptake of heat, carbon and other tracers, including the relation to climate variability and change, and (ii) new observations of traditional and emerging trace Geomorphologically diverse nearshore regions are continuously evolving due to wind, waves, and varying water levels. These long-term processes are punctuated by devastating coastal storms and tsunamis that quickly reshape coastal areas. In this session we invite abstracts that focus on the dynamics of waves, tides, currents, turbulence, and sediment transport from the beach face to the shelf break along sandy, muddy or mixed sedimentary coasts and inlets. Topics of particular interest include: 1) sediment transport, 2) waves and wavedriven circulation, 3) coastal morphodynamics, 4) swash zone processes, 5) nearshore turbulence, and 6) extreme coastal events. Presentations concerning in situ and remote sensing observations, laboratory experimentation, theory, modeling, and model-data assimilation are encouraged. (1, 2, 6) Organizers: Geoffrey (Jake) Gebbie, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, ggebbie@whoi.edu; Mark Holzer, University of New South Wales, mholzer@unsw.edu.au; William Smethie, LDEO, Columbia University, bsmeth@ldeo.columbia.edu; Laure Zanna, University of Oxford, zanna@atm.ox.ac.uk Organizers: Jennifer L. Irish, Virginia Tech, jirish@vt.edu; Alex Apotsos, U.S. Geological Survey, aapotsos@gmail.com 016: Dynamics and Observations of Submesoscale Oceanic Processes 7 Organizers: Tamay M. Ozgokmen, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, tozgokmen@ rsmas.miami.edu; M. Jeroen Molemaker, University of California, Los Angeles, nmolem@atmos.ucla.edu; James C. McWilliams, University of California, Los Angeles, jcm@atmos. ucla.edu; Eric D’Asaro, University of Washington, dasaro@apl. washington.edu TOS/AGU/ASLO 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting An improved insight in oceanic processes on lateral scales of 100 m to 10 km and temporal scales ranging from hours to days is important to develop a better understanding of multi-scale interactions and energy balance in the ocean, for biogeochemical transport, autonomous vehicles, navigation, acoustic propagation, dispersion and mitigation of pollutants. Currently, these processes are not well understood. This is in part because the submesoscale regime corresponds to a transition from the better studied geostrophic mesoscale to turbulent microscale, in which horizontal stirring and vertical mixing are linked. Submesoscale processes also pose a significant challenge to both observations and modeling, in that the interaction of a wide range of spatial and temporal scales must be captured simultaneously and internal wave signals understood. Several processes that have been recognized as potential contributors to submesoscale variability are loss of balance through ageostrophic instabilities, mixed layer instabilities and vortical modes created by breaking internal gravity waves. We welcome presentations related to developments in theory, field observations and numerical modeling studies that help shed insight into submesoscale oceanic processes. (2) provide a strong control on the stratification and circulation of the ocean, with deep ocean tidal energy dissipation and internal wave production providing approximately 1/3 of the energy for deep ocean mixing. Altimetric observations and global models show the propagation of beams of internal tides over 1000s of kms. This session will provide a forum for both observationalists and modelers to discuss recent results on the generation, propagation and dissipation of tides in both the coastal and deep ocean. Comparisons between global models and regional models and comparisons between models and observations are particularly encouraged as a basis for discussion in this session. (2) 022: Air-Sea Interactions of Typhoons in the Western North Pacific Ocean and Neighboring Seas 020: Theory, Modelling, and Observations of Remotesensed Propagating Waves and Eddies Western North Pacific Ocean and the neighboring seas are among the world oceans where tropical cyclones (typhoons) are both ubiquitous and intense. These typhoons impose direct threat to the half-billion people living near the Asian coasts. However, current typhoon intensity forecast skills remain poor and one of the identified major reasons for such discrepancy is the lack of understanding on the complex interactions between ocean and typhoons. For one, a more accurate knowledge of the marine fluxes and energy budgets from measurements inside the boundary layer of typhoons is critical to improving coupled ocean-atmosphere models to better predict storm track and intensity. These complex physical and biogeochemical interactions also include the role of ocean currents and mesoscale ocean eddies in the typhoon’s intensification, accurate characterization of air-sea momentum and energy exchanges between cyclone and ocean under extreme typhoon (and super-typhoon) wind conditions, as well as interactions between typhoon, sea state, ocean wave breaking, sea spray, and the ocean. In the summer 2010, a large field campaign (Impact of Typhoon On Pacific, ITOP) comprising aircrafts, research vessels, in-situ ocean observational platforms (buoys, drifters and floats), and satellite observations, was conducted in the western North Pacific ocean to explore the above-mentioned complex issues. This session welcomes submissions from both observational and modeling efforts and is not limited to specific ocean basins. Specifically observations of air-sea interaction from buoys, floats and drifters are of great interest to obtain better estimates of the winds and waves at the air-water interface during typhoon conditions. Submissions under the broad discipline of cyclone-ocean physical and biogeochemical interactions are also very welcomed. (2, 17) Organizers: Dr. Subrahmanyam Bulusu, University of South Carolina, sbulusu@geol.sc.edu; Dr. Remi Tailleux, University of Reading, R.G.J.Tailleux@reading.ac.uk Organizers: Hans C. Graber, CSTARS-University of Miami, hgraber@rsmas.miami.edu; I.-I. Lin, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, iilin@as.ntu.edu.tw; Eric D’Asaro, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, USA, dasaro@apl.washington.edu; David Tweng-Yung Tang, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, tyt@ntu.edu.tw Westward propagating Rossby waves and eddies are the most dominant feature of sea-surface height (SSH) variability on seasonal to decadal time scales, butother propagating waves such as Kelvin-waves or barotropic Rossby waves are also present, as well as observable in other remote-sensed products, such as sea-surface temperature (SST), chlorophyll, and even sea-surface salinity (SSS). Waves and other propagating features are of fundamental importance for the large-scale circulation owing to their role: 1) in the adjustment of the oceans to changes in the buoyancy and wind forcing, 2) in significantly contributing to the meridional transport of heat, salt, and nutrients. As a result, it is essential to represent such signals in numerical ocean general circulation models used for climate change studies. For this to be successful, however, much remain to be understood about the formation, propagation, decay, dynamics, and vertical structure of such signals. This session encourages contributions using Remote Sensing observations (altimetry, SST, and ocean color) and in-situ data (e.g., ARGO floats), as well as theoretical and modelling work, that can help refine the description and understanding of such waves and eddies, and how the surface signature of such signals relate to their vertical structure. (2, 12) 021: Modeling and Observing the Tides in the Ocean Organizers: James Richman, Naval Research Laboratory, richman@nrlssc.navy.mil; Brian Arbic, University of Michigan, arbic@umich.edu; Patrick Cummins, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patrick.Cummins@dfo-mpo.gc.ca; Malte Mueller, University of Victoria, mmueller@uvic.ca 023: Dissolved Organic Matter and the ‘Hidden’ Carbon Cycle A resurgence of interest in ocean tides has occurred in the past few years with satellite estimates of barotropic and baroclinic tidal amplitudes and dissipation, field experiments focused on the generation and propagation of internal tides and regional and global ocean models of the barotropic and baroclinic tides in both the open ocean and coastal ocean. The tides likely 8 Organizers: Andy Ridgwell, University of Bristol, andy@seao2. org; Dennis Hansell, University of Miami, dhansell@rsmas. miami.edu; Sandra Arndt, University of Bristol, san.arndt@ gmail.com; Ellen Druffel, University of California, Irvine, edruffel@uci.edu There is sufficient dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the modern ocean to put it on par with the atmospheric and terrestrial Call For Papers TOS/AGU/ASLO vegetation carbon reservoirs. Recent geological interpretations have recognized the potential for changes in the DOM reservoir to drive perturbations of global carbon cycling, with isotopic (and often global warming) events in Earth history being increasingly invoked as consequences of DOM oxidation. If true, one might also question how the DOM reservoir will respond to future global environmental changes. To date, global ocean models have tended to focus on the rapid recycling of the most labile of DOM fractions; the large bulk of more refractory fractions have not been widely considered, yet they must be in play if DOM drives the larger perturbations. Are we underestimating a wider dynamical role for DOM in the ocean with potential for feedback with climate? This session will aim to unmask the nature and role of the ocean DOM cycle, and to this end, we invite submissions addressing any of DOM’s hidden facets, including: ocean observations and laboratory characterization; diagenetic, biological, and/or global models; and hypotheses regarding the potential role(s) of DOM in past, present, and future global carbon dynamics and climate. (4, 8, 18) Following production, BC travels through soils and the atmosphere and eventually enters the ocean. Although BC has been detected in all marine carbon pools, its roles in marine dissolved and particulate organic carbon are poorly constrained. Major uncertainties include the size of global and regional BC fluxes to the ocean, the significance of marine biodegradation of BC (if any), and BC residence times in the oceans. If biodegradation of BC is minimal in the ocean, BC may serve as a recalcitrant tracer of terrestrial carbon, potentially providing information about ocean dynamics and about the interaction of the terrestrial and marine carbon cycles. On the other hand, in the terrestrial biosphere BC particles alter nutrient cycling, serve as a nucleus for microbial activity, and in watersheds can act as a UV screen. No information yet exists on the continuity or loss of these functions as BC enters the marine system. This session is proposed to convene practitioners from field, laboratory and modeling research to discuss latest findings and highlight on-going research needs. (4, 8, 18) 028: Comparing Physical Processes in Large Lakes and Shallow Inland/Marginal Seas 024: Fecal Pellets of Copepods and Tunicates: Different (Micro) Worlds The goal of the session is to provide insight into decomposition processes of fecal pellets of 2 zooplankton taxa, dominating on continental shelfs, copepods and tunicates. Their fecal pellets can occur up to thousands per cubic meter (e.g. US Southeastern Shelf ), forming a significant contribution to the particulate carbon flux. Pellets are important microworlds: they offer environments for microbial assemblages, catalyze nutrient cycles, function as transport vehicles and food particles. Of recent interest is whether pellets ìtrapî harmful substances (oil particles, plastic microparticles) and might serve as ìnatural microsensorsî to monitor the health of marine ecosystems. Microbial and chemical processes occurring during early degradation of fecal pellets remain poorly constrained. The decomposition of zooplankton fecal pellets has been described primarily for copepods, while our knowledge of tunicate pellets is limited. Morphological characteristics (composition, stability, digestion status) of pellets of copepods and tunicates differ significantly and are expected to be reflected in their sinking behavior, diversity and function of pellet-associated microbial assemblages, degradation pathways and chemical changes in pellet composition on the scale of hours and days. This interdisciplinary session invites scientists in planktology, chemistry and microbiology to combine traditional with promising modern methodology towards studying the fate of fecal pellets.(3, 4) Black carbon (BC), the carbonaceous aromatic residue of biomass burning and fossil fuel combustion, is a ubiquitous component of global carbon pools due to its refractivity. 9 Organizers: Nathan Hawley, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, nathan.hawley@noaa.gov; Courtney K. Harris, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, ckharris@vims. edu; Lawrence P. Sanford, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, lsanford@umces.edu Organizers: Rainer Lohmann, University of Rhode Island, lohmann@gso.uri.edu; Carrie Masiello, Rice University, masiello@rice.edu This session’s focus is on comparative analysis of physical limnology and oceanography of large lakes and shallow (less than 1000 m deep) inland and marginal seas. Papers are solicited dealing with modeling, experimental and laboratory studies of physical processes (waves, currents, turbulence, stratification, ice, sediment transport, etc.) in water bodies dynamically similar to large lakes (where Earth rotation effects are important). Examples include large lakes such as Lake Geneva, the Great Lakes, the Caspian Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, etc. (2, 5, 6) 029: Sediment Transport and Deposition in Lakes, Estuaries, and Shallow Shelves 026: Sources, Transformation, and Sinks of Black Carbon in the Ocean Organizers: Dmitry Beletsky, University of Michigan, beletsky@ umich.edu; Chin Wu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, chinwu@engr.wisc.edu; Cary Troy, Purdue University, troy@ purdue.edu; Ram Rao, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, ram.yerubandi@ec.gc.ca Organizers: Marion Koester, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswald, koesterm@uni-greifswald.de; Gustav-Adolf Paffenhofer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, gustav. paffenhofer@skio.usg.edu; Jay Brandes, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Jay.brandes@skio.u