Sessions organized by Decade projects at Ocean Sciences 2024 are currently accepting contributions from autonomous ocean observation and modeling groups.
Published on 23 August 2023 | news
Addressing the escalating challenges of climate change and ensuring the sustainable utilization of coastal resources has become a priority for a number of actors. Maritime stakeholders, public and private researchers, and operational resource management agencies are in need for an interconnected and comprehensive global ocean information network that will serve as a pivotal response to the climate crisis.
This need hinges on the imperative need for a reliable and all-encompassing ocean information system that transcends geographical boundaries. With the primary goal of effectively countering the impacts of climate change, an effective blend of cutting-edge ocean observing systems, tailored predictive models, and accessible information services will need to be developed.
As part of this global movement, pivotal sessions will be convened at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans in February 2024 to congregate autonomous ocean observation and modeling groups. Projects and initiatives from the Ocean Decade working on coastal environments are also using the meeting as a platform to foster dialogue and catalyse new connections and cooperation. The session DO015 “Pairing autonomous monitoring and ocean modelling: advancing our understanding of coastal ocean systems through capacity expansion”, is aligned with the CoastPredict Programme to further its mission and promote useful contributions to advance knowledge on coastal environments. The project FLAME is holding the session "Mind the gap - Understanding and Predicting Future Coastal Ocean Climates" to "understand the physical and biogeochemical processes that control the response of the coastal ocean to climate change, and developing the tools to accurately represent and project this response."
The United Nations Ocean Decade recognizes that the enhancement of capacity-building measures is of paramount importance in meeting the data requirements of coastal ocean areas. This call for abstracts welcomes the participation of autonomous ocean observation and modeling groups from across the globe, while also inviting entities that want to establish new collaborations and to pioneer integrated global approaches. With these sessions poised to shape the trajectory of ocean research and resource management within the Decade and beyond, the call provides a unique opportunity to be part of a transformational discussion on coastal system management and observation.
The deadline to submit your abstract for this session is September 13th, 2023 at 23:59 EDT.