MBARI Observations Plus

• Moorings• Ship surveys• Drifters• AUV runs• The hidden data – ROV CTD• ROMS ecosystem modeling-Fei Chai• End with a gee whiz animation-Mike McCann• Seth Bushinsky, Gernot Friederich, Dorota

Kolber, Lionel Pawlowski, Tim Pennington (and other ship participants), Martin Suro

AOSN II – I SST MB06-1

Surface salinity

AOSN II – I Surface nitrate MB06-1

Surface chlorophyll

Surface salinity

AOSN II – 3 SST MB06-2

AOSN II – 3 Surface nitrate MB06-2

Surface chlorophyll

MB06 -1

MB06 -2

Temperature

MB06 -1

MB06 -2

Salinity

MB06-2 Oxygen

The hidden data

AUV “Chlorophyll” Ecosystem model

AUV Ecosystem model Difference

What next?

• Not sure since analysis not really funded

• Data is available for use

• Can and should automate/improve data/model access/visualization

• Modelers need to move from competitive to collaborative environment and provide tools for accurate model estimates of fluxes