# Presentation: 333214

## Earth’s Living Ocean:

- Systematic Observations, Partnerships, Modeling, In situ planning, Summary

**Earth’s Living Ocean:**
**The Unseen World**

**Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Roadmap**

**T**

**2002**

**2010**

**2012**

**2014**

**2015**

**2004**

- Reduced flux uncertainties;   global carbon dynamics

- Funded

- Unfunded

- Global Ocean Carbon /     Particle Abundance

- N. America’s carbon budget quantified

-   Global Atmospheric CO2 (OCO)

**2006**

**2008**

** **Reduced flux uncertainties; coastal  carbon dynamics

**NA Carbon**

**NA Carbon**

**Global C Cycle **

**T** = Technology development

- Regional carbon sources/sinks quantified for planet

**IPCC**

**IPCC**

- Effects of tropical deforestation quantified; uncertainties
- in tropical carbon source reduced

- = Field Campaign

**Goals: Global productivity and land cover change at fine resolution; biomass and carbon fluxes quantified; useful ecological forecasts and improved climate change projections**

- Vegetation 3-D Structure, Biomass, & Disturbance

**     ****T**

- Terrestrial carbon stocks & species habitat characterized

- Models w/improved ecosystem functions

- High-Resolution Atmospheric CO2

** **Sub-regional sources/sinks

- Integrated global analyses

- CH4 sources characterized and quantified

**P**

- Vegetation (AVHRR, MODIS)

- Ocean Color (SeaWiFS, MODIS)

- Land Cover (Landsat)

-     Bridge (LDCM)

- Land Cover (OLI)

- Vegetation, Fire  (AVHRR, MODIS)

-    Ocean/Land (VIIRS/NPP)

-    Ocean/Land (VIIRS/NPOESS)

- Models & Computing Capacity

- Case Studies

- Process Understanding

- Improvements:

- Human-Ecosystems-Climate Interactions (Model-Data Fusion, Assimilation); Air-Sea Flux

**T**

- Partnership

- N.  American Carbon Program

**           **Land Use Change in Amazonia

- Global CH4;** **Wetlands, Flooding & Permafrost

**Global C Cycle **

**                ****Knowledge Base**

**2002:  Global productivity and land cover resolution coarse; Large uncertainties in biomass, fluxes, disturbance, and  coastal events**

- Systematic Observations

-  Process controls; errors in sink reduced

- Coastal Carbon

- Southern Ocean Carbon Program, Air-Sea CO2 Flux

-      Physiology & Functional Types

##  provide vicarious calibration of orbiting instrumentation

**Supporting Measurements**

**In situ observation program**
** ****provide vicarious calibration of orbiting instrumentation**
** ****validate the quality of observations**
** ****provide path to improve quality / utility of space-based measurements**
** ****Program must:**
**     ****- accurately sample relevant observables, **
**     ****- make observations across wide range of biological / biogeochemical ****	****	****provinces**
**     ****- relate in situ observations to known community measurement ****	****	****	****standards**
**     ****- provide these data to a centralized data center (global data sets)**
**     ****- compare vicarious instrument calibration results with on-orbit methods**
**     ****- push what can be measured and how well **
** ****Coordinated field observations; new instrumentation (present and ****	****future satellite observables); production and dissemination of ****	****calibration standards (all investigators must follow); free, open and ****	****easy access of all data collected in support of the cal/val program**

## The competed (green) and shared (yellow) connecting-core elements. The latter in-cludes competed, contracted, and internal (red and blue) core contributions, the mixture of which is determined largely by the topic type. For example, the calibration and validation component is expected to be involved in managing the vicarious calibration site(s), which means it will also be involved in the optical properties element (at least the AOP portion) as well as the standards and traceability element, so all these elements are colored yellow.

##  Protocols for laboratory & in situ observations

**Systematic Observations**

- Pre-launch sensor characterization
-  Protocols for laboratory & in situ observations
-  Advanced instrumentation development & ongoing instrument performance 	evaluations
-  Calibration and data analyses round robins
-  Laboratory pigment analysis intercomparisons
-  Future laboratory round robins for other material measurements
-  In situ data archive and standardized QC procedures
-  Algorithm development (atmospheric & bio-optical)
-  On-orbit calibration capabilities
- - On-board methods (e.g., lunar data)
- 	- Vicarious methods (e.g., MOBY)
-  Multi-mission reprocessing capability
-  Planning for missions to ensure data product continuity

## Partnerships

**Partnerships**

**Partnerships – missions, in situ programs**
** ****Interagency - OOI ORION, IOOS, CCSP, GEOSS; agencies?**
** ****International – other space agencies (calibration), ship time**
**Framework for building partnerships (MERIS data?) **
**Modeling **
** ****Other disciplines - MAP**

##  Systematic, coordinated interdisciplinary approach to modeling of ocean 	biological and biogeochemical processes

**Modeling**

** ****Systematic, coordinated interdisciplinary approach to modeling of ocean ****	****biological and biogeochemical processes**
-  Observational Strategy = measurements + modeling environment
** ****Time and space gaps – in situ and satellite data**
** ****Data – format**
** ****Assimilation**
** ****Connection with MAP program, ESMF**

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**Notes:**
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## NASA seeks to advance understanding of the Earth’s living ocean through global research, observations and predictive models; role in Earth System Science

Community Feedback Welcome:

paula.s.bontempi@nasa.gov

End of April 2006 - Draft plans (Advance + Cal/Val) will be on-line

11-13 April 2006 – Community Discussion
NASA Ocean Color Research Team Meeting – (Newport, RI)

June/July 2006 - Final draft/new initiative package

Plan – Living Document

Carbon Cycle & Ecosystem Focus Area Advance Plan

**Earth’s Living Ocean: The Undiscovered World**

- NASA seeks to advance understanding of the Earth’s living ocean through global research, observations and predictive models; role in Earth System Science
- Community Feedback Welcome:
- paula.s.bontempi@nasa.gov
- End of April 2006 - Draft plans (Advance + Cal/Val) will be on-line
- 11-13 April 2006 – Community Discussion
- NASA Ocean Color Research Team Meeting – (Newport, RI)
- June/July 2006 - Final draft/new initiative package
- Plan – Living Document
- Carbon Cycle & Ecosystem Focus Area Advance Plan