Plenary Talks and Papers

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Day 1: Celebrating a decade of progress and preparing for the future


Session 1B Celebrating a decade of progress

Chet Koblinsky; From the in situ perspective

Review Draft Mark Doherty; From the satellite perspective

Final Sylvie Pouliquen; The development of data sytem and growth in data sharing

Final Anthony Busalacchi; Ocean information for research and applications


Session 1C High Level Perspectives: the need for ocean observations and information

Jane Lubchenco; Keynote address

Jacqueline McGlade; Keynote address

Shailesh Nayak; Keynote address

Michel Jarraud represented by Carolin Richter; Keynote address


Session 1D Early Successes

Final  David Anderson; El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and seasonal forecasting

Final  Kevin Trenberth; Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) and attribution and prediction of climate: Progress since the Fourth Assessment

Final Eddie Bernard; Tsunami forecasting and community resilience

Final Jim Yoder; Ocean colour: early successes and future needs

Final Peter Burkill; Long-term monitoring of plankton

Day 2: Scientific results and potential based on global observations


Session 2A: Large-scale ocean properties: science, observations, and impacts

Final  Susan Wijffels; Heat content and temperature

Final  Ray Schmitt; Freshwater and salinity

Final  Anny Cazenave; Sea level: regional and global trends


Session 2B: Large-scale ocean circulation and fluxes

Lynne Talley; Ventilation and surface circulation

Final  Steve Rintoul; Deep circulation and meridional overturning

Final  Sergey Gulev; Surface fluxes and processes including sea ice


Session 2C: Biogeochemistry and ecosystems

Final Nicolas Gruber; Carbon, oxygen and nutrients

Final Ron O’Dor and Kristen YarincikBringing Life to Ocean Observations

Final Ken Denman; Observing Ocean Ecosystems: Needs, Capabilities and Gaps

Final Helen Yap; Corals and habitats

Day 3: Delivering services to society


Session 3A: Information and assessment

Pierre-Yves Le Traon; Physical hindcasts and nowcasts: evolution and skill for service delivery

Final Richard Stumpf; Monitoring and nowcasting of Harmful Algal Blooms

Reviewed Draft Arne Körtzinger; Assessment of the current ocean carbon sink and its implications for climate change and mitigation


Session 3B: Forecasting

Final Gary Brassington; Short-term forecasts: delivery and observational requirements

Final Magdalena Balmaseda; Ocean observations for an End-to-End Seasonal Forecasting System

Final James Hurrell; Decadal to centennial forecasting


Session 3C: Hazards, impacts, and management

Reviewed Draft Débora Iglesias-Rodríguez; Ocean acidification

Final Tony Koslow; Integration of Ocean Observations into an Ecosystem Approach to Resource Management

Final Liana McManus; Coastal futures and ocean observing initiatives

Ralph Rayner; Economic benefits from ocean information

Day 4: Developing technology and infrastructure


Session 4A: In situ

Final Dean Roemmich; Integrating the ocean observing system: mobile platforms

Reviewed Draft Richard Lampitt and Paolo Favali; Fixed/stationary platforms: Eulerian observations- Benthic observatories

Review Draft John Gunn; Developments for sustained measurement of new variables: ocean biology observatories


Session 4B: Satellite

Final Hans BonekampOperational missions

Final Eric Lindstrom; Research missions

Reviewed Draft Bertrand Chapron; Data integration and products


Session 4C: Information synthesis and delivery

Final Michele Rienecker; Synthesis and assimilation systems: essential adjuncts to the Global Ocean Observing System

Final Carl Wunsch; Observational network design

Final Robert Keeley; Data assembly infrastructure: from acquisition to archives

Final Jon Blower; Data dissemination: from archives to customer

Day 5: The Way Forward


Session 5A: Delivering societal benefits

Final Pierre Bahurel; Ocean monitoring and forecasting core services

Reviewed Draft Martin Hoerling; Oceans and drought

Final Dave Checkley; Fisheries management and ocean observations


Session 5B: Towards an integrated observing system

Final Mark Drinkwater; Satellite observing system

Reviewed Draft Uwe Send; In situ observing system

Final Hervé Claustre; Biogeochemistry and ecosystems observing system

Review Draft Guy Brasseur; Climate modeling and assimilation

Final Steve Hankin; Data management vision