Santa Monica Bay Observatory (SMBO) Outreach and Education Program Think globally, act locally

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Santa Monica Bay Observatory (SMBO)Outreach and
Education Program Think globally, act locally
Nicolas Gruber Anita Leinweber Department of
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences IGPP,
UCLA ngruber_at_igpp.ucla.edu leinweber_at_ipgp.ucla.e
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AGENDA
9.00am - 9.15am Welcome, Introduction (N. Gruber)
9.15am - 9.45am Introduction to our research (N. Gruber)
9.45am - 10.00am Coffee break
10.00am -10.30am Introduction to the mooring, the boat, and the available data (A. Leinweber)
10.30am - 11.30am Use of the mooring website (Computer room, everybody)
11.30am - 12.00pm Working lunch
12.00pm - 1.00pm Discussion work split, boat trip, meeting, etc (N. Gruber lead)
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OUTLINE

• Think globally Human perturbation of the global
  carbon cycle
• Act locally The Santa Monica Bay Observatory

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Co-VARIANCE OF SST AND CHLOROPHYLL
John Ryan, MBARI
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155 km nested simulations
ROMS RESULTS
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OUTLINE

• Think globally Human perturbation of the global
  carbon cycle
• Act locally The Santa Monica Bay Observatory
• One example episodic events

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Extreme episodic events March 2002
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Domoic acid poisoning
June 2002
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Produces domoic acid a neurotoxin that is
harmful to marine mammals
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March 2002 event Oceanic response
Strong uplifting of isopycnals, leading to
outcrop of very cold water
TEMPERATURE C
SALINITY
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Non-linearity?
Three upwellling events in winter 2001-2000, but
only March 2002 gave rise to phytoplankton bloom
WHY?
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Time for a coffee break
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AGENDA
9.00am - 9.15am Welcome, Introduction (N. Gruber)
9.15am - 9.45am Introduction to our research (N. Gruber)
9.45am - 10.00am Coffee break
10.00am -10.30am Introduction to the mooring, the boat, and the available data (A. Leinweber)
10.30am - 11.30am Use of the mooring website (Computer room, everybody)
11.30am - 12.00pm Working lunch
12.00pm - 1.00pm Discussion work split, boat trip, meeting, etc (N. Gruber lead)
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Anita's presentation
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AGENDA
9.00am - 9.15am Welcome, Introduction (N. Gruber)
9.15am - 9.45am Introduction to our research (N. Gruber)
9.45am - 10.00am Coffee break
10.00am -10.30am Introduction to the mooring, the boat, and the available data (A. Leinweber)
10.30am - 11.30am Use of the mooring website (Computer room, everybody)
11.30am - 12.00pm Working lunch
12.00pm - 1.00pm Discussion work split, boat trip, meeting, etc (N. Gruber lead)
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THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
From now until noon (including working lunch)
Two topics
A Diurnal cycle (sea-breeze) B Upwelling events
(mammal strandings, toxic blooms, and
upwelling)
Goal become familiar with website and LAS data
server
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AGENDA
9.00am - 9.15am Welcome, Introduction (N. Gruber)
9.15am - 9.45am Introduction to our research (N. Gruber)
9.45am - 10.00am Coffee break
10.00am -10.30am Introduction to the mooring, the boat, and the available data (A. Leinweber)
10.30am - 11.30am Use of the mooring website (Computer room, everybody)
11.30am - 12.00pm Working lunch
12.00pm - 1.00pm Discussion work split, boat trip, meeting, etc (N. Gruber lead)
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DISCUSSION
From now until 1PM
Items
A Split of work/topics (3 different projects) B
Cruise on SeaWorld (when, how) C How to stay in
contact D Next workshop (spring 2006) E
evaluation
Goal develop a set of lesson plans to be shared
with wider community
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POTENTIAL TOPICS
Ideas for possible lesson plans
A Upwelling, harmful algal blooms, marine mammal
strandings (could include discussion about
vertical structure of the ocean, density, etc) B
Diurnal cycle, sea-breeze (potential link to
air-pollution, marine layer etc) C Marine
weather forecast (use current obs from mooring,
shore station, satellite obs) and wind forecast
to make a temperature forecast D Seasonal cycle
(temperature, air vs water, etc) link to
sun/earth orbit etc. E other topics (currents,
wind, (search and rescue).)
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DISCUSSION
From now until 1PM
Items
A Split of work/topics (3 different projects) B
Cruise on SeaWorld (when, how) C How to stay in
contact D Next workshop (spring 2006) E
evaluation
Goal develop a set of lesson plans to be shared
with wider community