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Ocean Ecology Branch Overview GSFC/Code 614.2 MODIS Team Meeting May 18, 2011

oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov. OSPREy. ORCA. Ocean Ecology Branch Overview GSFC/Code 614.2 MODIS Team Meeting May 18, 2011. Chuck McClain Branch Head. Aquarius. SeaWiFS. Field Program Support. Branch Website - https://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/osb/index.php?section=115.

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Ocean Ecology Branch Overview GSFC/Code 614.2 MODIS Team Meeting May 18, 2011

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  1. oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov OSPREy ORCA Ocean Ecology Branch OverviewGSFC/Code 614.2MODIS Team MeetingMay 18, 2011 Chuck McClain Branch Head Aquarius SeaWiFS Field Program Support Branch Website - https://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/osb/index.php?section=115

  2. Ocean Ecology Branch Organization Data Processing- Distribution SeaDAS Aquarius NPP Ocean PEATE (Code 610.2) Calibration & Validation SeaBASS Ocean Biology Processing Group 610.2: Global Change Data Center Field Support Group & HPLC Analysis Team Ocean Carbon Research & Laboratory Field & Satellite Sensor Development

  3. Ocean Ecology Branch Staffing OBPG - Data Processing/Distribution, SeaDAS, NPP Ocean PEATE, Aquarius - Civil Service (610.2 matrixed to 614.2): Gene Feldman, Norm Kuring -Contract: Sean Bailey, Matt Elliott, Gwyn Fireman, Joel Gales, Liang Hong*, Susie Kennison*, Dan Knowles, Jeff Lentz, Chris Moellers, Fred Patt, Alicia Scott*, Don Shea, Paul Smith, Muriel Taylor, John Wilding, Bill Woodford * Aquarius staff • Calibration & Validation - Civil Service: Bryan Franz, Gerhard Meister - Contract: Zia Ahmad, Bob Barnes, Gene Eplee, Wayne Robinson, Kevin Turpie (VIIRS Ocean Support Team) Field & Laboratory Data • Field Support Group: Joaquin Chavez, Scott Freeman, Karen Mitchell, Aimee Neeley, Jeremy Werdell - Community HPLC Analyses:Crystal Thomas Ocean Carbon Research • Coastal Ocean: • Civil Service: Antonio Mannino • Contract: Mike Novak • Post-docs: Veronica Lance, Dirk Aurin • Open Ocean: • Contract: Sergio Signorini Sensor Development • Field (OSPREy, C-OPTS) • Civil Service: Stan Hooker • Satellite (ORCA) • Civil Service: Chuck McClain • Contract: Alan Holmes (consultant) 7 CS, 30 on-site contractors, 2 post-docs Activity leads in bold. Most staff involved in more than one activity.

  4. NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterOcean Ecology Branch, Code 614.2 • Ocean Color (OC) • SST from MODIS • Salinity from Aquarius OC Data Processing & Mission Support • MODIS/Aqua: 2002-present • MODIS/Terra: 1999-present • SeaWiFS/Orbview-2: 1997-2011 • CZCS/NIMBUS-7: 1978-1986 • OCM-2/Oceansat-2: 2010-present (ISRO) • MERIS/Envisat: 2002-present (ESA) • MERIS quality working group • OCTS/ADEOS: 1996-1997 (JAXA) • MOS/IRS-P3: 1996-2004 (DLR) • VIIRS/NPP: NASA Ocean Science Team lead • NASA-NOAA ocean color working group • New Sensor Development: ORCA • ACE ocean working group lead • GeoCAPE ocean working group lead • Ocean Color activities • Optical & biogeochemical field & laboratory measurements • Field optical instrument development • Sensor calibration/characterization • Processing software & algorithms • Bio-optical algorithms • Data ingest and processing • 1.3 Petabytes on line storage • Data archive and distribution • Product validation (SeaBASS) • User processing and display (SeaDAS) • User support (OC Forum) • Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry Research • Subpolar North Atlantic carbon budget • US east coast continental shelf carbon budget

  5. Activities – CY2011 • Aquarius mission support: Launch in June 2011 • NPP mission support (product evaluation and ocean team leadership): Launch October 2011 • MODIS SST & OC data production & data quality assessment and ocean team leadership • Field & laboratory program support: • move group back to GSFC from off-site • lab refurbishment/upgrade • migration of HPLC pigment processing from UMD/HPEL to GSFC • Field instrument development, e.g., OSPREy & C-OPTS, for future mission support • Development of ORCA (Ocean Radiometer for Carbon Assessment) for the PACE and ACE missions • PACE, ACE, and GeoCAPE mission formulations • Ocean team leadership • Preparation of an ORCA flight instrument proposal for PACE • Preparation of a GSFC mission management proposal for PACE (TBD) • Ocean field program participation • CLIVAR (Antarctica): Feb-April 2011 • ICESCAPE-2 (Arctic): June-July 2011 • GeoCAPE Chesapeake Bay study, August 2011 • Japanese North Pacific Gyre transect, Fall 2011 • Ocean ecology & biogeochemistry research • North Atlantic & coastal US studies to continue (recent ROSES proposal selections)

  6. https://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/osb/index.php?section=115

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