Project Funding: 2014 - 2016

NRA: 2013 NASA: Terra and Aqua: Algorithms--Existing Data Products   

Funded by NASA

Abstract:
The focus of the Plumes and Blooms (PnB) program is to understand, predict and utilize changes in ocean color in the complex coastal waters of the Santa Barbara Channel (SBC), California. The core element of the PnB program is the monthly, day-long sampling of 7 stations across the Santa Barbara Channel. At each station, a full suite of bio-optical and oceanographic measurements is sampled and nearly 80 stations are completed each year. Coupled with the highly dynamic nature of the SBC, the PnB data are incredibly useful for answering coastal ocean color science questions and for validating satellite data products. PnB field observations started in 1996 and they have continued continuously to the present. The objectives of the present proposal are: - Continue the PnB bio-optical time series sampling program and make these data available for their wide use, - Use the PnB in situ data set to address important issues in ocean color science (i.e., understanding CDOM dynamics and developing UV and NIR bio-optical models in complex coastal waters), and - Apply MODIS (and other) ocean color imagery when appropriate to address the variability of the coastal ocean, extending the PnB observations to regional scales. This proposal responds to section 2.1 Science Data Analysis of the 2103 NASA ROSES call for proposals A.28:The Science of Terra and Aqua (NNH13ZDA001N-TERAQ). We also want to continue our contributions to the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Measurements Team (section 4.2). The primary instruments we are working with are the MODIS instrument on the Aqua platform (and when appropriate other satellite ocean color instruments).

Publications:

Catlett, D., Matson, P. G., Carlson, C. A., Wilbanks, E. G., Siegel, D. A., Iglesias-Rodriguez, M. D. 2019. Evaluation of accuracy and precision in an amplicon sequencing workflow for marine protist communities. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 18(1), 20-40. DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10343

Catlett, D., Siegel, D. A. 2018. Phytoplankton Pigment Communities Can be Modeled Using Unique Relationships With Spectral Absorption Signatures in a Dynamic Coastal Environment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 123(1), 246-264. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013195

Matson, P. G., Washburn, L., Fields, E. A., Gotschalk, C., Ladd, T. M., Siegel, D. A., Welch, Z. S., Iglesias-Rodriguez, M. D. 2019. Formation, Development, and Propagation of a Rare Coastal Coccolithophore Bloom. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 124(5), 3298-3316. DOI: 10.1029/2019JC015072

Snyder, J. N., Bell, T. W., Siegel, D. A., Nidzieko, N. J., Cavanaugh, K. C. 2020. Sea Surface Temperature Imagery Elucidates Spatiotemporal Nutrient Patterns for Offshore Kelp Aquaculture Siting in the Southern California Bight. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00022

More details may be found in the following project profile(s):

• NASA Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry (OBB) Project Profile