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EXPORTS Writing Team

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The writing team is a mixture of EXPORTS Science Definition Team members and selected participants.

 

EXPORTS Science Definition Team

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Structure

The EXPORTS SDT has 25 members with expertise in scientific disciplines relevant to the goals of EXPORTS. These include, but are not limited to, carbon cycle science, ecology, biogeochemistry, and as needed, the associated management, social and economic sciences. Members also have expertise in the methodologies to be used: satellite, airborne, and in situ observations; data analysis; data synthesis; data management; and modeling. It will be desirable for some members of the SDT to have knowledge of and experience working in North Atlantic and North Pacific carbon cycle science or ecosystems. NASA would welcome a few additional members with experience or expertise in applying scientific knowledge to decision making/management in the study regions, or its applicability globally. Members also have demonstrated the ability to work well as constructive, engaged members of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team.

SDT Lead to oversee and coordinate activities for the EXPORTS SDT. The SDT Leader will work with the NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office (CCEO) and Earth Science Project Office (ESPO - https://espo.nasa.gov/) to organize, plan, and chair any needed team meetings, coordinate the individual PIs, integrate the input of the various team members, and work to achieve consensus on the overall implementation plan objectives based on the science plan and requirements of one or each implementation scenario(s). NASA reserves the right to appoint a Deputy Science Definition Team Leader to assist the EXPORTS SDT Leader to ensure the breadth of scientific expertise is well represented. The EXPORTS SDT Leader (and possible Deputy SDT Leader) will act in close association with the NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office and Earth Science Project Office, if needed, and OBB Program Scientist to achieve the SDT goals. The Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program Manager will make a recommendation to the Selecting Official for a Leader and possible Deputy Leader of the EXPORTS SDT from the selected SDT members. The NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program Manager and possibly other agency representatives will be ex officio members of the EXPORTS SDT.

NASA is currently seeking partnerships with other organizations in the conduct of EXPORTS. There is also the possibility that partnerships may develop to involve EXPORTS in a broader, multidisciplinary field program in either the North Atlantic or North Pacific. If such partnerships are realized, NASA may ask its EXPORTS SDT members to also engage in the scientific and implementation planning for the combined activity, joining with the scientists representing the scientific interests of the partner organizations. NASA is not anticipating that such interactions will add significantly to the burden of work to be undertaken by the EXPORTS SDT.

Responsibilities

The members of the EXPORTS SDT will provide NASA with assistance in developing an Implementation Plan for the EXPORTS scientific field campaign. This plan will include a reasonably detailed study design or implementation options with a modular approach, and a description of required field and remote sensing observations, required field infrastructure, logistics, technologies, modeling, and data management capabilities.

NASA's charge to the SDT is to design the implementation requirements for a regional, aquatic biogeochemical and ecosystem research project to be conducted in the North Atlantic and North Pacific study areas that is faithful to the scope and primary objectives described in the Final Science Plan for EXPORTS. The EXPORTS Final Science Plan included details regarding study design and management as a proof-of-concept demonstration of feasibility. The SDT will be free to adopt those recommendations or further consider, refine, and/or alter the study design to best address EXPORTS goals and objectives. The SDT should identify any particular societal issues that could be studied in EXPORTS, with the understanding that these will likely require the incorporation of complementary social and natural science perspectives and methods. The SDT will be charged to design a study that leverages, complements, and is compatible with ongoing North Atlantic and North Pacific research projects and field observations of national and international organizations working in the region, where possible. Where collaboration is possible, the NASA field campaign can then focus on filling gaps in scientific or geographic coverage and providing integrated regional analyses through effective use of satellite and airborne remote sensing, in situ observations, geospatial data analysis tools, and integrative data synthesis and modeling studies.

The SDT will meet in person three times in 2016; each one lasting two to three days. All reports and other output of the EXPORTS SDT will be made publicly available on an EXPORTS web site. Once the SDT's work has concluded, it will be disbanded prior to any solicitations for the field campaign being issued by NASA.