Coupled Biogeochemical Plenary OCB2024

Plenary Session: Fast processes in the surface ocean and the power of geostationary satellites to resolve them

Chairs: Joe Salisbury (UNH), Blake Schaeffer (EPA), Maria Tzortziou (CUNY), Antonio Mannino (NASA GSFC), Melissa Meléndez (UH), Susanne Craig (NASA GSFC)

High frequency satellite data are needed to resolve fast processes in the surface ocean (Joe Salisbury, UNH)  

Resolving fine-scale variability in phytoplankton growth and physiology with fluorescence (Yayla Sezginer, UBC)

Lightning talks
• Diurnal CO2 dynamics in reef environments (Melissa Meléndez, UH)
• Vertical migration behaviors enhance system-level primary production (Nathan Hall, UNC) On the downswing of the C-SAW: dissolved organic matter losses from the landscape after extreme weather in coastal North Carolina (Chris Osburn, NCSU)Lightning talks
• What data are needed to detect wildfire effects on coastal ecosystems? A case study during the Thomas Fire (Sasha Kramer, MBARI)
• Coastal biogeochemical response to flooding events in the northern Gulf of Mexico from ocean color: Challenges/potential (Eurico D’Sa, LSU) 

Influence of physical processes on phytoplankton community structure in the Galápagos Archipelago (Adrian Marchetti, UNC, Chapel Hill)

Lightning talk
• How spatial and temporal resolution need to be matched (Bror Jönsson, UNH)

Live poll audience to query interest in breakout topics

Panel discussion

Adjourn session, next steps

Thursday, June 13, 2024 
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