Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry

NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program Research Activities

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157 projects (projects with funding 2015+)

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PI (Student if applicable)	Task Title	Start Year
Anderson, Clarissa University of California Santa Barbara	Merging Satellite and Numerical Model Data in The California Current to Create Continous Imagery and Forecasts of Harmful Algal Blooms -- Anderson (ECO4CAST 2012)	2013
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Combining Satellite-, AUV-, and Ship-Based Measurements From the Multi-Decadal Time Series 'GNATS' to Model the Carbon Cycle in the Gulf of Maine -- Balch (CARBON 2013)	2014
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	GNATS: An Experimental Observatory Documenting the Gulf of Maine Carbon Cycle -- Balch (CARBON 2016)	2017
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Maintenance and refinement of the MODIS algorithm for particulate inorganic carbon -- Balch (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Science Data Analysis: Integrating the MODIS PIC product into the climate data record -- Balch (TERAQ 2013)	2014
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Use of Suomi NPP for deriving science data records of ocean particulate inorganic carbon concentration: algorithm improvements, product validation and achieving continuity with the EOS product -- Balch (SNPP 2013)	2014
Barnard, Andrew WET Labs	Hyperspectral radiometric device for accurate measurements of water leaving radiance from autonomous platforms for satellite vicarious calibrations -- Barnard (OBB 2014)	2014
Barreto, Maritza University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras	Human Impacts to Coastal Ecosystems in Puerto Rico (HICE-PR): A remote sensing, hydrologic, ecologic and socio-economic assessment with management implications -- Barreto (IDS 2012)	2014
Behrenfeld, Michael Oregon State University	Characterizing the Phytoplankton Component of Oceanic Particle Assemblages -- Behrenfeld (NOPP 2009)	2010
Behrenfeld, Michael Oregon State University	First steps - Linking remotely-detectable optical signals, photic layer plankton properties, and export flux -- Behrenfeld (OBB 2016)	2017
Behrenfeld, Michael Oregon State University	Global ocean phytoplankton carbon and physiology with MODIS-Aqua -- Behrenfeld (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Behrenfeld, Michael Oregon State University	Merging Active and Passive Ocean Observations to Advance Understanding of Climate Impacts on Global Carbon Stocks and Phytoplankton Physiology -- Behrenfeld (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Bender, Michael Princeton University	Net Community Production and Carbon Export in the Southern Ocean: Measurements and Scaling -- Bender (OBB 2012)	2013
Benway, Heather Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Program/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Project Office -- Benway (OBB 2015)	2016
Bidle, Kay Rutgers	Role of virus infection in North Atlantic bloom succession: RAPID Response Proposal in coordination with North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) -- Bidle (RRNES 2015)	2015
Boss, Emmanuel University of Maine	A global database of high horizontal resolution IOPs for validation of remotely sensed ocean color -- Boss (PACEST 2013)	2015
Boss, Emmanuel University of Maine	Linking hyper-spectral particulate IOPs to biogeochemistry and ocean color remote sensing; Analysis and expansion of the Tara dataset. -- Boss (OBB 2012)	2013
Boss, Emmanuel University of Maine	Rapid Response: Adding bio-optical sensors to a Southern Ocean Float-based Observing System linking ocean color to carbon science in the Southern Ocean. -- Boss (RRNES 2013)	2014
Boss, Emmanuel University of Maine	SUMMER COURSE IN OCEAN OPTICS: THEORY AND MEASUREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF SPACE-BASED OCEAN COLOR OBSERVATIONS -- Boss (TWSC 2014)	2014
Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura Michigan Technological University	Quantifying How Global Change and Land Use Legacies Affect Ecosystem Processes at the Land Water Interface Across the Great Lakes Basin -- Bourgeau-Chavez (IDS 2016)	2017
Brody, S Duke Univ.	Examining Physical Drivers of Phytoplankton Bloom Phenology in Subpolar Regions -- Brody (NESSF 2012)	2012
Buesseler, Ken Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Elucidating Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Export and Attenuation of Ocean Primary Production using Thorium-234 -- Buesseler (OBB 2016)	2017
Carlson, Craig University of California-Santa Barbara	Evaluating the Controls of Dissolved Organic Matter Accumulation, its Availability to Bacterioplankton, its Subsequent Diagenetic Alteration and Contribution to Export Flux -- Carlson (OBB 2016)	2017
Cassar, Nicolas Duke University	Derivation of Global Net Community Production and Assessment of Regulation Factors Using In-Situ Measurements and Remotely Sensed Properties -- Cassar (NESSF 2013)	2013
Cetinic, Ivona NASA GSFC / USRA	Multi-Sensor, Ecosystem-based Approaches for Estimation of Particulate Organic Carbon -- Cetinic (OBB 2012)	2013
Chowdhary, Jacek Columbia Univ. NASA GISS	Atmospheric Correction for Retrieval of Ocean Spectra from Space (ACROSS) -- Chowdhary (PACEST 2013)	2015
Churnside, James NOAA	Lidar data mining in support of EXPORTS -- Churnside (OBB 2015)	2016
Coles, Victoria University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science	Predicting, Validating, and Understanding Zooplankton Distributions from Space in an Eddy Rich Ocean -- Coles (IDS 2016)	2017
Davis, Curtiss Oregon State University	Impacts of Population Growth on the San Francisco Bay and Delta Ecosystem -- Davis (IDS 2012)	2014
Del Castillo, Carlos NASA	Hybrid-spectral Alternative for Remote Profiling of Optical Observations for NASA Satellites (HARPOONS) - Wave Glider SV3 -- Del Castillo (OBB 2014)	2014
Dierssen, Heidi University of Connecticut	Airborne imaging spectroscopy of benthic and floating vegetation in relation to carbon export -- Dierssen (OBB 2012)	2013
Dierssen, Heidi University of Connecticut	Atmospheric Correction over Bright Water Targets with Non-negligible Radiances in the Near Infrared -- Dierssen (PACEST 2013)	2015
Dierssen, Heidi University of Connecticut	Hyperspectral remote sensing of coral reefs: Assessing the potential for spectral discrimination of coral symbiont diversity -- Dierssen (HYSPIRI 2014)
Dohan, Kathleen Earth and Space Research	East Meets West: Dynamic Biogeography of the Subarctic North Pacific -- Dohan (IDS 2016)	2017
Doney, Scott Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Climate-Driven Impacts on the Marine Ecology, Biogeochemistry, and Carbon Cycle of the West Antarctic Peninsula -- Doney (CARBON 2013)	2014
Doney, Scott Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Multi-scale Satellite Analysis of the Biophysical Dynamics Governing Ocean Phytoplankton Community Structure -- Doney (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Dutkiewicz, Stephanie MIT	Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change through Optics, Imagery and Models -- Dutkiewicz (OBB 2015)	2016
Dutkiewicz, Stephanie MIT	Signatures of the Multiple Scales of Motion in Shaping Marine Phytoplankton Biogeography -- Dutkiewicz (IDS 2016)	2017
Estapa, Margaret Skidmore College	Linking sinking particle chemistry and biology with changes in the magnitude and efficiency of carbon export into the deep ocean 16-OBB16_2-0016 -- Estapa (OBB 2016)	2017
Follows, Mick MIT	Interpreting ecological variability using remotely observed optical properties and ocean models. -- Follows (OBB 2012)	2013
Franz, Bryan NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group	Advancing the Quality and Continuity of Marine Remote Sensing Reflectance and Derived Ocean Color Products from MODIS to VIIRS -- Franz (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Franz, Bryan NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group	Extension of the MODIS Ocean Color Time-Series to S-NPP/VIIRS: Marine Remote Sensing Reflectance and Derived Products -- Franz (SNPP 2013)	2014
Franz, Bryan NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group	Integration of GCOM-C/SGLI into NASA's Multi-Mission Ocean Color Time-Series -- Franz (ESUSPI 2014)	2015
Franz, Bryan NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group	Maintenance and Quality Assessment of Remote Sensing Reflectance, Chlorophyll, and Diffuse Attenuation Products to Support MODIS Ocean Color Science -- Franz (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Friedrichs, Marjy Virginia Institute of Marine Science	Impacts of Changing Climate and Land Use on Carbon Cycling and Budgets of the Coastal Ocean Margin: Observations, Analysis, and Modeling -- Friedrichs (IDS 2009)	2011
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Algorithm Development in Support of SGLI and GOCI Ocean-Color Missions -- Frouin (ESUSPI 2010)	2011
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Bayesian Methodology for Atmospheric Correction of PACE Ocean-Color Imagery -- Frouin (PACEST 2013)	2015
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Development of a Science Quality Ocean Surface PAR Product from NPP VIIRS Data -- Frouin (SNPP 2013)	2014
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Estimating the Fraction of Photosynthetically Available Radiation Absorbed by Live Phytoplankton from MODIS and VIIRS Data -- Froulin (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Improvements to the MODIS Standard Ocean PAR Product -- Frouin (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Retrieval of Marine Reflectance from MISR Data -- Frouin (TERAQ 2013)	2014
Gierach, Michelle JPL	Variation in phytoplankton composition associated with ENSO diversity in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean -- Gierach (OBB 2012)	2013
Gilerson, Alexander NOAA CUNY	Development of a methodology for the retrieval of charactersitics of water constituents from satellite polarimetric observations -- Gilerson (OBB 2012)	2013
Gilerson, Alexander NOAA CUNY	Retrieval of Characteristics of Water Constituents from near Surface and Satellite Polarimetric Observations -- Gilerson (OBB 2015)	2016
Goés, Joaquim Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory	A Time Series of Sea Surface Nitrate and Nitrate Based New Production in the Global Oceans -- Goes (MEASURES 2012)	2013
Goés, Joaquim Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory	Decision and Information System for the Coastal Waters of Oman (DISCO)- An Integrative Tool for Managing Coastal Resources Under Changing Climate -- Goes (ECO4CAST 2016)	2017
Gorbunov, Maxim Rutgers University	Measuring Chlorophyll Fluorescence Lifetimes in the Global Ocean to Interpret Satellite-Based Solar Induced Fluorescence Yields -- Gorbunov (OBB 2015)	2016
Gregg, Watson NASA GSFC	Combining Data Assimilation with an Algorithm to Improve the Consistency of SeaWiFS, MODIS and VIIRS Chlorophyll: Continuing a Multidecadal, Multisensor Global Record -- Gregg (TASNPP 2017)	2017
Gregg, Watson NASA GSFC	Combining Data Assimilation with an Algorithm to Improve the Consistency of VIIRS Chlorophyll: Toward a Multidecadal, Multisensor Global Record -- Gregg (SNPP 2013)	2014
Gregg, Watson NASA GSFC	Radiative Coupling in the Ocean using MODIS-Aqua Ocean Radiance Data -- Gregg (TERAQ 2009)	2012
Guild, Liane NASA ARC	High-Quality Optical Observations (H-Q2O): Improving Atmospheric Correction and Remote Sensing of Water Quality in the Coastal Zone -- Guild (TSWQ 2012)	2015
Ho, David University of Hawaii	Seasonal Variability in Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Fluxes in a Mangrove Ecosystem -- Ho (CARBON 2013)	2014
Hofmann, Eileen Old Dominion University	Impacts of Changing Climate and Land Use on Carbon Cycling and Budgets of the Coastal Ocean Margin: Observations, Analysis, and Modeling -- Friedrichs (IDS 2009)	2011
Hostetler, Chris NASA Langley Research Center	Advanced Ocean Retrievals Using Lidar and Polarimeter Measurements -- Hostetler (OBB 2012)	2013
Hostetler, Chris NASA Langley Research Center	Advancing Airborne and Spaceborne Lidar for Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Applications -- Hostetler (OBB 2015)	2016
Hu, Chuanmin University of South Florida	Distribution and abundance of pelagic Sargassum and their linkage with environmental changes in the Intra-Americas Sea and Tropical Atlantic: An interdisciplinary assessment -- Hu (OBB 2015)	2016
Hu, Chuanmin University of South Florida	Establish a multi-sensor climate data record of ocean chlorophyll-a concentrations using a novel algorithm concept -- Hu-2 (TERAQ 2013)	2014
Hu, Chuanmin University of South Florida	Maximize MODIS potentials for near real-time ocean applications through developing and refining novel algorithms and products -- Hu-1 (TERAQ 2013)	2014
Hu, Chuanmin University of South Florida	Refine and improve Suomi NPP chlorophyll a and other ocean color data products using a novel algorithm concept -- Hu (SNPP 2013)	2015
Jonsson, Bror University of New Hampshire	Lagrangian Particle Tracking as a Unifying Framework to Study Variability of Acidification in Coastal Waters -- Jonsson (CARBON 2013)	2014
Keppel-Aleks, Gretchen University of Michigan	Constraining atmospheric transport influence on OCO-2 data for improved inference of Southern Hemisphere carbon fluxes -- Keppel-Aleks (OCO2ST 2014)	2015
Kiefer, Dale USC	TunaScape: Coupling Ocean Circulation to the Tuna Fishery of the Eastern Pacific Ocean -- Kiefer (IDS 2016)	2017
Knobelspiesse, Kirk NASA GSFC	Joint MISR/MODIS ocean color atmospheric correction with a new algorithm that utilizes reflected sun glint -- Knobelspiesse (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Kostadinov, Tihomir Desert Research Institute	Carbon-based phytoplankton size classes using multi-platform ocean color observations and Earth System Models: inter-annual variability and trend power analysis -- Kostadinov (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Kudela, Raphael UCSC	Harmful Algal Bloom Response to the 2016 ENSO Event in the California Current -- Kudela (RRNES 2015)	2016
Laney, Samuel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Riverine Carbon Contributions to Alaskan Arctic Coastal Margins -- Laney (CARBON 2016)	2017
Lee, Craig University of Washington	Autonomous Investigation of Export Pathways from Hours to Seasons -- Lee (OBB 2016)	2017
Lee, Ping University of Massachusetts Boston	Development of datasets and algorithms for hyperspectral IOP products from the PACE ocean color measurements -- Lee (PACEST 2012)	2014
Lee, Ping University of Massachusetts Boston	Development of new solar radiation and primary production products from MODIS ocean-color measurements -- Lee (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Lee, Ping University of Massachusetts Boston	Upgrade the Kd(490) Product to the Normalized Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient at 490 nm (nKd(490)) for Suomi NPP -- Lee (SNPP 2013)	2014
Lohrenz, Steve University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	An Integrated Terrestrial-Coastal Ocean Observation and Modeling Framework for Carbon Management Decision Support -- Lohrenz (CMS 2014)	2014
Lomas, Michael Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Response of Phytoplankton Community Composition and Biomass to Climate: Development of Optical and Pigment Fingerprint Libraries to evaluate Phytoplankton Functional Type (PFT) estimates from Satellite Products -- Lomas (OBB 2015)	2016
Lozier, M. Duke Univ.	Non-local Physical Controls on Subtropical Marine Productivity -- Lozier (OBB 2012)	2013
Lutz, David Dartmouth College	Interactive Effects of Catchment and Climate Change on Water Quality in Forested North Temperate Lakes: Historic Trends and Future Predictions -- Lutz (IDS 2016)	2017
Mahadevan, Amala WHOI	Modeling studies for EXPORTS in a dynamic ocean environment -- Mahadevan (OBB 2015)	2016
Mannino, Antonio NASA GSFC	Development, Production and Distribution of GOCI Data Products in Preparation for the GEO-CAPE Ocean Color Mission -- Mannino (ESUSPI 2012)	2013
Mannino, Antonio NASA GSFC	Land-Ocean Interactions in the Arctic: An Integrative Field Campaign to Assess the Impacts of Natural and Anthropogenic Changes to Coastal Ocean Biology, Biogeochemistry and Biodiversity -- Mannino (OBB 2013)	2013
Mannino, Antonio NASA GSFC	Support of NASA MODIS and VIIRS Ocean Science Teams and Research with Quality-Assured HPLC Pigment Analysis -- Mannino (TASNPP 2017)	2017
Mannino, Antonio NASA GSFC	Support of NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Research with Quality-Assured HPLC Pigment Analysis -- Mannino (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Marchetti, Adrian University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Quantifying the carbon export potential of the marine microbial community: coupling of biogenic rates and fluxes with genomics at the ocean surface -- Marchetti (OBB 2016)	2017
Marinov, Irina University of Pennsylvania	Seasonal, Interannual and Interdecadal Variability in Global Phytoplankton Community Size Structure Derived From Ocean Color Remote Sensing and IPCC-Class Ecosystem Models -- Marinov (OBB 2012)	2013
Maritorena, Stephane UCSB	From UV to Fluorescence, a Semi-analytical Ocean Color Model for MODIS and Beyond. -- Maritorena (TERAQ 2009)	2011
Maritorena, Stephane UCSB	How useful will the PACE UV bands be for IOP retrievals and atmospheric correction? -- Maritorena (PACEST 2012)	2015
Matrai, Paty Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science	Net Primary Productivity Algorithm Round Robin for the Arctic Ocean -- Matrai (OBB 2012)	2013
Matrai, Paty Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science	Primary production changes across the Subarctic Atlantic: The physical and ecological roles of surface advection -- Matrai (OBB 2015)	2016
McGillicuddy, Dennis WHOI	Mechanisms controlling mesoscale/submesoscale hotspots in net community production/export, with simulation-based studies on how to sample them -- McGillicuddy (OBB 2015)	2016
McKinley, Galen University of Wisconsin	Connecting phytoplankton cell size to variability in the ocean carbon sink -- McKinley (TERAQ 2009)	2011
McKinley, Galen University of Wisconsin	Mechanisms of Variability in Global Ocean Biology and Carbon Sinks: Observations and CMIP5 Models -- McKinley (OBB 2012)	2013
Meister, Gerhard NASA OBPG	Integration of Sentinel-3/OLCI Data into the Suite of NASA Operational Ocean Color Products -- Meister (ESUSPI 2012)	2013
Menden-Deuer, Susanne University of Rhode Island	North Atlantic Plankton Population Dynamics: Quantifying the Predictive Values of Temperatures, Light and Hyperspectral Ocean Color Data -- Menden-Deuer (RRNES 2014)	2015
Menden-Deuer, Susanne University of Rhode Island	Quantifying plankton predation rates, and effects on primary production, phytoplankton community composition, size spectra and potential for export -- Menden-Deuer (OBB 2016)	2017
Messie, Monique Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute	Utilizing Remote Sensing, Models and In Situ Data to Elucidate Ecosystem Hotspots in a Moving Ocean -- Messie (IDS 2016)	2017
Miller, Richard East Carolina University	On the export of dissolved organic carbon by large rivers: assessing the effect of climate variability - 2 -- Miller (OBB 2012)	2013
Mishra, Deepak University of Georgia	A Tidal and Species Based MODIS GPP Product for Estimating Marsh Blue Carbon Across the Southeastern United States -- Mishra (CARBON 2016)	2017
Mitchell, Greg Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Improved Satellite Ocean Color Retrievals of Ocean Inherent Optical Properties and Biogeochemical Properties Utilizing the Capabilities of PACE -- Mitchell (PACEST 2013)	2015
Mitchell, Greg Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Scoping for Interdisciplinary Coordinated Experiment of the Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle (ICESOCC) -- Mitchell (OBB 2013)	2014
Moore, Tim University of New Hampshire	Supporting the generation of ocean color data products for ESA: the Climate Change Initiative (CCI) and the Global Lakes Sentinel Services (GLaSS) projects -- Moore (ESUSPI 2014)	2015
Moore, Tim University of New Hampshire	Using remote sensing and field investigations of suspended sediments to determine the role of resuspension events on nutrient dynamics and phytoplankton responses in western Lake Erie -- Moore (OBB 2015)	2016
Muller-Karger, Frank University of South Florida	National Marine Sanctuaries as Sentinel Sites for a Demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) -- Muller-Karger (NOPP 2014)	2014
Najjar, Ray The Pennsylvania State University	Response of Carbon Cycling to Climatic and Anthropogenic Perturbations in Two North American Subtropical Estuaries -- Najjar (CARBON 2016)	2017
Najjar, Ray The Pennsylvania State University	Synergistic impacts of population growth, urbanization, and climate change on watersheds and coastal ecology of the northeastern United States -- Najjar (IDS 2012)	2014
Najjar, Ray The Pennsylvania State University	The Carbon Budget of Tidal Wetlands and Estuaries of the Contiguous United States: A Synthesis Approach (WETCARB = Wetland-Estuary Transports and CARbon Budgets) -- Najjar (CARBON 2013)	2014
Nelson, Norm University of California, Santa Barbara	Bermuda Bio-Optics Project: Continuation of Time-series and Retrospective Data Analysis -- Nelson (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Nelson, Norm University of California, Santa Barbara	Ocean color observations on CLIVAR: Inherent optical properties and community structure on trans-ocean sections. -- Nelson (RRNES 2013)	2014
Nevison, Cindy University of Colorado/INSTAAR	Understanding export production in high-latitude oceans using atmospheric gas observations, remote sensing and models -- Nevison (OBB 2015)	2016
Nevison, Cindy University of Colorado/INSTAAR	Understanding the Present and Future Carbon Sink in the Southern Ocean Using Atmospheric Gas Observations, Remote Sensing and Models -- Nevison (CARBON 2013)	2014
Osburn, Chris North Carolina State University	Linking Carbon Exchange Between Coastal Wetland and Shelf Environments: A Case Study in the Barataria Bay, Northern Gulf of Mexico -- Osburn (CARBON 2013)	2014
Platnick, Steven NASA GSFC	Retrieval Studies In Support of Cloud Property Products from the PACE Ocean Color Imager -- Platnick (OCO2ST 2013)	2015
Qi, Jiaguo Michigan State University	Quantifying Human and Climate Impacts on Wetland Ecosystems in the Lower Mekong River Basin -- Qi (IDS 2016)	2017
Raymond, Peter Yale University	Magnitude and Controls on the Lateral Transport of Carbon via Streams and Rivers -- Raymond (CARBON 2016)	2017
Remer, Lorraine NASA GSFC/ JCET	Aerosol absorption retrievals from base-line OCI observations: Risk reduction for atmospheric correction of the PACE mission -- Remer (PACEST 2013)	2014
Remer, Lorraine NASA GSFC/ JCET	Understanding airborne fertilization of oceanic ecosystems from analysis of MODIS, VIIRS and CALIOP observations. -- Remer (TASNPP 2017)	2017
Robbins, Lisa University of Southern Florida	Air-Sea CO2 Flux and Carbon Budget Synthesis and Modeling in the Entire Gulf of Mexico -- Robbins (CARBON 2013)	2014
Rodgers, Keith Princeton University	Evaluating Spatiotemporal Scales and Underlying Mechanisms for Emergence of Anthropogenic Trends in the Solubility and Biological Ocean Carbon Pumps -- Rodgers (CARBON 2016)	2017
Rodgers, Keith Princeton University	Synthesis of New Sea Surface pCO2 Data Products: Evaluation, Comparison, and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle -- Rodgers (CARBON 2013)	2014
Roesler, Collin Bowdoin College	Phytoplankton community structure, carbon stock, carbon export and carbon flux: What role do diatoms play in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans? -- Roesler (OBB 2016)	2017
Roesler, Collin Bowdoin College	Quantifying uncertainties in phytoplankton absorption coefficients for accurate validation of the PACE ocean color sensor: moving towards satellite retrieved phytoplankton functional types (PFTs) -- Roesler (PACEST 2013)	2014
Rousseaux, Cecile NASA Universities Space Research Association	Observation-System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) and seasonal forecasts to support EXPORTS -- Rousseaux (OBB 2015)	2016
Rousseaux, Cecile NASA Universities Space Research Association	Phytoplankton composition algorithms for PACE -- Rousseaux (OCO2ST 2013)	2015
Sarmiento, Jorge Princeton University	Determination of the Relationship Between Primary Production and Net Community Production in the Southern Ocean Through the Use Profiling Floats, Satellite Data, and Ecosystem Models -- Sarmiento (CARBON 2016)	2017
Sarmiento, Jorge Princeton University	The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in Cross-Frontal Transport and Subduction of Nutrients and Carbon in the Southern Ocean -- Sarmiento (CARBON 2013)	2014
Schimel, Dave JPL	Operations and data products for carbon-climate feedbacks using OCO-2 -- Schimel (OCO2ST 2014)	2015
Siegel, Dave UC Santa Barbara	Data Mining Global Ocean Ecosystem & Carbon Cycling Observations for EXPORTS Planning & Synthesis -- Siegel (OBB 2015)	2016
Siegel, Dave UC Santa Barbara	Plumes and Blooms: A Multi-Decadal Coastal Bio-Optical Time-series and Retrospective Data Analysis -- Siegel (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Siegel, Dave UC Santa Barbara	Synthesizing Optically- and Carbon Export-Relevant Particle Size Distributions for the EXPORTS Field Campaign -- Siegel (OBB 2016)	2017
Sosik, Heidi Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Seasonal anomalies as proxies for phytoplankton community response to climate trends on a temperate continental shelf -- Sosik (OBB 2012)	2013
Sosik, Heidi Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Seasonal to Interannual Variability in Phytoplankton Biomass and Diversity on the New England Shelf: In Situ Time Series for Validation and Exploration of Remote Sensing Algorithms - Augmentation for flow cytobot -- Sosik (TERAQ 2009)	2009
Steinberg, Deborah William & Mary - VIMS	Zooplankton-Mediated Export Pathways: Quantifying Fecal Pellet Export and Active Transport by Diel and Ontogenetic Vertical Migration in the North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans -- Steinberg (OBB 2016)	2017
Stramski, Dariusz UCSD	Quantifying the spectral absorption coefficients of phytoplankton and non-phytoplankton components of seawater from in situ and remote-sensing measurements -- Stramski (PACEST 2013)	2015
Stramski, Dariusz UCSD	Refinement, Evaluation, and Application of an Improved POC Ocean Color Product for Continuity of Climate Data Records -- Stramski (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Subramaniam, Ajit Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory	Phytoplankton and Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps -- Subramaniam (RRNES 2015)	2016
Sullivan, Jim Florida Atlantic University	Improving IOP measurement uncertainties for PACE ocean color remote sensing applications. -- Sullivan (PACEST 2013)	2014
Twardowski, Michael Florida Atlantic University	Improving retrieval of IOPs from ocean color remote sensing through explicit consideration of the volume scattering function -- Twardowski (PACEST 2013)	2016
Tzortziou, Maria CCNY City University of New York/ GSFC-NASA	Ecological and Sociodemographic Determinants and Impacts of Urbanization and Restoration on Intertwined Urban-Wetland-Estuarine Systems -- Tzortziou (IDS 2016)	2017
Tzortziou, Maria CCNY City University of New York/ GSFC-NASA	Linking PACE to Ocean Applications: A Two#Way Approach to Maximize the Societal Value While Mitigating the Risk of the PACE Mission -- Tzortziou (OCO2ST 2013)	2014
Tzortziou, Maria CCNY City University of New York/ GSFC-NASA	Tidal Wetlands as Sources and Sinks of Carbon in a Changing world: Remote Sensing, Measurements and Modeling of Wetland-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions -- Tzortziou (CARBON 2013)	2014
Urban, Edward Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Secretariat	Support of Science Activities for the Integrated Marine Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Research Project -- Urban (OBB 2012)	2013
Vorosmarty, Charles CUNY	Coastal Hypoxia Analysis and Risk Tracking (CHART) through Remote Sensing and Process-Based Modeling in South and Southeast Asia -- Vorosmarty (IDS 2016)	2017
Voss, Ken Physics Dept, Univ of Miami	Developing a MOBY-NET instrument, suitable for a federation network for Vicarious Calibration of Ocean Color Satellites -- Voss (OBB 2014)	2014
Werdell, Jeremy NASA GSFC	Advancing the retrieval of marine inherent optical properties from multi-sensor, multi-spectral satellite ocean color radiometry -- Werdell (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Werdell, Jeremy NASA GSFC	Advancing the retrieval of marine inherent optical properties from satellite ocean color radiometry -- Werdell (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Westberry, Toby Oregon State University	A next-generation net primary production model for application to MODIS Aqua -- Westberry (TERAQ 2013)	2014
Westberry, Toby Oregon State University	Refinement of global MODIS chlorophyll fluorescence quantum yields -- Westberry (TERAQEA 2013)	2014
Yu, Hongbin NASA GSFC	Understanding airborne fertilization of oceanic ecosystems from analysis of MODIS, VIIRS and CALIOP observations. -- Hongbin (TASNPP 2017)	2018
Zhang, Xiaodong University of North Dakota	Optically resolving size and composition distributions of particles in the dissolved-particulate continuum from 20 nm to 20 mm to improve the estimate of carbon flux -- Zhang-Xiaodong (OBB 2016)	2017
Zhang, Xiaodong University of North Dakota	Understanding natural variability of VSFs and its impact on biogeochemical retrieval from ocean color -- Zhang-Xiaodong (PACEST 2013)	2015
Zimmerman, Richard Old Dominion University	Quantification of Blue Carbon Burial in Seagrass Ecosystems and the Impact of Projected Climate Change -- Zimmerman (CARBON 2016)	2017

Previously Funded Research Activities

82 projects (recently ended 2010-2014)

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PI (Student if applicable)	Task Title	Start Year
Arrigo, Kevin Stanford University	Investigations of Climate and Environmental Change on Arctic Pacific Shelves (ICECAPS) -- Arrigo (2010)	2010
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Coccolithophores of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Harbingers of a polar biogeochemical province in transition? -- Balch (OBB 2009)	2010
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Generating Environmental Data Records of Ocean Particulate Inorganic Carbon with NPP/NPOESS -- Balch (NPP 2010)	2011
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Land-to-sea carbon export from the northeast watersheds of North America to the northwest Atlantic Ocean -- Balch (IDS 2009)	2011
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Science data analysis for the MODIS ocean product for particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) -- Balch (TERAQ 2009)	2010
Balch, Barney Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	“GNATS”, the Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series: Integrating terrestrial and ocean carbon cycles in a coastal shelf sea through coordinated ship and satellite observations -- Balch (NACP 2005)	2006
Bates, Nicholas Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences	Investigation of the Controls and Feedbacks on the Biogeochemical Cycling of Inorganic Carbon, Air-Sea CO₂ Fluxes and Ocean Acidification Effects on the Arctic Pacific Shelves -- Bates (OBB 2009)	2010
Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura Michigan Technological University	Linking Remote Sensing and Process-Based Models to Better Understand the Influence of Land Use and Climate Changes on Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands -- Bourgeau-Chavez (IDS 2009)	2011
Camill, Phil Bowdoin	Historical and projected changes in carbon export to the Gulf of Maine from land use and climate change -- Roesler (IDS 2009)	2010
Campbell, Rob Prince William Sound Science Center	Melting Ice, Habitat Change and Nutrient Flux: Hydrological, Biogeochemical and Biological Linkages Between the Copper River Watershed and the Coastal gulf of Alaska. -- Campbell (2010)	2010
Coble, Paula University of South Florida	North American Carbon Program and (NACP) and Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Interim Coastal Carbon Synthesis -- Coble (2010)	2010
Dall'Olmo, Giorgio Oregon State University	Investigating the size-dependence of remotely-sensed and in-situ optical proxies of phytoplankton physiology -- Behrenfeld (OBB 2008)	2009
Davis, Curtiss Oregon State University	Analysis of GOCI data data in preparation for GEOCAPE -- Davis (2010)	2011
Dierssen, Heidi University of Connecticut	Differentiating sources of backscattering in the Southern Ocean: calcite, bubbles, and other optical constituents -- Dierssen (OBB 2006)	2007
Doney, Scott Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Ocean Biological Feedbacks on Global Coupled Climate-Carbon Cycle Dynamics -- Doney (IDS 2006)	2007
Fargion, Giulietta CHORS/SDSU	Management and Future Expansion of Ocean Color Validation Data Bases -- Fargion (2009)	2009
Follows, Mick MIT	Phytoplankton Community Organization by Cell Size, Optical Properties and Meso-scale Motions in an Eddy Resolving Ocean Model. -- Follows (OBB 2008)	2009
Franz, Bryan NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group	Constructive Assessment of VIIRS Ocean Color Data Quality Towards NASA Climate Data Record Continuity -- Franz (NPP 2010)	2011
Franz, Bryan NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group	MODIS Aqua and Terra Calibration and Validation, Atmospheric Correction, and Community-Based Algorithm Development in Support of Ocean Products -- Franz (TERAQ 2009)	2010
Friedrichs, Marjy Virginia Institute of Marine Science	The Impacts of Climate Change on Phytoplankton Community Structure along the U.S. Northeastern Continental Margin -- Friedrichs (NESSF 2010)	2010
Friedrichs, Marjy Virginia Institute of Marine Science	U.S. Eastern Continential Shelf Carbon Cycling (USECoS): modeling, data assimilation and analysis -- Friedrichs (CARBON 2007)	2008
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Evaluation of Satellite Ocean-Color Data Using SIMBADA Radiometers -- Frouin (NPP 2010)	2011
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Fields of Nonlinear Regression Models for Inversion of Satellite Ocean-Color Data -- Frouin (EOS 2006)	2007
Frouin, Robert Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Improving Existing Satellite Color Observations of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas for Biogeochemical Modeling -- Frouin (OBB 2009)	2010
Glover, David Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Assessing the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Marine Planktonic Calcification Using Satellite Anlaysis and Earth System Modeling -- Glover (CARBON 2010)	2009
Gnanadesikan, Anand Johns Hopkins University	Ocean color, carbon and circulation: Studies with an Earth System Model -- Gnanadesikan (IDS 2006)	2007
Goés, Joaquim Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory	Characterization of large and unusual Noctiluca blooms in the northern Arabian Sea and their role in carbon cycling during the winter monsoon -- Goes (OBB 2008)	2009
Goés, Joaquim Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory	Climate change and its impact on the ecosystem of the Arabian Sea -- Goes (IDS 2006)	2007
Gorbunov, Maxim Rutgers University	The application of lifetime analyses in the upper ocean to the interpretation of satellite-based solar induced fluorescence signals -- Gorbunov (2007)	2007
Gregg, Watson NASA GSFC	Consistent Ocean Chlorophyll from NPP -- Gregg (NPP 2010)	2012
Gregg, Watson NASA GSFC	Reducing Error in Global Ocean Chlorophyll Estimates -- Gregg (CARBON 2007)	2009
Hu, Chuanmin University of South Florida	A multi-sensor assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Surface oil volume and impact on marine algae -- Hu (OBB 2012)	2013
Hu, Chuanmin University of South Florida	ECOHAB: Remote detection of harmful algal blooms in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico -- Hu (ECO4CAST 2008)	2009
Ito, Taka Georgia Institute of Technology	High-resolution modeling of the Southern Ocean carbon cycle based on ECCO state estimates -- Ito (CARBON 2007)	2008
Jin, Xin UCLA	The Impacts of the Offshore Transport of Carbon and Nutrients from the Continental Margins on the Carbon Cycle and Air-Sea CO2 Balance of the Pacific Ocean -- Jin (CARBON 2007)	2008
Kaushal, Sujay University of Maryland	Understanding and Forecasting Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes in Coastal Watersheds -- Kaushal (CARBON 2010)	2012
Keeling, Ralph UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Evaluating the ocean biogeochemical components of Earth System Models by using Ocean Color and Atmospheric Observations: An Integrated Approach -- Keeling (COUND 2010)	2011
Kiefer, Dale USC	A Tuna Stock Assessment Support System for the Eastern Pacific -- Kiefer (NDOA 2013)	2008
Laney, Samuel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Monitoring Climate-Driven Changes in Arctic Algal Assemblages -- Laney (OBB 2009)	2010
Lohrenz, Steve University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	Assessing Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Terrestrial-Ocean Fluxes of Carbon and Nutrients and Their Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems -- Lohrenz (IDS 2009)	2010
Lohrenz, Steve University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	Development of Observational Products and Coupled Models of Land-Ocean-Atmospheric Fluxes in the Mississippi River Watershed and Gulf of Mexico in Support of Carbon Monitoring -- Lohrenz (CMS 2011)	2012
Louchouarn, Patrick Texas A&M University, Galveston	Examining the relationships between land use change, wetland alteration, and carbon sequestration in the Gulf of Mexico -- Louchouarn (CARBON 2010)	2011
Mannino, Antonio NASA GSFC	Development of Novel MODIS Global Ocean Data Products: Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) and Dissolved Organic Carbon Algorithms -- Mannino (TERAQ 2009)	2010
Mannino, Antonio NASA GSFC	The Impacts of Climate Variability on Primary Productivity and Carbon Distributions in the Middle Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine (CliVEC) -- Mannino (OBB 2008)	2009
McClain, Chuck NASA GSFC	Assessment and Impact of Carbon Variability in the Nordic Seas -- McClain (CARBON 2010)	2011
McClain, Chuck NASA GSFC	Evaluations of the VIIRS Sensor Performance and Operational NPOESS Ocean Product Algorithms -- McClain-1 (EOS 2006)	2007
McClain, Chuck NASA GSFC	Improved Pigment Detection and Quantitation for Quality-Assured HPLC Production Analyses -- McClain (TERAQ 2009)	2011
McGillicuddy, Dennis WHOI	Carbon cycling in the North Atlantic from regional to basin scales: satellite data, in situ observations, and numerical models -- McGillicuddy (CARBON 2007)	2008
McKinley, Galen University of Wisconsin	The Impact of Thermocline Induction on Decadal Variability of the North Atlantic Carbon Sink -- McKinley (CARBON 2010)	2011
Mitchell, Greg Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Bio-Optical Measurement and Modeling of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas -- Mitchell (OBB 2009)	2011
Monger, Bruce Cornell University	Lagrangian Study of Surface Chlorophyll Variability Within Subtropical Eddies -- Monger (OBB 2008)	2009
Nelson, Norm University of California, Santa Barbara	Bermuda Bio-Optics Project: Enhancement of measurements for new ocean color applications -- Nelson (TERAQ 2009)	2011
Perry, Mary Jane University of Maine, Orono	Reducing uncertainty in the marine carbon cycle by coupling satellite and in-water robotic measurements -- Perry (CARBON 2007)	2008
Rahman, Faiz Indiana University	Carbon Dynamics, Land Cover Change, and Vulnerability of the World's Largest Coastal Mangrove Ecosystem to Climate Change -- Rahman (CARBON 2010)	2011
Raymond, Peter Yale University	United States Stream and River CO2 Evasion -- Raymond (CARBON 2010)	2011
Reynolds, Rick Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD	Optical Detection of Particle Concentration, Composition, and Size Within Arctic Waters -- Reynolds (OBB 2009)	2010
Richey, Jeff School of Oceanography	Connectivity of the Landscape of Southeast Asia with the South China Sea: Scaling of Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Processes -- Richey (IDS 2006)	2007
Rodgers, Keith Princeton University	A new method for identifying anthropogenic changes in ocean biogeochemistry through the combined use of repeat hydrographic measurements and remote sensing data -- Rodgers (OBB 2008)	2009
Roesler, Collin Bowdoin College	Historical and projected changes in carbon export to the Gulf of Maine from land use and climate change -- Roesler (IDS 2009)	2010
Roesler, Collin Bowdoin College	Remote Assessment of algal functional groups in absence of extreme blooms: application to Alexandrium fundyense in the Gulf of Maine -- Roesler (ECO4CAST 2008)	2010
Salisbury, Joe UNH	Lagrangian tracking of satellite products with a numerical model: A new method for diagnosing net community productionand carbon export in the ocean -- Salisbury (CARBON 2007)	2008
Shuchman, Bob Michigan Technological University	Development of New Regional Carbon Monitoring Products for the Great Lakes Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data -- Shuchman (CMS 2011)	2012
Siegel, Dave UC Santa Barbara	A Mechanistic Approach Towards the Remote Assessment of Carbon Export by Sinking Particles in the Open Ocean. -- Siegel (CARBON 2010)	2011
Siegel, Dave UC Santa Barbara	Controls on Open Ocean Productivity and Export eXperiment - COOPEX. -- Siegel (OBB 2012)	2013
Siegel, Dave UC Santa Barbara	Evaluating NPP Ocean Color Data Products in a Complex Coastal Environment: The Plumes and Blooms Program. -- Siegel (NPP 2010)	2011
Siegel, Dave UC Santa Barbara	Ocean Color Study of Plumes and Blooms in the Santa Barbara Channel -- Siegel (EOS 2006)	2007
Stammerjohn, Sharon University of Colorado at Boulder	Improving Current Assessments and Future Predictions of Carbon Fluxes in the Southern Ocean as Mediated by the Dynamical Response of Ice-Ocean-Ecosystem Interactions to Climate Change -- Stammerjohn (OBB 2006)	2009
Steele, Michael University of Washington	The Autonomous Polar Productivity Sampling System (APPSS) -- Steele (OBB 2009)	2010
Stramski, Dariusz UCSD	Assessing biodiversity of phytoplankton communities in the ocean from optical remote sensing -- Stramski (BIODIV 2008)	2009
Subramaniam, Ajit Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory	Multisensor Mapping of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Large River Plumes -- Subramaniam (2010)	2010
Urban, Edward Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Secretariat	International coordination, development, scientific and training activities in the field of satellite ocean-colour radiomtery (OCR) -- Urban (2009)	2009
Verdy, Ariane Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Towards a 4D-Var Approach for Estimation of Air-Sea Carbon Dioxide Fluxes -- Verdy (CMS 2011)	2012
Vorosmarty, Charles CUNY	Further Tests on a Modeling Framework to Detect and Analyze Changes in Land-to-Coastal Fluxes of Freshwater and Constituents -- Vorosmarty (IDS 2006)	2007
Wang, Menghua NOAA/NESDIS/STAR	Evaluation and Improvement of the NPP/NPOESS VIIRS Ocean Color EDRs -- Wang (NPP 2010)	2011
Wang, Wendy UMD/ESSIC	Decadal Changes in the Equatorial Pacific Ecosystem Structure and Functioning: Impact of Climate Conditions -- Wang (OBB 2008)	2009
Wang, Wendy UMD/ESSIC	Reducing the Global Carbon Cycle Uncertainties: Understanding the Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere CO2 fluxes -- Wang (CARBON 2007)	2008
Westberry, Toby Oregon State University	Development of a Globally consistent AQUA MODIS Fluorescence Line Height (FLH) Record and its Science Applications -- Westberry (TERAQ 2009)	2010
Westberry, Toby Oregon State University	Ecosystem carbon dynamics in high-latitude seasonal seas of the subarctic North Pacific and North Atlantic -- Westberry (CARBON 2007)	2008
Xiao, Yongjin Virginia Insitute of Marine Science	The Impacts of Climate Change on Phytoplankton Community Structure along the U.S. Northeastern Continental Margin -- Friedrichs (NESSF 2010)	2010
Yang, Zong-Liang The University of Texas at Austin	Developing and Applying an Integrated Multi-scale Earth System Modeling Framework to Study the Impacts of Changing Climate, Local Weather, and Land Use on Watersheds and Downstream Coastal Ecosystems -- Yang (IDS 2009)	2010
Yang, Zong-Liang The University of Texas at Austin	Using Satellite Data and Fully Coulpled Regional Hydrologic, Ecological and Atmospheric Models to Study Complex Coastal Evironmental Processes -- Yang (IDS 2006)	2007
Yvon-Lewis, Shari Texas A&M	Ocean Acidification of the Greater Caribbean Region 1999 - 2009 -- Yvon-Lewis (CARBON 2007)	2008

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