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Santa Monica Bay Observatory (SMBO) Outreach and Education Program Think globally, act locally. Nicolas Gruber & Anita Leinweber Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & IGPP, UCLA ngruber@igpp.ucla.edu & leinweber@ipgp.ucla.edu. AGENDA . OUTLINE .
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Santa Monica Bay Observatory (SMBO)Outreach and Education Program Think globally, act locally Nicolas Gruber & Anita Leinweber Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & IGPP, UCLA ngruber@igpp.ucla.edu & leinweber@ipgp.ucla.edu
OUTLINE • Think globally: Human perturbation of the global carbon cycle • Act locally: The Santa Monica Bay Observatory
Co-VARIANCE OF SST AND CHLOROPHYLL John Ryan, MBARI
15+5 km nested simulations ROMS RESULTS
OUTLINE • Think globally: Human perturbation of the global carbon cycle • Act locally: The Santa Monica Bay Observatory • One example: episodic events
Domoic acid poisoning June 2002
Produces domoic acid a neurotoxin that is harmful to marine mammals
March 2002 event: Oceanic response Strong uplifting of isopycnals, leading to outcrop of very cold water TEMPERATURE [˚C] SALINITY
Non-linearity? Three upwellling events in winter 2001-2000, but only March 2002 gave rise to phytoplankton bloom WHY?
THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE From now until noon (including working lunch) Two topics: A: Diurnal cycle (sea-breeze) B: Upwelling events (mammal strandings, toxic blooms, and upwelling) Goal: become familiar with website and LAS data server
DISCUSSION From now until 1PM Items A: Split of work/topics (3 different projects) B: Cruise on SeaWorld (when, how) C: How to stay in contact D: Next workshop (spring 2006) E: evaluation Goal: develop a set of lesson plans to be shared with wider community
POTENTIAL TOPICS Ideas for possible lesson plans A: Upwelling, harmful algal blooms, marine mammal strandings (could include discussion about vertical structure of the ocean, density, etc) B: Diurnal cycle, sea-breeze (potential link to air-pollution, marine layer etc) C: Marine weather forecast (use current obs from mooring, shore station, satellite obs) and wind forecast to make a temperature forecast D: Seasonal cycle (temperature, air vs water, etc) link to sun/earth orbit etc. E: other topics (currents, wind, (search and rescue).)
DISCUSSION From now until 1PM Items A: Split of work/topics (3 different projects) B: Cruise on SeaWorld (when, how) C: How to stay in contact D: Next workshop (spring 2006) E: evaluation Goal: develop a set of lesson plans to be shared with wider community