2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting
The biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting, a gathering of more than 3000 aquatic scientists, will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
The Planning Committee invites proposals for sessions of interest to members of ASLO, AGU, TOS, and ERF. The Ocean Sciences meeting is an important venue for scientific exchange across broad marine-science disciplines, including physical, biological, chemical, and geological oceanography, all branches of limnology, hydrology, and multidisciplinary topics ranging from evolution to climate change. In keeping with the theme of the meeting, we welcome proposals for topical sessions on these subjects and others that reflect new and ongoing research on watersheds, the global ocean, and society, including science education, outreach, and public policy.
From the Conference Website
Water connects and binds us all. It moves from the top of the highest mountain to the depths of the deepest oceans. As limnologists, oceanographers, and educators, water is the lifeblood of our endeavors. Now, as never before, we recognize the interconnections between land and sea, and at the 2008 bi-annual Ocean Sciences Meeting we are going to recognize the important nature of these connections. Please join us March 2-7, 2008, in Orlando, Florida, for this event. We invite you to participate through submissions to oral or poster sessions. Following the trend at our recent meetings, increasing emphasis is being placed on poster sessions with the goal of not limiting the number of concurrent oral sessions and giving greater exposure to presenters at all sessions. We especially encourage the submission of poster presentations as a very effective means of facilitating discussion of research. Poster sessions will be scheduled at times when there are no conflicts from oral sessions or scheduled special workshops, field trips, or town meetings. The poster sessions include receptions to provide opportunities to make professional connections in a social setting.
Items of Interest to MMI
MMI Metadata Tutorial
MMI will hold FREE metadata tutorials that are divided into 30-minute modules at the Ocean Sciences 2008 meeting. The modules will be: Introduction to Metadata; Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies, Taxonomies and Ontologies; Submitting Metadata to a Clearinghouse; and Metadata Best Practices. Two modules will be held during each lunch break (12:15 - 1:15 pm -- you will have time to grab your lunch between 12 - 12:15 pm and eat it in the classroom) on Tuesday, 3/4 and Wednesday 3/5 in room W105. All four modules will be provided on Thursday 3/6 evening (7:30 - 9:30 pm) in room W102.
Posters
- The Global Consensus of Marine Life on Seamounts (CenSeam)
March 5, 2008, 1730-1930
Session #189, Location: W105 - Sensors for Ocean Observations: The Missing Link(s)
March 6, 2008, 1730-1930
Session #153, Location: Poster Hall
Presentation
SCOOP and SURAGRID: Powering Next Generation Science to Mitigate Coastal Disasters
March 5, 2008, 1615
Session #100, Location: W304 A/B
Booths
- Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) manages data and supporting information (metadata) from individual investigators and new programs funded by the NSF Biological and Chemical Oceanography Sections and maintains the U.S. JGOFS and U.S. GLOBEC data collections. BCO-DMO staff members work closely with investigators to ensure successful data sharing and reuse. - Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
SURA is a consortium of over sixty universities in the US promoting initiatives in nuclear physics, information technologies and coastal research. SURA's Distributed Coastal Laboratory (DCL) is a cyber-enabled virtual organization of scientists, sensor networks, forecast models and computing resources to advance understanding of coastal phenomena. The SURA Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction (SCOOP) Program is a DCL initiative focused on improving predictability of coastal hazards.
Town Hall Meeting: National Oceanographic Data Center: An Ocean of Data on your Desktop
Logistics: March 5, 12:00-1:00 pm, Rm W103
Dr. Margarita Conkright Gregg, new Director of NODC, will hold a Town Hall at the upcoming Ocean Sciences meeting.
The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) is the national repository and dissemination facility for global oceanographic data and information which acquires and preserves a historical record of the Earth's changing environment to be used for operational applications and ocean climate research. The mission of NODC is data stewardship to ensure that global oceanographic data sets, collected at great cost, are maintained in a permanent archive that is easily accessible to the world science community and other users. NODC maintains and updates a national ocean archive with environmental data acquired from domestic and foreign activities and produces products and research from these data which help monitor global environmental changes. These data include physical, biological and chemical measurements derived from /in situ/
oceanographic observations, satellite remote sensing of the oceans, and ocean model simulations. A key requirement for meeting NODC's responsibility is to understand the requirements of its data customers. The purposes of this meeting are to develop the requirements for NODC's
data and information products, to begin work with the scientific community on how to meet increasing demands for open access to data, and to receive community input as NODC reviews its strategic priorities.
For additional information, please contact Margarita Gregg (301.713.3270)
