Field Campaigns & Projects
EXPORTS: EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing:
EXPORTS is a NASA large-scale field campaign that will provide critical information for quantifying the export and fate of upper ocean net primary production (NPP) from satellite observations. The overarching goal of EXPORTS is to develop a predictive understanding of the export and fate of global ocean primary production and its implications for the Earth’s carbon cycle in present and future climates.
OBB Campaign Scoping Studies
Under the NASA ROSES 2012 A.3 Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry program element, NASA advertised for scoping studies to identify the scientific questions and develop the initial study design and implementation concept for a new NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry field campaign or related team project (scale on par with ICESCAPE, SO GasEx, etc.).
Three scoping study projects were funded in 2012 & 2013 for a future Field Campaign. EXPORTS is now a fully funded field campaign (see above). View abstracts.
Arctic COLORS: Arctic-COastal Land Ocean InteRactionS
Arctic-COLORS is currently drafting its implementation plan under the leadership of Maria Tzortziou, Antonio Mannino, and Irina Overeem. COLORS aims to quantify the coupled biogeochemical/ecological response of the Arctic nearshore system to rapidly changing terrestrial fluxes and ice conditions.