NOAA Science Seminar Series
Past 2019 Seminars

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Presenter(s): Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) - A NOAA RISA Team and National Weather Service
POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812) and Richard Thoman (rthoman@alaska.edu)

Abstract: The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for January (2020!) and the remaining winter season. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/about-accap-webinars/)
Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Sponsor(s): Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Science Seminar

Presenter(s): Nazmi Chowdhury, Support Scientist/Systems Engineer, JPSS Program Science and Laura Dunlap, JPSS Algorithm Manager

Abstract: TheJPSS Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) program supports user demonstration by stimulating interactions between technical experts from the JPSS Program, university partners, and key user stakeholders. The PGRR program's primary objective is maximizing the benefits and performance of S-NPP and JPSS data, algorithms, and products for downstream operational and research users. The PGRR Program projects are grouped into initiatives, one of which is the NWP Impact Studies and Critical Weather Application initiative. The main purpose of this initiative is to further the scientific advancement of the use of JPSS satellite data to support critical weather forecasting and numerical modeling efforts in NOAA and beyond. Improved use of JPSS sounder data in NWP models will include instrument performance, improved data assimilation methods, impacts of data latency and improved error characterization. Projects in this initiative aim to exploit the benefits of the 50 minute separation between the Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 orbits. Studies on the impact of improved CrIS and ATMS data assimilation in operational Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models,such as the Global Forecast System (GFS) and the High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR), enable performance evaluation. This provides feedback on instrument capabilities, helping determine the impact of additional polar-orbiting sounder data on NWP. This presentation introduces seven projects that are funded under NWP Impact Studies and Critical Weather Application initiative, their research importance, goals, rationale behind the projects and the desired outcomes from the research works. It will also include their research updates, primary users, key accomplishments, collaboration to bridge research operation to development of products, user engagement and future plan. The participating project's research area includes enhancement of direct broadcast satellite radiance assimilation capabilities for regional and global rapid-update models, improvement of NearCasts of geostationary moisture and temperature retrievals using JPSS moisture and temperature, advanced EFSO-based QC methods for operational use and agile implementation of new observing systems, ATMS/CrIS calibration, validation and assimilation improving correlated error, clouds, and the surface, improving the assimilation of CrIS radiances in operational NWP models by using collocated high resolution VIIRS data etc.

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Title:
From Hiking the Trout Trails of Yosemite to Mapping Alaska's Seafloor and Seabed 2030

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Presenter(s):
Mark Zimmermann, Research Fishery Biologist , NOAA/NMFS/Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Presenting from Seattle

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Bathymetry is the most important explanatory variable for understanding the abundance and distribution of fish and invertebrates in Alaskan waters, but our seafloor maps are often inadequate. Many areas in Alaska were only surveyed as recently as the 1930s or 1940s, and some areas have never been mapped with formal hydrographic surveys. Therefore we have been combining various available datasets, including non-hydrographic data, and publishing large regional bathymetry compilations for use in fisheries, geological and oceanographic research. This seminar will explain how, as a fishery biologist, I ended up working almost exclusively on bathymetry.

Bio(s):
I work in a NOAA group that conducts stock assessment bottom trawl surveys in the Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska during the summer. In the fall, I host an annual Groundfish seminar series to provide better communication for the widely dispersed groundfish community. During the rest of the year, a GIS expert and I proof, edit, digitize, and combine bathymetry data sets to make detailed Alaska seafloor maps for use in fisheries, geological and oceanographic research (https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/RACE/groundfish/bathymetry/). As the geographic extent of our mapped areas has expanded, we have begun collaborating with the international seafloor mapping community at GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans).Last year I was able to learn about some of GEBCO's mapping expertise during a NMFS Science and Technology Fellowship at Stockholm University. The geomorphological seafloor features of our recent western Gulf of Alaska bathymetry map were interpreted by a geologist to show the ice extent of the Last Glacial Maximum and published at Geosciences (https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9100409). This project was also described in a NOAA Feature Story (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/new-seafloor-maps-reveal-habitat-sculpted-ancient-glaciers).
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Presenter(s): Kathryn Frens, Fishery Policy Analyst, NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Sponsor(s): Knauss Fellows Seminar Series and NOAA Central Library. POC: Knauss Fellow Christine Hirt (christine.hirt@noaa.gov )

Abstract: Proponents of land-use regulations say we need then to conserve biodiversity. But are the regulations we have effective? Opponents say those same regulations have destroyed rural economies and make it hard for communities to survive. But are people in more heavily-regulated landscapes really worse off? This research, which is part of my doctoral dissertation, examines the effects of two different approaches to conservation policy on human and ecological communities on mixed-use landscapes in the northern US.

About the speaker: Kathryn Frens is a PhD student at Michigan State University and a Knauss Fellow at NOAA. Her professional interests include figuring out how policy works in social-ecological systems, stealing social science methods to apply to natural science questions, and talking about narrative structure in science writing. When she's not writing her dissertation, you can find her at old-time music jams or under a tree with a book.

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Sponsor(s): National Sea Grant and the NOAA Central Library POC: Hollis Jones (hollis.jones@noaa.gov)

Presenter(s): Davin Holen, PhD, Coastal Community Resilience Specialist & Assistant Professor Alaska Sea Grant, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences & Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Abstract: Davin will be discussing the adaptation planning he conducts with communities through Adapt Alaska (adaptalaska.org).

• Adapt Alaska Development: From 2015 to 2017 Holen worked with collaborators from State, Federal, and Tribal entities to conduct a series of workshops with over 200 participants to assess climate change impacts to communities in Northwest Alaska and the Bering Sea Region. In addition, Dr. Holen and colleagues at the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska organized the Southeast Alaska Climate Change Summit for Tribes to review climate impacts to cultural resources and discuss monitoring, mitigation, and adaptation planning in 2016. A second workshop to continue efforts in Southeast Alaska is planned for 2019. The outcome of both efforts is a new effort called Adapt Alaska. This includes a website, adaptalaska.org which describes current climate stressors for coastal communities in Alaska, pairs them with innovative adaptation solutions, provides a portal of useful websites and databases, and tells stories of successful adaptation strategies.
• Adapt Alaska Workshops: Continuing the Adapt Alaska effort, Davin is currently working with partners on a climate adaptation scenario planning exercise in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska called Adapt Y-K, the Alaska Peninsula Community of Port Heiden, is in the planning stage to develop a workshop in Kodiak called Adapt Kodiak to expand efforts into adapting economies to changes, and is working with smaller communities such as Klukwan and Haines in Southeast Alaska to plan adaptation workshops in those communities to be led by Tribes.
• Coastal Vulnerability Tools: Besides working directly with communities in resilience and adaptation planning, Davin also developed a human-dimensions spatial layers for the Alaska Ocean Observing System data portal for planning and responding to potential technological disasters. This tool shows areas of harvest and use of wild resources in Cook Inlet by rural communities and can be used by responders to oil spills as well as in planning exploration activities.
• Oil Spill Impacts to Communities: Davin recently coordinated a National Academy of Science Gulf Research Program funded workshop on oil spill impacts to human health, and social and economic disruption to be held February 2019. This brought together stakeholders from across Alaska to discuss challenges and vulnerabilities related to oil spills in the extremes of Alaska.

Bio(s): Dr. Davin Holen is a coastal community resilience specialist for Alaska Sea Grant in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and works collaboratively with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Davin facilitates workshops and other activities related to coastal resilience addressing monitoring, mitigation, and adaptation to local stressors from climatic and ocean changes.

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Presenter(s): Danielle M. Frechette, PhD Marine Resource Scientist, Maine Department of Marine Resources

Seminar sponsor: This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources. Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Abstract: This talk will provide a bird's eye view of a colonization program implemented for Atlantic salmon population enhancement in a Quebec river.

Seminar POC: heather.tabisola@noaa.gov & jens.nielsen@noaa.gov

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MP4 recording can be viewed thru Adobe Connect here: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/py0nj37yq3zx/

Title:
Climate Change Vulnerability of Lobster Fishing Communities in Atlantic Canada

Presenter(s):
Blair Greenan, Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nancy Shackell, Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Climate change impacts on fisheries will undoubtedly have socio-economic impacts on coastal communities and the seafood market. However, it is a challenge to integrate climate change information in a form that can be used efficiently by adaptation planners, policy makers and fishery managers. In this study, we frame a climate change impact assessment using a geographical perspective based on the management units of the dominant fishery, in this case, American lobster in Nova Scotia, Canada. The information considered here includes economic dependence on the fishery, population size, diversity of the fishery revenue, status of harbour infrastructure, total replacement cost of each harbour, increased relative sea level and flooding, and the vulnerability of offshore lobster to ocean warming and changes in zooplankton composition and anticipatory changes in fishery productivity across management borders. Using two ocean models to provide multi-decadal scale projections of bottom temperature, changes in offshore lobster distribution are projected to have a neutral, or positive impact on the region as a whole. However, when lobster vulnerability is combined with climate change related vulnerabilities of coastal fishing communities, it is evident that adaptation planning is needed for long-term sustainability. This impact assessment provides both a framework and information for further in-depth analyses by climate change adaptation planners and fishery managers.

Bio(s):
Drs. Blair Greenan and Nancy Shackell are research scientists at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2012, Nancy and Blair co-managed a large research group to assess the vulnerabilities, opportunities and impacts of climate change throughout the Atlantic Basin. Recently, their research has focused on developing climate change adaptation tools to provide science advice to DFO on issues related to coastal infrastructure and fisheries management.

Blair manages a diverse group of researchers that focus on ocean stressors ranging from marine oil spills to climate change effects such as ocean acidification. He is the Scientific Director for the Argo Canada program which contributes to the International Argo program in advancing global real-time observations of the ocean with autonomous instruments. Blair received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto.

Nancy's research focuses on fisheries ecology in support of Ecosystem Approach to Management. Nancy has published on biodiversity, important habitat of commercial species, marine protected areas, trophic balance, integrated ecological assessments, impacts of climate change, Atlantic halibut spatial ecology, and climate change adaptation. Nancy received a B.Sc. in Biology from McGill University, Montreal and a Ph.D. in Biology from Dalhousie University, Halifax.

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Presenter(s): Meghan Dalton, Climate Impacts Research Consortium; Britt Parker, National Integrated Drought Information System, Karin Bumbacco, Office of the Washington State Climatologist, Andrea Bair, NWS Western Region, Erich Seamon, University of Idaho, Jason Kesling, Upper Snake River Tribe Foundation

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System, Climate Impacts Research Consortium, USDA Northwest Climate Hub, National Weather Service

POC: Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov)

Abstract: These webinars provide the region's stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing drought conditions as well as climatic events like El Nio and La Nia. Speakers will also discuss the impacts of these conditions on things such as wildfires, floods, disruption to water supply and ecosystems, as well as impacts to affected industries like agriculture, tourism, and public health.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

Seminar POC for questions: Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov)

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Title: NOAA: A 50-Year, Personal Perspective

Webinar recording: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/pkol3ytlaglg/

Presenter(s):
Dr. Jawed Hameedi, Lead Physical Scientist, NOAA/NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). Presenting at NOAA in Silver Spring.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Some pioneering research at the University of Washington coincided with the stated intent of creating the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 1970, which included a realization that the oceans and the atmosphere are interacting parts of the global environment upon which we depend for the quality of our lives.Further, there was an immediate and compelling need for better knowledge of the total environment to more effectively monitor and predict its actions, and ultimately to exercise some degree of control over it. Since its inception andusing new observational technologies, computer-based analyses and models, and greater insight into interconnections and complexity in the environment, NOAA has continually advanced science-based management of natural resources. The Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program and the Marine Ecosystems Analysis Program are two early examples of such endeavors that firmly established NOAA's expertise in conceptualizing and implementing multi-year,multi-disciplinary research programs, whose success could be measured by the quality of information and tools, and benefits to the American public. In the Arctic, NOAA also played a key role in implementing the international Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and provided scientific leadership in realizing its goals. The relationship between water quality and NOAA has remained both authentic and contradictory; it is indeed paradoxical. For more than two decades, NOAA was engaged in studies to assess impacts of sewage disposal at sea, developing measures of unreasonable degradation of the marine environment, and determining economic, environmental and public health costs of different waste disposal alternatives. Ocean dumping of sewage sludge ceased in 1988. On the other hand, NOAA was not successful in implementing the National Coastal Monitoring Act or its part of the National Water Quality Monitoring Network, which included linkage with the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System. Successful future endeavors on coastal water quality would require not only within-NOAA collaboration but also more effective interagency partnerships for more parsimonious and effective approaches.

Bio(s):
Dr. Jawed Hameedi is Lead Research Scientist at NOAA/NOS NCCOS Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. His current responsibilities involve strategic planning, review of research and development programs, evaluation of innovative research and applications, and information synthesis in light of Federal legislation and agency priorities. Dr. Hameedi served as Manager of NOAA's National Status and Trends Program for marine environmental quality. Before that, he was Director of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program, a multi-year, multi-disciplinary program of environmental research, assessment, and information synthesis, to help guide safe and prudent development of oil and gas resources in Alaska offshore waters. He was also Director of the NOAA's Arctic Environmental Assessment Center in Anchorage, Alaska. He has nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on basic and applied research, applying scientific information and research data to resolve resource use conflicts related to energy production and transportation, radionuclide contamination, ecological indicators and biomarkers, and environmental monitoring and assessment. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Oceanography from the University of Washington, Seattle.

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Title: Putting the Best Foot Forward: Ending the Era of the U.S. Survey Foot

Presenter(s): Dr. Michael Dennis, National Geodetic Survey

Sponsor(s): NOAA's National Geodetic Survey. POC: Steve Vogel, National Geodetic Survey

Abstract: An era will soon end. In 1959, the name U.S. survey foot was given to an existing definition so that its use could temporarily continue alongside the new international foot. After December 31, 2022, only the international foot definition will be used in the United States: 1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly (but simply called the foot). That will stop the simultaneous use of two nearly identical foot versions that differ by only 0.01 foot per mile.

NGS and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have collaborated to resolve the problem of two feet, as described in this webinar by:

• Giving an overview of the history
• Providing examples of problems encountered
• Summarizing public comments received
• Charting a path forward as part of modernizing the National Spatial Reference System

The intent is to provide national uniformity of length measurement in an orderly fashion with minimum disruption. It will end a dilemma that has persisted for over 60 years.

Intermediate Technical Content Rating: Some prior knowledge is helpful.

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Presenter(s): Emily Greene; Scott Kern, and Shawn Miller of Raytheon Company

Sponsor(s): STAR Science Seminar Series

Audio:
+1-415-527-5035 US Toll
Access code: 909 305 426

Presentation Files:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191212_Greene.pdf
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191212_Greene.pptx

Abstract:
In this presentation, we explore continued modernization of the weather value chain in two key ways. First, we discuss the latest successes and lessons learned for migration of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) to the cloud. We also present future thoughts for taking greater advantage of Cloud Services to increase the velocity and responsiveness to the weather community. Second, we discuss various places in the weather value chain where Machine Learning (ML) can be applied, and we show some sample use cases toward that end.

Presenter(s):

Emily Greene is the Deputy Program Manager for the JPSS CGS Program. Prior to her current assignment, she was the IPT Lead for IDPS. During her career with Raytheon, she has specialized in science data processing, archive and distribution for many NASA spacecraft including EOS, Mars, Astrophysics and Heliospheric missions. She received her PhD in Heliospheric Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Scott Kern is the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) IPT Lead and prior to that was the IDPS Chief Engineer. He has over 14 years of experience on the JPSS Program supporting both IDPS and C3S with most of those working on the Data Processing side. Scott has an extensive knowledge of the CGS program. He has also worked on other Command and control programs with Raytheon since 1998.

Shawn Miller is an Engineering Fellow and Certified Architect with Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS). He is currently the Technical Director for Civil Space and Weather. Prior to his current assignment, Shawn was the Chief Architect on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS). He has been working in various aspects of satellite remote sensing for 26 years. He obtained a PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1995.

POC:
Stacy Bunin, stacy.bunin@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Amie West, Chesapeake Biological Lab, University of Maryland

Sponsor(s): NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Central Library. POC: EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)

Abstract: Coastal regions of the US have unique ecosystem challenges and management complexities that need to be considered when planning and implementing ecosystem-based management (EBM). Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are investigating the status and opportunities for EBM in coastal regions of the US. Amie will discuss the results of an online survey and semi-structured interviews conducted with coastal scientists and managers to describe practitioners' perspectives on EBM. She will also describe how a variety of additional information sources are being used to suggest emerging research opportunities to support EBM implementation.

Bio(s): Amie West is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science focusing on coastal ecosystem-based management strategies and implementation. Previously, Amie worked as TMDL developer at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Amie earned her Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas Environmental Dynamics program in 2016. Her dissertation work focused on freshwater ecology and human perceptions of the environment.

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Presenter(s): Sarah Gaichas, Biologist, Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Sponsor(s): NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Central Library. POC: EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)

Abstract: Resource managers worldwide are being asked to consider the ecosystem while making management decisions. However, it can be difficult to change management systems accustomed to evaluating a constrained set of objectives, often on a species-by-species basis. Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) provides a flexible framework for addressing ecosystem considerations in decision making. IEA was adapted to address species, fleet, habitat, and climate interactions by the US Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) as part of their Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) in 2016. The Council's EAFM framework uses risk assessment as a first step to prioritize combinations of managed species, fleets, and ecosystem interactions for consideration. Second, a conceptual model is developed identifying key environmental, ecological, social, economic, and management linkages for a high-priority fishery. Third, quantitative modeling addressing Council-specified questions and based on interactions identified in the conceptual model is applied to evaluate alternative management strategies that best balance management objectives. As strategies are implemented, outcomes are monitored and the process is adjusted, and/or another priority identified in risk assessment can be addressed. The Council completed an initial EAFM risk assessment in 2017. First, the Council identified a range of ecological, social, and management objectives or risk elements. All objectives/risk elements were evaluated with ecosystem indicators using risk assessment criteria developed by the Council. In 2018, the Council identified summer flounder as a high risk fishery and is now finalizing an EAFM conceptual model. Annual ecosystem reporting updates ecosystem indicators and the risk assessment. The Council's rapid progress in implementing EAFM resulted from positive collaboration between managers, stakeholders, and scientists. Collaboration is essential to IEA and to the success of EAFM.

Bio(s): Dr. Sarah Gaichas has been a Research Fishery Biologist with the Ecosystem Dynamics and Assessment Branch at the NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, MA since September 2011. She is a member of the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee, has been active in ecosystem reporting and management strategy evaluation for both the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils. Sarah's primary research is on integrated ecosystem assessment, management strategy evaluation, and ecosystem modeling. Her duties include developing, testing, and using ecosystem data, indicators, and models in natural resource management, and simulation testing management strategies (including analytical tools) that address the needs of diverse ecosystem users. Sarah previously worked at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA from 1997-2011 as an observer program analyst, a stock assessment scientist, and an ecosystem modeler. Sarah earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science in 2006, her M.S from the College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 1997, and her B.A. in English Literature from Swarthmore College in 1991.

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Presenter(s): Kimberle Stark Senior Water Quality Planner, King County, Seattle, WA

Seminar sponsor: This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources. Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Abstract: King County methods for monitoring phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Puget Sound, changes we've observedt, and factors that influence dynamics will be presented.

Seminar POC: heather.tabisola@noaa.gov & jens.nielsen@noaa.gov

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Title: The Art of Knowledge Exchange " Lessons from World Bank Experience and Applications for Marine Conservation

Presenter(s):
Phil Karp, Principal Knowledge Management Officer with the World Bank's Social/Urban/Rural Development and Resilience Global Practice

Co-

Sponsor(s):
NOAA National MPA Center and OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels, EBM Tools Network)

contact: zac.cannizzo@noaa.gov and lauren.wenzel@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Knowledge exchange, or peer-to-peer learning, is a powerful way to share, replicate, and scale up practical solutions to challenges and transform ideas into action. But designing and executing knowledge exchange to achieve intended results and integrating it as part of larger change processes remains challenging. Using its extensive experience in knowledge exchange, the World Bank has developed a systematic framework and guide to help practitioners be more effective knowledge providers, brokers, and recipients. This webinar will present the five-step framework, introduce a range of knowledge exchange instruments and activities, and discuss how this approach can be applied to marine ecosystem conservation. It will also look at the impact and implications of social media and citizen science.

Bio(s):
Philip Karp is a Lead Knowledge Management Specialist at the World Bank where he leads design and implementation of various components of the World Bank's knowledge, learning and innovation work, including South-South knowledge exchange, Communities of Practice, and knowledge networks and partnerships. He has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of knowledge, learning, and advisory services, with particular emphasis on practitioner-to-practitioner and South-South knowledge exchange. He is also an avid Scuba diver and ocean advocate and is actively involved in conservation of coral reef ecosystems, with particular focus on the interface between conservation and livelihoods. Mr. Karp holds a graduate degree in economics and public policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Presenter(s): Lewis Barnett, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Groundfish Assessment Program

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: TBD

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Presenter(s): Bopi Biddanda, Annis Water Resources Institute at Grand Valley State University

Sponsor(s): NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler@noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Abstract: Join Professor Bopi Biddanda as he shares the excitement of over a decade of exploration of life in Lake Huron's sinkholes carried out in collaboration with NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. He will ponder the relevance of these findings to major issues of both scientific and societal interest such as Earth's current biologic and physiologic diversity, oxygenation of early Earth in the distant past, and humanity's ongoing search for extraterrestrial life. For an introduction to life in Lake Huron's sinkholes, see this overview educational article: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/rock-water-microbes-underwater-sinkholes-in-lake-25851285

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Title: Leveraging NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Program Data for Wetland Research and Management

Presenter(s): Kim Cressman, Grand Bay NERR; David Burdick, University of New Hampshire; Dwayne Porter, NERRS Centralized Data Management Office; Chris Kinkade, NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Sponsor(s): NERRS Science Collaborative (https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/research/science-collaborative.html.

Seminar POC for questions: dwight.trueblood@noaa.gov or nsoberal@umich.edu

Abstract: Long-term monitoring data can be a tremendous asset for coastal research and management, but processing and analyzing the data and extracting key findings can be challenging. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System's System-wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) has been collecting physical and biological data at estuaries across the country for many years. This webinar will feature two projects that have been analyzing these monitoring data from multiple sites to understand better trends in marsh surface elevation and vegetation in relation to sea levels. Project leads will share a few examples of their findings that can inform marsh resilience efforts, and provide tips for others considering SWMP synthesis projects. The webinar will wrap up with a discussion of opportunities and strategies for using SWMP data for future research and management applications.

Bio(s):
KimCressman from Grand Bay NERR will provide an overview of her catalyst project: Is Marsh Surface Tracking Sea Level Change? Developing Tools and Visualizations for Sentinel Site Data. This project is developing data analysis and visualization tools for a relatively new element within the reserve monitoring program - Surface Elevation Table (SET) data. SET measurements enable reserves to track changes in marsh surface height overtime. The data are critical for monitoring marsh resilience in the face of rising seas, but SET data require specialized protocols for processing, quality checking and analyzing the data in a consistent way across sites.
DavidBurdick from the University of New Hampshire and Chris Peters from Great BayNERR will provide an overview of their project: Synthesizing Monitoring Data to Improve Coastal Wetland Management Across New England. This project is analyzing Sentinel Site data from four New England reserves, which have individually been monitoring salt marsh vegetation and elevation changes since at least 2011. The team is developing data packages linking vegetation change with surface elevation and other data,including output from an inundation tool. In addition to providing an initial summary of patterns, the project is developing analysis protocols that can be utilized by other reserves and coastal managers nationwide.The webinar will also include comments and discussion from ChrisKinkade andDwayne Porter.Subscribe to the OneNOAA Science Seminar weeklyemail: Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminarsrequest@list.woc.noaa.gov with the work 'subscribe' in the subject or body. Visit the OneNOAA ScienceSeminar Series website for more information. https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/seminars/

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Mark Henderson, US Geological Survey

ABSTRACT
Low survival rates of Chinook salmon smolts in California's Central Valley have been attributed to multiple biological and physical factors, but it is not clear which factors have the largest impact. In a series of recent studies, my colleagues and I have used a combination of technologies to identify the primary factors contributing to the mortality of juvenile Chinook salmon during their emigration. To identify the habitat and predation related covariates influencing mortality in the most upstream portion of their migration corridor, we used acoustic telemetry and mark recapture models. We found that the most important covariate affecting fish survival was flow. Once juvenile salmon entered the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Delta), they faced a completely new set of stressors, including predators. Juvenile chinook salmon migrating through the Delta have high mortality rates and it is assumed that predation is the proximate cause of this mortality. The Delta is one of the most invaded estuaries in the world, and multiple non-native predators are known to consume outmigrating Chinook salmon. To assess predator populations and predation impacts on juvenile Chinook salmon migrating through the Delta, we used a combination of hydroacoustic surveys and a mobile fish tethering device called a predation event recorder (PER). Results from these studies show that predator populations in the Delta are most strongly related to the number of patches of submerged aquatic vegetation and that the risk of predation increases proportional to habitat complexity, water temperature, time to night, and predator density. Results from these studies have provided guidance to fisheries and water managers throughout California on how to improve juvenile salmon survival, and reduce salmonid predator abundances, to aid in the recovery of Central Valley Chinook salmon populations.

BIO Mark Henderson is the Acting Unit Leader for the USGS California Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Humboldt State University. He received a BS in Biology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, an M.Sc. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences from the University of Washington, and a PhD in Marine Science from the College of William and Mary. Prior to his current position, he was a postdoctoral scholar at NOAAs Southwest Fisheries Science Center. His research interests have been extremely diverse throughout his career. He has studied the acoustic signature of Pacific hake, summer flounder population dynamics, associations between deep-sea coral and fishes, and the importance of freshwater, estuarine, and ocean life-history stages to salmon survival. In general, he is most interested in understanding how the physical and biological environment influences fish behavior, growth, and survival.

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The seminar was originally scheduled on October 30, 2019 and November 13, 2019. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Presenter(s): Jim Yoe, NWS/NCEP

Sponsor(s): STAR Science Seminar Series

Audio: +1-415-527-5035 US Toll
Access code: 900 946 681

Slides, Recordings Other Materials:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191205_Yoe.pptx
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191205_Yoe.pdf

Abstract: TBD

Bio(s): James G. (Jim) Yoe serves in the Office of the Director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction as NCEP's Research Transition Manager. In this capacity he coordinates NCEP's activities for the Science and Technology Integration portfolio and the Observations portfolio, and he serves as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCDSA.) Prior to joining NCEP, he spent 14 years with the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, as a member of the NPOESS Data Exploitation Project, after working in STAR and serving as Deputy Director of the JCSDA, and developing applications for space-based remote sensors including Doppler Wind lidar and GPS Radio Occultation. He earned BS and PhD degrees in physics from the University of the South and Clemson University, respectively, and conducted post-doctoral research investigating winds, waves, and turbulence using MST Doppler radar and UV lidar at the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy in Germany. His hobbies include gardening, playing the guitar, and archery. Dogs love him.

POC: Stacy Bunin, stacy.bunin@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Dr. Tianzhen Hong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and Dr. Janet Reyna (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)Seminar sponsor: OAR / CPO / RISA / CCRUN Team at Drexel University

Abstract:
December's Green Infrastructure, Climate and Cities seminar topic is Energy Technology in Buildings. Featuring Dr. Tianzhen Hong of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Dr. Janet Reyna of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).Buildings in U.S. cities consume 30% to 70% of primary energy and are facing growing challenges of balancing demand and supply to optimize performance to reduce energy use, utility cost and GHG emissions. Furthermore, as cost and emissions intensities vary on the electric grid by time of day and season, the building sector could play a cooperative role in emissions reduction, system reliability improvements, and cost moderation. Both speakers will discuss their research and modeling of clean energy and energy demand reduction in buildings.This event is FREE to attend and refreshments will be served! The seminar is livecast for those that cannot attend in person can attend online.Dr. Hong's talk is titled Pathway to 100% Clean Energy for Buildings in Cities and will introduce urban systems research at the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, focusing on modeling and simulation of urban buildings to explore pathways to 100% clean energy, leveraging emerging opportunities in big data, artificial intelligence, and exascale computing. Dr. Tianzhen Hong is a Staff Scientist and Deputy Head of the Building Technologies Department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He leads the Urban Systems Group and a research team working on data analytics, modeling, simulation, and policy for design and operation of low energy buildings and sustainable urban systems. He is an IBPSA Fellow, LEED AP, and registered mechanical engineer in California. He received B.Eng. and Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, China.Dr. Reyna's talk is titled The role of building energy demand in our low-carbon future: modeling opportunities with NREL's ResStock and ComStock tools. In this talk, Dr. Reyna will discuss on-going efforts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to model the residential and commercial building sectors with increased disaggregation by time, location, building type, and technology type. ResStock and ComStock, NREL's physics-based models of the building sector, have the capability to model the residential and commercial sectors at national, regional, and city-scales. Dr. Reyna will discuss applications of the models in a major project for the City of Los Angeles modeling the potential for 100% Renewable Energy by 2045. She will also discuss the on-going project utilizing the models to develop end-use load profiles for the U.S., including regional coverage of the northeast corridor. Dr. Janet L. Reyna is a research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the Buildings and Thermal Systems Center. She works on several large projects applying building energy stock modeling for national and local scenarios. Prior to joining NREL, she was an ORISE Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy's Building Technologies. During her Ph.D., she received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to support her research on changes to building energy demand under climate change. Dr. Reyna's research focuses on environmental impacts of urban systems, and she aims to provide information for policy decision-making with her work. She has expertise in life cycle assessment, environmental analysis, building energy modeling, vehicle emissions simulation, and spatial analysis.Seminar POC for questions: Sean Bath (sean.bath@noaa.gov) or Korin Tangtrakul (krt73@drexel.edu)

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Presenter(s): Dina Abdel-Fattah, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP), A NOAA RISA Team

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)

Abstract:
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a natural phenomenon that result in the release of a significant amount of water via a glacial system, which has the potential to negatively and severely impact downstream communities.

This webinar will look into two GLOF glaciers in Alaska " Suicide Basin in Juneau and Snow Glacier in the Kenai Peninsula. Both glaciers have recurring GLOFs that affect the downstream areas in Juneau and the Kenai Peninsula in a variety of ways. From homeowners, to tour operators, to electric companies, to emergency responders, these are but a few of the impacted stakeholder groups impacted by GLOFs.

During the webinar, you'll learn about how GLOFs happen, their presence in Alaska, how stakeholders have been affected by these events, what are the available resources to understand and monitor these events, and what is the potential outlook for continued GLOFs in Alaska in the years to come.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/about-accap-webinars/)

Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Sponsor(s): NOAA Fisheries and the NOAA Central Library; POC: Laura Oremland (laura.oremland@noaa.gov)

Presenter(s): Caitlin Mandeville, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, PhD student

Abstract: Citizen science programs that ask volunteers to report species observations to online databases have become popular, resulting in an enormous amount of openly available biodiversity data. But analyzing these data can be challenging, due to the lack of structured sampling design. We used a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature to describe trends in the analysis of citizen science species occurrence data, with lessons for researchers seeking to use citizen science data as well as managers of programs that collect biodiversity data from volunteers.

Bio(s): Caitlin Mandeville is currently conducting her PhD research on analysis approaches and conservation applications of citizen science species observation data at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She is part of an interdisciplinary research team approaching this topic from many angles, including data quality, modeling methods, social science, and more. Originally from the US, she completed her MS degree at the University of Wyoming and worked in citizen science for New Hampshire Sea Grant before beginning her PhD research.

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Presenter(s): Douglas Rasher, PhD Marine Community Ecologist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science

Seminar sponsor: This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources. Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Abstract: In this talk, Dr. Rasher will discuss how the emergent effects of climate change and megafaunal loss are reshaping an iconic kelp forest ecosystem.

Seminar POC: heather.tabisola@noaa.gov & jens.nielsen@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Colm Sweeney, Global Monitoring Division, Lead Scientist Carbon Cycle Aircraft Program

Sponsor(s): NOAA Central Library (POC: Outreach Librarian Erin Cheever, erin.cheever@noaa.gov)

Abstract: The East Coast Outflow (ECO) experiment is an ongoing intensive airborne campaign whose first phase ran from April 10 through May 15, 2018 measuring the outflow of CO2, CH4, C2H6, O3 and CO from 5 major cities along the NE corridor of the US (Baltimore, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Providence and Washington, D.C.). Significant correlations exist between these measurements, in particular, CO, CO2, CH4 and C2H6 show very significant correlations with one another, indicating a large fraction of the CH4 emissions are co-located with CO and CO2 emissions at the urban-scale. Methane and ethane relationships also suggest that a majority of these CH4 emissions originate from leakage of natural gas from distribution network of these cities. Using CO2 as a tracer and a variety of CO2 inventories we estimate magnitude of these emissions and the likelihood that leakage of fossil CH4 from the urban distribution network is a large source of CH4 which is largely ignored by recent updates in bottom up methane inventories. Technology now exists to be able to deploy some of the same instrumentation used during ECO on commercial aircraft providing daily measurements of urban centers throughout the world. As demonstrated by the first ECO campaign, these measurements can provide critical feedback to policy and bottom up analysis of urban emissions for greenhouse gases and other trace gases affecting air quality and public health.

Bio(s): Colm Sweeney leads the aircraft program for the NOAA Global Monitoring Division Carbon Cycle Group. Colm has lead or co-authored more than 170 peer-reviewed articles spanning a wide range of topics including air-sea gas and greenhouse gas emissions in the Arctic, urban and oil and gas regions as well as new technologies for sampling the atmosphere and ocean. Colm is currently serving as Acting Deputy Director of the Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division at NOAA.

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Title:
eSDM: Creating ensembles of predictions from species distribution models

The recording of the presentation can be watched at the following link: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/pno3rtw93oqi/

Presenter(s):
Samuel Woodman (Sam.Woodman@noaa.gov), NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, contracted by Ocean Associates, Inc.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Species distribution modeling (SDM) in dynamic marine environments has enhanced our ecological understanding and ability to assess potential impacts to species of conservation concern at finer spatial scales than traditional methods. However,different data sets or analytical approaches often yield different modeled results, creating uncertainty and challenges in the decision-making process.For example, there are currently multiple SDMs for blue whales off the U.S.West Coast, and assessing spatial distribution shifts using these models is challenging because they predict absolute density, relative density, or probability of occurrence at varying spatial resolutions. One solution isensemble averaging', where the outputs of multiple models are combined using a weighted or unweighted average. Such ensemble models are often more robust than individual models. We present eSDM, an R package with a built-in graphical user interface, and as well as an example analysis using eSDM to create an ensemble of the three blue whale models. eSDM allows users to create ensembles of SDM predictions made at different spatial scales, using different data sources, and with different numerical scales to better evaluate spatial uncertainties and make informed conservation and management decisions.

Bio(s):
Sam Woodman is a contractor working with the NOAA/NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center's (SWFSC) Marine Mammal and Turtle Division. Since graduating from Harvey Mudd College with a degree in Mathematical and Computational Biology, he has worked on a variety of projects at the SWFSC. These projects have consisted of fieldwork monitoring pinnipeds and seabirds in the Antarctic, as well as developing R code and packages for assessing the risk of cetaceans becoming entangled in fishing gear.Sam hopes to continue to be able to use both his fieldwork and computational experience to collect data and develop tools to help inform management efforts.

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Presenter(s): Gay Sheffield (Sea Grant), Donna Hauser (IARC), Rick Thoman (ACCAP)

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP), A NOAA RISA Team

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)

Abstract:
Summer 2019 was another remarkable year for the Bering and Chukchi Sea regions, with record early sea ice loss in the spring, very warm oceans and late freeze-up producing wide ranging impacts, from the ocean food web to individual and community activities. This webinar will provide an overview of the climate and ocean extremes, the biological ramifications and societal repercussions of another unusual summer around northwest Alaska.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/about-accap-webinars/)

Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Sean Rohan, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: Changes in the optical environment can affect the productivity andcatchability of fish stocks. However, the optical environment is rarelymonitored in habitat used by deep-dwelling fishes in coastal marine ecosystems.In this talk, I will describe a novel method of obtaining apparent opticalproperties from light data collected during NOAA's annual summer bottom-trawl surveys of the easternBering Sea. The apparent optical properties, optical depth and the vertical attenuation coefficient, characterize relative darkness andwater clarity. Using a virtualspecies simulation, I will then evaluate whether changes in the opticalenvironment of the eastern Bering Sea during 2004"2018 could affect thereliability of bottom-trawl survey density estimates of demersal stocks due to vision-dependent changes in catchability.

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Sponsor(s): NOAA Central Library (POC: Outreach Librarian Katie Rowley (katie.rowley@noaa.gov))

Presenter(s): Andrew Hoell, Research Meteorologist, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division

Abstract: Early warning of food insecurity requires skillful forecasts of environmental conditions relevant to agriculture at many time horizons and the clear communication of forecast information to the social scientists, who also consider markets, trade nutrition and health when they produce food security outlooks. The food security outlooks are ultimately used to inform the programming of limited aid resources for the times and places where they will be most needed. I will discuss how research on the predictability of regional weather and climate is used to prepare predictions used in food security assessments over Africa, western Asia and Central America.

Bio(s): I research the predictability of weather and climate at regional to continental scales, including assessments of individual extreme events like droughts and floods and their generality. I guide food security forecasts in Africa, western Asia and Central America based on the lessons learned via research.

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Presenter(s): Ken Tape, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP), A NOAA RISA Team

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)

Abstract:
Using time series of satellite images, we have observed hundreds of new beaver ponds in tundra regions of western and northern Alaska. This talk will describe beaver movement into arctic tundra regions and some predicted implications for tundra ecosystems.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/about-accap-webinars/)

Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Jim Thorson, PhD Quantitative Ecologist, NOAA Fisheries

Seminar sponsor: This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources. Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Abstract: three examples using spatio-temporal models to investigate processes driving shifts in spatial distribution, secondary production, and recruitment in the eastern Bering Sea.

Seminar POC: heather.tabisola@noaa.gov & jens.nielsen@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s):
Drought & Climate Update: Dan McEvoy, PhD, California Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP), Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC), Desert Research Institute
Drought & Climate Outlook: Julie Kalansky, PhD, California Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP), Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), California Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP), Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC), Desert Research Institute (DRI), Scripps Institution of Oceanography

POC: Amanda Sheffield, NOAA/NIDIS, amanda.sheffield@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Fall in California and Nevada can bring dry weather, but this year has been especially so, with many areas receiving hardly any or no precipitation the last couple months. Is this dryness a trend that will continue into winter, or just typical fall weather? When will the wildfire risk die down? Will the Pacific Blob (marine heatwave) influence the weather? This webinar will provide an overview of the current conditions and outlook for the rest of a fall into winter as well as tools you can use to prepare for, monitor, and respond to the climate conditions this winter.

The California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System (CA-NV DEWS) November 2019 Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar is part of a series of regular drought and climate outlook webinars designed to provide stakeholders and other interested parties in the region with timely information on current drought status and impacts, as well as a preview of current and developing climatic events (i.e. El Nio and La Nia).

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

Seminar POC for questions: Amanda Sheffield, NOAA/NIDIS, amanda.sheffield@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) - A NOAA RISA Team and National Weather Service

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812) and Richard Thoman (rthoman@alaska.edu)

Abstract: The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for December and the winter season. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/about-accap-webinars/)

Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Paul Orlando, Chesapeake Bay Regional Coordinator for the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Sponsor(s): NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler@noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Abstract: The NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries announces that a new national marine sanctuary has been designated for the first time in nearly 20 years. We introduce to you Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary in Maryland. Mallows Bay is most renowned for its "Ghost Fleet," the partially submerged remains of more than 100 wooden steamships that were built in response to threats from World War I-era German U-boats that were sinking ships in the Atlantic. Although the ships never saw action during the war, their construction at more than 40 shipyards in 17 states reflected the massive national wartime effort that drove the expansion and economic development of communities and related maritime service industries.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find our webinar archives, copies of the presentation slides, and other educational resources at: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/webinar-series-archives.html

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Presenter(s):
Pat Guinan, Missouri State Climatologist

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, National Drought Mitigation Center, American Association of State Climatologists, National Weather Service

POCs: Doug Kluck (doug.kluck@noaa.gov), Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov) or Molly Woloszyn (Molly.Woloszyn@noaa.gov)

Abstract:
The focus area for this webinar is the North Central region of the U.S. (from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley). These free webinars provide and interpret timely information on current climate and drought conditions, as well as climatic events like El Nio and La Nia.

Speakers will also discuss the impacts of these conditions on things such as floods, disruption to water supply and ecosystems, as well as impacts to affected industries like agriculture, tourism, and public health. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

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Presenter(s): Bill Matsubu, National Research Council

ABSTRACT
The costs and challenges with sampling in the ocean have limited the research conducted on the vertical and nearshore distributions of salmon. We need a mechanistic understanding of how fish respond to environmental variables for effective management and conservation. To address these needs, we are using modified recreational fishing gear deployed at 5-m intervals from a small fishing vessel (microtrolling), which allows us to determine the latitude, longitude, and depth of capture in nearshore and offshore marine environments. Additionally, we measured temperature, light intensity, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and bottom depth. Our microtrolling data revealed that the vertical distribution of salmon is influenced by temperature and varies by species and genetic stock identification. These results will inform species distribution models and is an essential step in understanding the spatiotemporal overlap of salmon with Southern Resident Killer Whales in the ocean.

BIO
Bill Matsubu is a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate stationed at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in the Fish Ecology Division. Bill received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in 2019. Bill grew up in California and earned his B.S. in Fisheries Biology from Humboldt State University.

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Presenter(s): Gualtiero Jaeger, Policy Fellow, NOAA HQ

Sponsor(s): Knauss Fellows Seminar Series and NOAA Central Library. POC: Knauss Fellow Katie Lohr, (kathryn.lohr@noaa.gov )

Abstract: Hurricanes devastating fishing communities, warm water and parasites decimating salmon runs, red tides shutting down crab & shellfish fisheries. Since 1990 the federal government has provided $1.5 Bn in assistance for such fishery disasters, yet over the past decade, fishermen have had to wait an average of 3 years for disaster aid to arrive. Could an insurance-type solution provide speedier relief?

About the speaker: Gualtiero Jaeger recently completed a PhD in physical oceanography in the MT-WHOI Joint Program, where he studied the ocean's response to and influence on monsoon rainfall in the Bay of Bengal. He previously worked for an acclaimed photographer in So Paulo before studying physics at the University of California Santa Barbara.

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Presenter(s): Stacey Weinstock, International Policy Fellow, NOAA Office of Law Enforcement

Sponsor(s): Knauss Fellows Seminar Series and NOAA Central Library. POC: Knauss Fellow Katie Lohr, (kathryn.lohr@noaa.gov )

Abstract: The charter fishing industry is an economically important recreational activity that thrives in tourist destinations in coastal areas. While there has been much research on factors contributing to trip satisfaction on freshwater angling, little has been done on marine charter and head boat anglers. To address this data gap, I utilized recent management changes on black sea bass, an economically and popular recreational species in South Carolina, to evaluate what determines trip satisfaction in the marine charter/headboat industry.

About the speaker: Stacey Weinstock recently completed a M.S. from the Environmental Studies Program at the College of Charleston in June 2018. For her graduate thesis, she focused on social science in recreational fisheries management, but ever the multi-tasker, she simultaneously worked at South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium and The Nature Conservancy focusing on projects concerning coastal issues such as oyster management and climate change. Prior to graduate school, she gained diverse experience working in marine and wildlife conservation in the Florida Keys and Virginia. Stacey originates from Virginia and graduated from Virginia Tech in 2012 with two Bachelor of Sciences in Fisheries and Wildlife.

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Presenter(s): David Levin, NOAA National Weather Service, Juneau Alaska

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) - A NOAA RISA Team and National Weather Service

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)

Abstract: Snow to liquid ratios (SLR) continue to be a large source of error for forecasters in the prediction of snow amounts during the winter months. Current methods of predicting SLR in Alaska range from an empirical method based solely on surface temperatures, to model-derived SLR. Both of these methods have limitations. Thus an SLR climatology was developed yielding a robust data set of snowfall observations. The mean SLR for all Alaska Weather Forecast Offices was found to be much higher than the method based on surface temperatures. Considerable variability was noted in both mean and median SLR values between sites located along the Gulf coast and those in the interior. It is hypothesized that the frequency of events where warmer marine air over- runs cold, dry arctic air from northwest Canada modulates these variations in snow to liquid ratio. An observed sounding climatology was also developed for various low level thermal fields and was matched to observations of SLR at each site. For Southeast Alaska, it was found that the 1000-850mb thickness was a good predictor of SLR with mid level thickness (850-700mb) being the best predictor in general for other areas of Alaska. Finally, the results were then analyzed on a grid using the National Weather Service Graphical Forecast Editor (GFE) and a smart tool was developed which would allow operational forecasters to use this climatology as a starting point when making a prediction of snow to liquid ratio. This presentation will details the work described above.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

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Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Robert Levine, PhD Candidate Biological Oceanography Graduate Student, UW School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA

Seminar sponsor: This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources. Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Abstract: Using repeat summer acoustic surveys in the northeast Chukchi Sea to observe changes in the age-0 Arctic cod population, we are investigating what drives interannual changes in distribution and the fate of these fish as they grow.

Seminar POC: heather.tabisola@noaa.gov & jens.nielsen@noaa.gov

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Title:
Occurrence of antibiotics, estrogenic hormones, and UV-filters in water, sediment, and oyster tissue from the Chesapeake Bay

Webinar recording is here: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/porjc9b8aeql/

Presenter(s):
Dr. Lee Blaney, Associate Professor, and Dr. Ke He, Postdoctoral Research Associate,
both at the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Presenting at NOAA in Silver Spring

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Globally, the occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the environment has raised critical questions for ecological and human health impacts, but few efforts have focused on the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. To address this lack of data, we measured antibiotics, hormones, and ultraviolet-filters (UV-filters), which are active ingredients in a variety of personal care products, in water, sediment, and oyster tissue from multiple sites in the Chesapeake Bay. Fluoroquinolone, macrolide, and sulfonamide antibiotics were detected in water samples. As both human- and animal-labeled antibiotics were found, wastewater effluent and agricultural runoff were identified as potential sources. Some of the highest aqueous-phase concentrations were recorded for norfloxacin (94 ng/L), enrofloxacin (17 ng/L), sulfamethoxazole (15 ng/L), and clarithromycin (10 ng/L). Estrone and four UV-filters, namely 2-ethylhexyl-4-methoxycinnamate, benzophenone-3, homosalate, and octocrylene, were frequently detected in Chesapeake Bay water (93-100%), sediment (100%), and oyster tissue (79-100%). High sediment-phase concentrations of estrone (58 ng/g) and 17beta-estradiol (12 ng/g) were detected at the mouth of the Manokin River. Homosalate and benzophenone-3 were present at concentrations as high as 188 and 114 ng/L in water, 74 and 11 ng/g in sediment, and 158 and 118 ng/g in oyster tissue, respectively. These results demonstrate the ubiquitous presence of CECs in the Chesapeake Bay, confirm UV-filter bioaccumulation in oysters, and suggest the need for improved CEC removal during municipal wastewater treatment and agricultural waste management within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Bio(s):
Dr. Lee Blaney is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), where he also serves as the Associate Director of Sustainability Engineering. At UMBC, Lee has established a research program focused on (1) the occurrence, fate, transport, and toxicity of contaminants of emerging concern in natural and engineered systems and (2) development of innovative technologies for resource recovery from agricultural and municipal waste. He is the recipient of the Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award, the NSF Career Award, and the AEESP Award for Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science.

Dr. Ke He is currently a postdoctoral research associate at UMBC. He received his PhD degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from UMBC in 2017, and then he worked as a postdoctoral fellow for a year at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. His research interests focus on the development of advanced analytical and bioanalytical methods to understand the occurrence, fate, and ecotoxicity of prioritized contaminants of emerging concern (e.g., antibiotics, hormones, UV-filters, and PFAS) in different environmental compartments. He has co-authored more than 10 peer-reviewed publications in this research field.
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Presenter(s):
Veronica Lance, University of Maryland

Sponsor(s): STAR Science Seminar Series

Audio:
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Slides, Recordings Other Materials:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191120_LanceV.pdf
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191120_LanceV.pptx

Abstract:
The purpose of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) CoastWatch/OceanWatch/PolarWatch Program (a.k.a. CoastWatch, https://coastwatch.noaa.gov) is to improve decision outcomes by facilitating the use of ocean satellite data in applications and research. NOAA CoastWatch provides free and open access to global and regional satellite data products for use in understanding, managing and protecting ocean and coastal resources and for assessing impacts of environmental change in ecosystems, weather, and climate. The seed for what later was to become CoastWatch was an unusual algal bloom off the coast of North Carolina in 1987. Dr. Pat Tester, of the NOAA Beaufort Laboratory, used satellite sea surface temperature imagery to investigate the cause (Tester et al., 1991). The printed images were delivered to her by mail. With time and in response to the continual development of ocean observations from space, the CoastWatch scope has expanded to include multiple environmental parameters such as sea surface temperature, ocean color (chlorophyll, etc.), sea surface height (altimetry), ocean winds, surface roughness (synthetic aperture radar), salinity and sea ice. These products have global and regional coverage and near real-time as well as delayed-mode, higher quality and longer term time series datasets. CoastWatch customizes, serves, monitors, and provides user training for ocean and coastal remote sensing data products from NOAA and non-NOAA satellite missions to several audiences who use those products in research and in operational oceanographic applications. The program is organized as a hub and spokes. The hub has the primary processing responsibilities and is co-located with the NOAA ocean satellite environmental data record (EDR; i.e., Level 2) science team producers. The spokes are regional Nodes that are distributed geographically and across NOAA mission line offices. With this arrangement, CoastWatch is well-positioned to bridge upstream ocean EDR producers with downstream user needs. This presentation will give an overview of the data, tools, and services provided by CoastWatch, and show some examples of user applications.

Bio(s):
Trained as a biological oceanographer, Veronica Lance spent much of her early research career at sea studying phytoplankton assemblages, phytoplankton photophysiology and primary productivity in relation to geo-physico-chemical environments, especially in regions where iron is a regulating micro-nutrient. After earning her PhD from Duke University and a PostDoc at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, her interests expanded to using satellite remote sensing of ocean color to understand spatial and temporal patterns of ocean productivity as researcher working with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Lance began working with the NOAA Ocean Color Science team in 2014. Currently, in her position as a research scientist with the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies at the University of Maryland, she serves as Program Scientist for NOAACoastWatch/OceanWatch/PolarWatch and works closely with the Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division at NOAA/NESDIS in several functions.

POC:
Stacy Bunin, stacy.bunin@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Sarah Gaichas, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystems Dynamics & Assessment Branch

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: As a cooperative project between the NEFSC, NWFSC, NOAA's S&T, and Norway's IMR, we tested the performance of stock assessment modeling approaches under simulated climate scenarios for the California Current and Nordic/Barents Seas ecosystems, both of which are experiencing rapid global climate change. We demonstrate methods for using ecosystem models as simulators to provide both a true system state for skill assessment, and datasets for input into fisheries stock assessment models with realistic observation and process uncertainty. We will evaluate stock assessment performance by quantifying the bias and precision of derived quantities related to population size, fishing intensity, and depletion, and by evaluating management performance on forward projections in which fishing rates were set based on reference points estimated in the assessment.

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Sponsor(s): National Sea Grant and the NOAA Central Library POC: Hollis Jones (hollis.jones@noaa.gov)

Presenter(s): Chiara Zuccarino-Crowe, M.S. Great Lakes outreach specialist & Extension Educator, Michigan Sea Grant; Michigan State University Extension - Community, Food and Environment Institute; Sea Grant Liaison, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA

Abstract: The presentation will describe the regional approach to serving as a NOAA " Sea Grant Partnership Extension Liaison. Instead of driving collaboration on a specific topic or area of inquiry, this role focuses on partnership development and coordination across a variety of priority areas within the Great Lakes region that are of importance to NOAA and multiple state Sea Grant programs. In the short term, this has involved identification of and familiarization with the communities of practice already operating within the broader Sea Grant and NOAA regional networks. This allows the liaison to better facilitate cross-cutting communication and engagement while developing the relationships necessary to achieve longer term goals related to research coordination and building expert capacity for emerging key areas. In some cases, this can take the form of compiling technical resources and outreach products on an issue facing communities across the region, such as high water levels, and serving it on a shared platform that is easily accessible to all Sea Grant and NOAA partners. This coordination can also require a more active role, such as convening a working group through NOAA's Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Team to address needs related to evaluating and enriching the Great Lakes Blue Economy.

Bio(s): As a Sea Grant Liaison to NOAA in the Great Lakes, Chiara works collaboratively to enhance partnerships among NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, the eight Sea Grant programs in the Great Lakes, and Michigan Sea Grant / Michigan State University (MSU) Extension. Prior to joining Michigan Sea Grant, Chiara served NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation for several years on issues related to sustainable coastal tourism and outdoor recreation in marine protected areas. She also completed a Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship after achieving an M.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife from MSU. In other roles, Chiara has worked as a naturalist, conducted ecosystem health assessments with U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office, and surveyed fisheries along the southern California coast.

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Title:
A global spatial analysis reveals where marine aquaculture can benefit nature and people

Presenter(s):
Seth Theuerkauf, PhD, Aquaculture Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Aquaculture of bivalve shellfish and seaweed represents a global opportunity to simultaneously advance coastal ecosystem recovery and provide substantive benefits to humanity. To identify marine ecoregions with the greatest potential for development of shellfish and seaweed aquaculture to meet this opportunity, we conducted a global spatial analysis using key environmental (e.g., nutrient pollution status), socioeconomic (e.g., governance quality), and human health factors (e.g., wastewater treatment prevalence). We identify a substantial opportunity for strategic sector development, with the highest opportunity marine ecoregions for shellfish aquaculture centered on Oceania, North America, and portions of Asia, and the highest opportunity for seaweed aquaculture distributed throughout Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North and South America. This study provides insights into specific areas where governments, international development organizations, and investors should prioritize new efforts to drive changes in public policy, capacity-building, and business planning to realize the ecosystem and societal benefits of shellfish and seaweed aquaculture.

Bio(s):
Dr. Seth Theuerkauf is an Aquaculture Scientist with The Nature Conservancy where he leads global-scale synthesis science efforts to better understand and optimize aquaculture's ecosystem services, as well as multiple efforts around the world to support national governments in improving capacity for aquaculture siting and management. Before joining The Nature Conservancy in April 2019, Seth worked in a joint position with the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and The Nature Conservancy where he supported efforts to improve siting of aquaculture operations. Seth has over a decade of marine science research experience, holds a Ph.D. in marine conservation ecology from North Carolina State University, and a B.S. in biology and environmental policy from the College of William and Mary.

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Sponsor(s): Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Science Seminar

Presenter(s): Dr. Daniel Tong, Associate Professor at George Mason University, Emission Scientist NOAA Air Resources Lab

Abstract:
Valley fever is an infection caused by fungi living in soil. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 10,000 cases are reported each year in the US, primarily in Arizona and California. The incidence of valley fever in the southwestern US has increased in recent years, likely associated with blowing dust. An overview of the link between dust and valley fever will be presented, followed by a screening of the 25-minute 2018 documentary Dust Rising. This film was created by Lauren Schwartzman as part of her work in the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and features research from NOAA and NASA scientists. Daniel Tong and Hongbin Yu provide commentary on dust transport, and the documentary includes GOES-16 dust color imagery, NASA global aerosol simulations, and GFDL model output.

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Title: Geoid Change in Alaska

Presenter(s): Dr. Ryan Hardy, National Geodetic Survey

Sponsor(s): NOAA's National Geodetic Survey.

POC: Steve Vogel, National Geodetic Survey

Abstract: NGS's upcoming geopotential datum will require a dynamic geoid model to maintain centimeter-height accuracy. Geoid change is especially challenging to model in Alaska. Geophysical processes in Alaska, including rapid ice mass loss from mountain glaciers, contribute to geoid change rates of more than 2 centimeters per decade. This webinar presents research modeling geoid change in Alaska, past and present. This work combines satellite gravity data with airborne and satellite measurements of glacier elevation change to predict geoid rates with improved fidelity and spatial resolution. The wealth of existing geodetic and geophysical observations in Alaska also enables us to examine how the geoid has changed across the 20th century.
Intermediate Technical Content Rating: Some prior knowledge is helpful.

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Rick Goetz, NWFSC

Abstract:

Studies that we have been conducting over the past decade on a deep-water marine species, the sablefish, as well as a deep-water freshwater species, the siscowet lake trout, suggest that there are common strategies in dealing with some of the constraints imposed by deep-water habitats. The most striking strategy is the ability of these fish to undergo extensive vertical migrations in the water column, at times on a 24-hour periodicity (i.e., diel vertical migration). In looking at the diets of these fish, it appears likely that the vertical migrations are involved in foraging and these vertical movements appear to be facilitated by some common physiological adaptations including elevated lipid levels.

BIO
Rick Goetz leads the program in Aquaculture and Marine Finfish and Shellfish Biology located at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. He received a BA from Colgate University in Biology and German and a PhD in Zoology and Physiology from the University of Wyoming. He was a Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Notre Dame from 1978-2000. He then headed the Program in Scientific Aquaculture at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA) from 2000-2004. Before coming to NOAA in 2012, he was a Professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences (Great Lakes WATER Institute) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2004-2011). He has conducted research on reproduction, growth, and immunology in various fish species including rainbow trout, brook trout, lake trout, yellow perch, zebrafish, goldfish and sablefish. More recently he has been developing and characterizing captive finfish broodstocks for genetic selection in aquaculture and studying phenotypic diversity and speciation in lake trout and sablefish.

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Title: Resist, Adapt, or Direct? A decision framework for navigating climate-driven ecological transformations

Presenter(s):
Gregor Schuurman, US National Park Service
Wendy Morrison, NOAA
Carrie Kappel, the University of California Santa Barbara

Co-

Sponsor(s):
NOAA National MPA Center and OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels, EBM Tools Network)

contact: zac.cannizzo@noaa.gov and lauren.wenzel@noaa.gov

Abstract:
In this world of rapid global change, managers often have limited ability to control the ultimate drivers of this change or resist or reverse ecological responses to it. Managers in this brave new world' face difficult choices as well as important opportunities to influence ecological trajectories at local, regional, and continental scales, as they work along a management spectrum from resisting, to accepting, to actively directing ecological change. Managers need clear concepts and training in navigating ecological transformation (NET) and mechanisms to coordinate transformation management across agencies and management units. The FedNET working group (composed of representatives from federal land management agencies, USGS, and NOAA) is working to help US federal land managers understand, plan for, and respond to ecological transformation to maximize conservation of species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services. The group will develop concepts, frameworks, and training opportunities to help managers navigate the who, why, where, when, how, and what of NET and coordinate transformation stewardship across scales. The webinar will: 1) discuss how FedNET is using the decision framework Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD), 2) present related case studies to help federal land managers understand, plan for, and respond to ecological transformation, and 3) facilitate discussion with NOAA colleagues and an Ocean Tipping Points representative on how the RAD framework might be applied to marine fisheries.

Bio(s):
Gregor Schuurman is an ecologist with the NPS CCRP, where he works with national parks and partners to understand and adapt to a wide range of climate change impacts. His work focuses on 1) incorporating climate projections into management and planning, 2) analyzing climate adaption options in the context of policy, 3) tracking ongoing adaptation in the NPS, and 4) developing and synthesizing management-relevant science.

Wendy Morrison is a fisheries ecologist with NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries at NOAA HQ in Silver Spring. She is looking at options for adapting fisheries management for a changing climate and has recently joined the FEDNET group.

Dr. Carrie Kappel is a Research Scientist and Senior Fellow at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. In her research, Dr. Kappel uses collaborative synthesis science to develop conservation solutions that protect marine ecosystems and enhance human wellbeing. Dr. Kappel recently led the Ocean Tipping Points project, a large, multi-institution collaboration which sought to integrate our growing scientific understanding of tipping points in marine ecosystems into ocean management through practical tools and approaches.

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Presenter(s): Carl-Axel P. Soderberg, Executive Director, Puerto Rico Chapter, Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS, by its Spanish acronym)

Abstract: The presentation will describe Hurricane Mara's impact on the island's environment, including the impacts on forests, coral reefs, endangered species, beaches, fisheries, water quality, air quality, landfills and potable water supply. The presentation will also delve into long term impacts such as significant reduction in water storage capacity at reservoirs, drastically diminished capacity at landfills and increased coral reef mortality.

Bio(s): Mr. Soderberg has 50 years of experience in the environmental protection field. He was the Director of EPA's Caribbean Division for 20 years. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program and a member of the Advisory Council of AIDIS-International. He has been very active in assisting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the establishment of environmental control programs and capacity development.

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Presenter(s): Dr. Elliott Hazen and Heather Welch, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Sponsor(s): NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Central Library. POC: EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)

Abstract: Heather and Elliott will discuss the latest research on implementing dynamic applications to address spatio-temporal management problems. Dynamic ocean management (DOM) is emerging as one potential solution to the challenge of spatially managing species and human activities that are dynamic in space and time. DOM strategies use real-time data on environmental conditions to inform management boundaries that can in turn rapidly adjust in response to the shifting nature of the ocean, its biodiversity, and the stakeholders that use it. This webinar introduces the field of DOM, provides the latest on the fisheries sustainability tool EcoCast, and discusses the process of building, validating, operationalizing, maintaining, and forecasting a dynamic ocean management tool. Join this webinar to learn about some of the challenges, solutions, and under-the-hood details of applied dynamic ocean management.

Bio(s):
Heather Welch
UCSC Project Specialist
Heather's research focuses on quantifying and planning for the spatial and temporal dynamics of large-scale marine processes. In a research position at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Heather modeled and projected species seasonal movements in the Mid-Atlantic. In her current position at UCSC / NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Heather works on developing and evaluating dynamic ocean management tools to aid the sustainable usages of ocean resources.Heather received her B.A. from Whitman College in 2010 and her M.Sc. from James Cook University in 2014.

Elliott Hazen
NOAA Research Ecologist / UCSC Adjunct Researcher
Dr. Hazen is part of NOAA's Climate and Ecosystems Group within the Environmental Research Division, applying statistical approaches to understanding ecological to ecosystem interactions. His general research interests fall in the realm of ecology and
ecological modeling with an added interest in using multiple data types to inform novel applied
management approaches. He received his Master's of Science in 2003 from the University of
Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and his Ph.D. from Duke University in 2008.

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Presenter(s): Sarah Gaichas, Biologist, Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Sponsor(s): NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Central Library. POC: EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)

Abstract: Resource managers worldwide are being asked to consider the ecosystem while making management decisions. However, it can be difficult to change management systems accustomed to evaluating a constrained set of objectives, often on a species-by-species basis. Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) provides a flexible framework for addressing ecosystem considerations in decision making. IEA was adapted to address species, fleet, habitat, and climate interactions by the US Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) as part of their Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) in 2016. The Council's EAFM framework uses risk assessment as a first step to prioritize combinations of managed species, fleets, and ecosystem interactions for consideration. Second, a conceptual model is developed identifying key environmental, ecological, social, economic, and management linkages for a high-priority fishery. Third, quantitative modeling addressing Council-specified questions and based on interactions identified in the conceptual model is applied to evaluate alternative management strategies that best balance management objectives. As strategies are implemented, outcomes are monitored and the process is adjusted, and/or another priority identified in risk assessment can be addressed. The Council completed an initial EAFM risk assessment in 2017. First, the Council identified a range of ecological, social, and management objectives or risk elements. All objectives/risk elements were evaluated with ecosystem indicators using risk assessment criteria developed by the Council. In 2018, the Council identified summer flounder as a high risk fishery and is now finalizing an EAFM conceptual model. Annual ecosystem reporting updates ecosystem indicators and the risk assessment. The Council's rapid progress in implementing EAFM resulted from positive collaboration between managers, stakeholders, and scientists. Collaboration is essential to IEA and to the success of EAFM.

Bio(s): Dr. Sarah Gaichas has been a Research Fishery Biologist with the Ecosystem Dynamics and Assessment Branch at the NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, MA since September 2011. She is a member of the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee, has been active in ecosystem reporting and management strategy evaluation for both the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils. Sarah's primary research is on integrated ecosystem assessment, management strategy evaluation, and ecosystem modeling. Her duties include developing, testing, and using ecosystem data, indicators, and models in natural resource management, and simulation testing management strategies (including analytical tools) that address the needs of diverse ecosystem users. Sarah previously worked at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA from 1997-2011 as an observer program analyst, a stock assessment scientist, and an ecosystem modeler. Sarah earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science in 2006, her M.S from the College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 1997, and her B.A. in English Literature from Swarthmore College in 1991.

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Title:
Carcinogens in US drinking water: a cumulative risk analysis

Link to MP4 recording: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/pbe4md2yxpr9/

Presenter(s):
Sydney Evans, MPH, Science Analyst, Environmental Working Group. and
Olga Naidenko, PhD, Vice President of Science Investigations, Environmental Working Group.
Presenting at NOAA in Silver Spring.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Since the 1990s, researchers and health agencies worldwide have been calling for a shift towards aggregate and cumulative assessment of chemical contaminants from the prior framework that focused on assessing contaminants one at a time. Cumulative cancer- and non-cancer risk assessment has become a standard approach for common air quality evaluations, yet no comprehensive assessment has been published for drinking water contaminants on a national level. This approach, which indicates that over 100,000 lifetime cancer cases could be due to carcinogenic contaminants in drinking water, offers a deeper insight into national drinking water quality. Overall, national attributable risk due to tap water contaminants is approximately 4 x 10-4, which is two orders of magnitude higher than the de minimus cancer risk of one-in-a-million. The majority of this risk is due to the presence of arsenic, disinfection byproducts, and radioactive contaminants. Decreasing the levels of chemical contaminants in drinking water represents an important opportunity for protecting public health.

Bio(s):
Sydney Evans: Before joining EWG's research team in 2018, Sydney worked as an environmental health specialist at a local health department in Indiana. While there, she was awarded the Indiana Environmental Health Association's Rookie of the Year award for her work in her community. She has co-authored a number of peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of public health and environmental health and has served as a guest lecturer for Indiana University's School of Public Health. She holds a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Virginia and an M.P.H. in environmental health from Indiana University Bloomington. Her work at EWG primarily focuses on tap water contaminants, exposure analysis, and children's health.

Olga Naidenko: After graduating as a valedictorian from Colgate University in 1995, Olga started her Ph.D. training at the University of California at Los Angeles. Her doctoral studies focused on the molecular basis of immune defense against infectious disease and cancer. During her graduate and postdoctoral research, Olga co-authored and published over two dozen peer-reviewed papers. From 2007 to 2012, Olga served as a senior scientist at EWG, working to advance public policies to reduce Americans' exposures to toxic chemicals. At EWG, Olga conducted groundbreaking studies and testified at federal and California legislative hearings about EWG's research on electromagnetic radiation and children's health. From 2014 to 2016, Olga held a prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science policy fellowship. As a AAAS Science & Technology Policy fellow, Olga worked at the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water, focusing on climate change and water quality standards. In 2016, Olga returned to EWG as a Senior Science Advisor, spearheading EWG's research efforts on children's environmental health under the Jonas Initiative.

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Megan Moore, NWFSC

ABSTRACT
The Hood Canal Bridge (HCB) spans the northern outlet of Hood Canal in the Salish Sea and extends 4.6 meters (15 ft) underwater, and forms a partial barrier for steelhead migrating from Hood Canal to the Pacific Ocean. Capture-recapture models indicate that only 51% (2017) and 56% (2018) of the steelhead smolts encountering the HCB survive past the bridge to the next array. We studied fine-scale movements of more than 300 steelhead smolts to understand how migration behavior was affected across the entire length of the HCB and to quantify spatial and temporal patterns of mortality. Individually coded acoustic telemetry transmitters implanted in juvenile steelhead were used in conjunction with an extensive array of acoustic receivers (Vemco VPS system) surrounding the HCB to obtain close approximations of the path each steelhead took as they encountered the bridge structure. Steelhead migration at the HCB appeared unaffected by tidal stage, population-of-origin, approach location, current velocity, or time of day, but were influenced by date of bridge encounter. Behavioral data from transmitters with temperature and depth sensors ingested by predators are consistent with high levels of marine mammal predation. This study confirms the considerable impact of the HCB on ESA-listed steelhead smolt survival, and provides detailed information on the behavior of steelhead smolts and their predators at the HCB.

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Title: Making Marine and Coastal Protected Areas Climate Savvy

Presenter(s):
Eric Mielbrecht, EcoAdapt
Sara Hutto, the Greater Farallones Association

Co-

Sponsor(s):
Parks Canada, NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center, Comisin Nacional de reas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP), EcoAdapt, the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE), the Greater Farallones Association, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels, EBM Tools Network)

Abstract:
Making climate change adaptation planning simple and feasible for managers, The Climate Adaptation Toolkit for Marine and Coastal Protected Areas is a new resource consisting of a complement of tools that support climate vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning, and implementation. Users are supported by essential tools including a library of over 100 curated adaptation actions organized by habitat type and climate impact, each supported by case studies and documents from CAKEx.org, and the North American Marine Protected Area Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool. The toolkit is particularly effective as it was co-created with MPA managers and experts from Canada, Mexico and the U.S., working in concert with EcoAdapt, the Greater Farallones Association, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. View the toolkit at https://www.cakex.org/MPAToolkit.

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Presenter(s): Charles Konrad | Director of the Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC)
Jeff Dobur | Senior Hydrologist, Southeast River Forecast Center, NOAA/NWS
Todd Hamill | Service Coordination Hydrologist, Southeast River Forecast Center, NOAA/NWS
Pam Knox | Agricultural Climatologist, University of Georgia

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), National Weather Service, Southeast Regional Climate Center, American Association of State Climatologists, University of Georgia, Auburn University

POC: Meredith Muth (Meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

Abstract:
By October 15, after weeks of dryness accompanied by record heat, 65% of the Southeast region was in drought, with nearly 35% in severe drought. Hardest hit areas were in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Since then, most of the region has seen beneficial precipitation. Is the current drought over? What's the outlook for this winter? This Drought Update Webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of Southeast drought conditions and outlook, hydrological impacts, and an update on agricultural impacts since the October Webinar.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

Seminar POC for questions: Meredith Muth (Meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

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This seminar is rescheduled from its original date of 10/17. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Presenter(s): Brian Hunt, University of Maryland

Sponsor(s): STAR Science Seminar Series

Audio:
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Access code: 900 990 334

Slides, Recordings Other Materials:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191107_Hunt.pdf

Abstract: Brian will present recent work using machine learning to analyze time series data from chaotic systems. Most of the results concern learning the systems dynamics to facilitate forecasting and climate simulation, but I will also discuss potential applications in data assimilation. First I will show successful application of a particular form of machine learning called reservoir computing to data from relatively low-dimensional systems, and discuss a partial theory for how the method works. Then I will present extensions of the method to handle high-dimensional, spatially-extended systems using parallel computing, and to a hybrid approach using machine learning to improve an imperfect physics-based model.

Bio(s): Brian R. Hunt received a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland in 1983. He went on to study applied mathematics at Stanford University, receiving a Ph.D. in 1989 for research in fluid dynamics and geometric optics. He has since returned to the University of Maryland to pursue research in dynamical systems and fractal geometry, where he is currently a Professor of Mathematics with a joint appointment in the Institute for Physical Science and Technology.

POC: Stacy Bunin, stacy.bunin@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Shachi Pandey (Columbia University & MUD Workshop), Jerome Haferd (Columbia University & BRANDT : HAFERD) and Brandt Knapp (University of Pennsylvania & BRANDT : HAFERD)

Seminar sponsor: Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (a NOAA RISA program)

Session will be recorded at https://youtu.be/XbTVCMZV_Q8

Abstract:

This month's Green Infrastructure, Climate and Cities seminar topic is part of a three-part series called Designing for Climate Change.

Shachi Pandey, Jerome Haferd and Brandt Knapp who are practitioners and academics based out of NYC, will be curating a discussion around Climate Change, especially in relationship to how small practices and academics engage non-architects and others to build actionable insights. The discussion is conceived as a three-part series organized around:

Indigenous Tactics (November 06, 2019)
Contemporary Tactics (date to be announced) and
Implementation (date to be announced)
Join us for the first session in this series on Wednesday November 6th at 4pm!

The seminar is held in the Hill Conference Room in the Lebow Engineering Center on Drexel University's campus in Philadelphia (see registration page for directions to the conference room). Registration is FREE and refreshments will be provided! The sessions will be broadcast live so those that cannot attend in person can attend online.

About the series:
CCRUN hosts a monthly series featuring researchers and practitioners from around the region and country all of whom have new ideas on how to promote resilient, livable, and sustainable cities. The talks focus on urban solutions to global problems associated with increasing temperature and sea level rise, precipitation variability and greenhouse gas emissions. We are interested in spurring dialogue on the implications of such changes on the complex infrastructure of intensely developed landscapes, and on the health, well-being, and vulnerability of the people who live in them.

All seminars are free, and held at 4:00 PM on the first Wednesday of every month in the Hill Conference Room at Drexel University. The sessions are be broadcast live via webcast, recorded, and archived. To see previous sessions, visit the seminar page on the CCRUN website.

Seminar POC for questions: Franco Montalto, fam26@drexel.edu or Sean Bath, sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Jordan Watson, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician, NOAA

Seminar sponsor: This seminar is part of NOAA's EcoFOCI bi-annual seminar series focused on the ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and U.S. Arctic to improve understanding of ecosystem dynamics and applications of that understanding to the management of living marine resources. Visit the EcoFOCI webpage for more information, https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/.

Abstract: A talk on the integration of fishery and environmental data that facilitates a framework for connecting that data more easily for management

Seminar POC: heather.tabisola@noaa.gov & jens.nielsen@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Dr. Matthieu Le Hnaff, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami

Sponsor NOAA OAR AOML
POC for seminar questions: patrick.halsall@noaa.gov

Seminars are uploaded on AOML PhOD's website and YouTube page.

Abstract:
A coupled ocean-hurricane model, based on the HYCOM and HWRF models, was used to investigate the impact of the observed ocean conditions on the intensification of major hurricanes in 2017 and 2018. In particular, the coupled model was used to estimate the impact of individual ocean observing platforms (through data-assimilation in HYCOM), on the intensity forecast for several storms. One key finding is that the assimilation of ocean observations contributed to improved ocean representation, and consequently to improved hurricane forecast, which will be shown for Hurricanes Maria (2017) and Michael (2018). More specifically, satellite altimetry allows identifying ocean features such as currents and mesoscale eddies, Argo floats allow for correcting model temperature and salinity large scale biases, and glider data provide continuous temperature and salinity profiles in areas of intense mesoscale activity. In the case of Maria, gliders deployed in the Caribbean Sea helped improve the wind intensity forecast just before the hurricane made landfall in Puerto Rico. Specific results from Hurricane Michael revealed that the storm rapidly intensified as it travelled over specific ocean features in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Presenter(s): Dayv Lowry and Bob Pacunski, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: Rockfish populations in the Southern Salish Sea (a.k.a., Puget Sound) underwent drastic declines related to overfishing during the 1970s and 1980s, and have shown few signs of recovery. Since early-1990s, the WDFW has experimented with a variety of tools and survey designs aimed at providing accurate assessments of rockfish and greenling abundance in their complex, high-relief substrates. The evolution of these efforts have provided tremendous insights in our understanding of Puget Sound bottomfish, and the ROV survey results will be used to establish a baseline for evaluating rockfish recovery and ecosystem diversity well into the future.

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Title:
Declining CO2 Price Paths

View the mp4 recording thro Adobe Connect here: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/p6clz5di4eig/

Presenter(s):
Gernot Wagner, Clinical Associate Professor, New York University. Presenting remotely.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Pricing greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions involves making tradeoffs between consumption today and unknown damages in the (distant) future. While decision making under risk and uncertainty is the forte of financial economics, important insights from pricing financial assets do not typically inform standard climate"economy models. Here, we introduce EZ-Climate, a simple recursive dynamic asset pricing model that allows for a calibration of the carbon dioxide (CO2) price path based on probabilistic assumptions around climate damages. Atmospheric CO2 is the asset with a negative expected return. The economic model focuses on society's willingness to substitute consumption across time and across uncertain states of nature, enabled by an Epstein-Zin (EZ) specification that delinks preferences over risk from intertemporal substitution. In contrast to most modeled CO2 price paths, EZ-Climate suggests a high price today that is expected to decline over time as the insurance value of mitigation declines and technological change makes emissions cuts cheaper. Second, higher risk aversion increases both the CO2 price and the risk premium relative to expected damages. Lastly, our model suggests large costs associated with delays in pricing CO2 emissions. In our base case, delaying implementation by 1 y leads to annual consumption losses of over 2%, a cost that roughly increases with the square of time per additional year of delay. The model also makes clear how sensitive results are to key inputs.

Bio(s):
Gernot* Wagner is a clinical associate professor at New York University's Department of Environmental Studies and associated clinical professor at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. He wrote Climate Shock, joint with Harvard's Martin Weitzman and published by Princeton University Press (2015, paperback 2016), among others, a Top 15 Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015.
* It's pronounced like juggernaut without the jug.

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Title: Community Collaboration: A Locally Driven Approach to Estuarine Management

Presenter(s): Jenni Schmitt, South Slough NERR, OR, and Jill Rolfe, Coos County Planning Department, OR.

Sponsor(s): NERRS Science Collaborative (https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/research/science-collaborative.html).

Seminar POCs for questions:
Dwight.Trueblood@noaa.gov or nsoberal@umich.edu

Abstract:
Modern management of Oregon's estuaries and surrounding shorelands is based on the economic and social drivers of the 1970s era within which local land use plans were developed. So how do we modernize land use planning in a way that balances responsible economic development, social interests, and the protection of natural resources? A diverse group of local stakeholders is collaborating to answer this question for one Oregon estuary through: 1) compiling existing data to show current conditions and uses within the estuary; 2) gathering stakeholder input and land use and planning recommendations from a diversity of interest groups; and 3) developing management options and detailed roadmaps for officials to use to update their land use plans. This webinar will highlight the collaborative stakeholder engagement process that is driving this work, and provide a snapshot of the products and recommendations developed through this process.

Learn more about the The Coos Estuary Land Use Analysis

Bio(s):
Jenni Schmitt leads the planning and implementation of wetlands-related projects at the South Slough NERR. As part of her work, Jenni has been coordinating collaborative projects with a community-based group of concerned citizens called the Partnership for Coastal Watersheds. Members of this group collaborate to understand local watershed conditions and address their capacity and resiliency to serve ecological, economic, and social needs for present and future generations.

Jill Rolfe has worked for the Coos County Planning Department for 18 years and has been the director since 2012. Ms. Rolfe regularly coordinates research and updates to the County Comprehensive plan with local, state and federal agencies. Ms. Rolfe has been a member of the Partnership for Coastal Watersheds for six years and played a large advisory role for environmental and socio-economic aspects of multiple projects. Ms. Rolfe is also coordinating updates to several Estuary Management Plans.

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Presenter(s): Dr. George Halliwell (NOAA/AOML/PhOD)

Sponsor NOAA OAR AOML
POC for seminar questions: patrick.halsall@noaa.gov

Seminars are uploaded on AOML PhOD's website and YouTube page.

Abstract:
The sensitivity of coupled hurricane intensity forecasts to ocean model initialization is explored using a combination of idealized experiments and Observing System Experiments (OSEs). Earlier results demonstrated that the accuracy of the ocean response to hurricane forcing is very sensitive to the accuracy of ocean model initialization. This earlier work has now been extended by developing the capability to initialize the HYCOM-HWRF prediction model with ocean analyses generated by the HYCOM-based in-house ocean data assimilation system at AOML. This presentation will emphasize the set of idealized ocean experiments conducted to quantitatively assess the impact of anomalously warm ocean conditions present during the 2017 and 2018 hurricane seasons, and also the impact of barrier layers resulting from the Amazon-Orinoco river runoff. It will also emphasize ocean OSEs conducted during the same years to quantitatively assess the impact of individual components of the ocean observing system. Results from some initial HYCOM-HWRF intensity forecasts that were initialized by analyses generated from these ocean experiments will be presented; however, a comprehensive summary of the HYCOM-HWRF experiments will be presented by Matthieu Le Henaff at his seminar scheduled on the following day (Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 2 pm).

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Mary Moser, Fisheries Biologist, NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center

ABSTRACT
Listing of species under the Endangered Species Act requires assessment of status using best available information. Often very basic data on a species are limiting or non-existent, making listing decisions and subsequent recovery planning difficult. A decade ago, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) listed the southern distinct population segment (DPS) of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. At that time, there was scant information on population status, distribution, migration patterns, basic biology, and habitat requirements. However, recent delineation of critical habitats, documentation of migration patterns, assessment of spawning stock size, and identification of fisheries impacts has provided managers with information in support of recovery planning. Much of this information has come as a direct result of using new technologies and gadgets, including: 1) DIDSON (dual frequency identification sonar) acoustic cameras to count animals and describe feeding habitats, 2) extensive acoustic receiver networks to document coastal movement patterns of sturgeon tagged with transmitters, 3) autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) equipped with an acoustic receiver for identification of coastal aggregation areas, and 4) inertial sensors, pop-up satellite tagging, and machine learning to document the effects of sub-lethal green sturgeon bycatch in gillnet and trawl fisheries. Armed with information from this research, the NMFS recently released a recovery plan for green sturgeon and is in a better position to update status of the northern DPS, which is currently considered a Species of Concern.

BIO
Mary Moser is a research fisheries biologist at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in the Fish Ecology Division. She received her PhD from North Carolina State University, taught ichthyology and fisheries biology at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, and then moved to the NWFSC in 1999. Mary's research has focused on use of telemetry to document fish migration behavior and energetics. She is particularly keen on use of cutting-edge tagging technologies to further our understanding of where and when fish move; but, also to get at the how and why. She has applied a variety of telemetry techniques to answer management questions relating to dam passage (Pacific lamprey, salmonids, white sturgeon), marine distributions (English sole, green sturgeon), and even fine-scale physiological ecology (Pacific lamprey, steelhead trout). Watching fish is among her favorite activities and has been both a personal and professional source of inspiration.

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Presenter(s): Melanie Jackson, Congressional Affairs Fellow, NOAA HQ Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

Sponsor(s): Knauss Fellows Seminar Series and NOAA Central Library. POC: Knauss Fellow Sam Chin, (sam.chin@noaa.gov)

Abstract: The oyster industry has long been an important and iconic component of the Chesapeake Bay. Sustainability efforts to increase oysters in the Bay are of particular interest because oysters provide ecosystem services that may reduce nitrogen inputs, which are the primary cause of eutrophication. This presentation will discuss the state of aquaculture in the Bay and reveal how oysters fit into our current toolbox for improving water quality and mitigating nitrogen in coastal areas.

About the speaker: Jackson recently completed her doctorate at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, Maryland specializing in how oyster restoration and aquaculture remove nitrogen pollution. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she completed her master's degree at UMCES on algae blooms and nitrogen pollution. Jackson received her undergraduate degree in marine science and biology from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in 2012.

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Presenter(s): Madi Harris, Foreign Affairs Fellow, NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection

Sponsor(s): Knauss Fellows Seminar Series and NOAA Central Library. POC: Knauss Fellow Sam Chin, (sam.chin@noaa.gov)

Abstract: Since its trial season in 2014, the Channel Islands Vessel Speed Reduction (VSR) program has expanded in geographic scope and in participation. The voluntary, incentive-based program, which offers financial rewards to shipping companies for slowing their speeds to prevent ship strikes with endangered whales and reduce harmful air emissions, now boasts coverage of almost 90% of all large vessel traffic passing through the region. Yet, as the California national marine sanctuaries look toward the future of their successful, non-regulatory program, no consistent funding source has been identified. Through semi-structured interviews with shipping industry and corporate business representatives, this research explores the potential for better-aligned, non-financial incentives that support sustainable continuation of the program and long-term behavior change.

About the speaker: Madi Harris recently earned a Master's in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UC Santa Barbara. There, she focused on marine spatial planning, community stakeholder engagement in environmental solutions, and science communication. Her work included supporting planning and research efforts with the NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the West Regional Planning Body. Madi also has a B.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Southern California and is an avid diver.

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Title:
Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and Exploration Offshore of California, Oregon, and Washington

Link to mp4 recording viewing on Adobe Connect: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/peozk6uqg16z/

Presenter(s):
Bryan Costa, Marine Ecologist, NOAA's National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Marine Spatial Ecology Division, Biogeography Branch, USA. Presenting from California.

Co-Authors:
Ken Buja, Matt Kendall and Jen Kraus, all with NOAA's National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Marine Spatial Ecology Division, Biogeography Branch, USA, and
Bethany Williams, on contract to Consolidated Safety Services, Inc., USA, in support of NOAA's National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Biogeography Branch, USA

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Spatial information about the seafloor is critical for decision-making by marine science, management and tribal organizations. While this type of information is important, its collection is expensive, time consuming and logistically intensive. Developing a network of partners and coordinating data needs can help overcome these challenges by leveraging collective resources to meet shared goals. To help promote coordination across organizations, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) developed a spatial framework, process and online application to identify common data collection priorities across space. This application was used by organizations participating in NOAA's West Coast Deep Sea Coral Initiative (WCDSCI) and Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems (EXPRESS) Campaign to identify overlapping, high priority areas for seafloor mapping, sampling and visual surveys offshore of U.S. West CONUS Coast (WCC). Ten high priority locations were broadly identified for future mapping, sampling and visual surveys based on the results of the prioritization. These locations were distributed throughout the WCC, primarily in depths less than 1,000 m. Participants consistently selected (1) Exploration, (2) Biota/Important Natural Area and (3) Research as their top reasons (i.e., justifications) for prioritizing locations. Participants also consistently selected (1) Benthic Habitat Map and (2) Bathymetry and Backscatter as their top data or product needs in high priority grid cells. The map layers developed here were published in NOAA's U.S. Mapping Coordination website to allow participants (and other users) to collectively track their overall progress towards addressing key priorities areas identified in this effort. Combined, these tools and this information will enable NOAA WCDSCI, EXPRESS and other organizations to more efficiently leverage resources and coordinate their mapping of high priority locations along the WCC.

Bio(s):
Bryan Costa graduated from Middlebury College with a joint degree in Biology and Environmental Studies and from the University of Maryland, College Park with an MPS in Geospatial Sciences. He joined the NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in 2005 as a marine ecologist. Since joining NOAA NCCOS, he has worked as a principal investigator on a variety of projects, characterizing, monitoring and modeling marine ecosystems in the United States. His research interests include novel applications of state-of-the-art remote sensing and geospatial technologies. He currently is co-located with the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Presenter(s): Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Scientists " see agenda for specifics

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Sponsor(s): Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)

Remote Access: https://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/ (no registration required). This Webcast will be recorded, archived and made accessible in the near future.

Abstract: Please see https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/2019review/. Laboratory scientific reviews are conducted periodically to evaluate the quality, performance and importance of research conducted in OAR laboratories relative to both internal and external interests, and to help strategically position the laboratory in its planning of future science. These reviews are intended to ensure that OAR laboratory research is linked to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Strategic Plan, relevant to NOAA's research mission and priorities, and consistent with NOAA planning, programming, and budgeting. This review will cover Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory research with a focus on the five years since the 2014 Review. The research themes are: (1) Modeling the Earth System, (2) Advancing the Understanding of the Earth System, and (3) Earth System Predictions and Projections.

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Presenter(s): TBD

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Auburn University Water Resources Center

POC: Meredith Muth (meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

Abstract:
The webinar will provide updated information on the climate, water, and drought status of the ACF River Basin. Input will be provided by the Florida State Climatologist, USGS, Southeast River Forecast Center, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Mobile District), and others.

Are our seminars recorded? No

Seminar POC for questions: Meredith Muth (meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

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Title:
Prevention, Control, Mitigation, and Socioeconomics of Harmful Algal Blooms: FY 2020 Federal Funding Opportunity Overview and Q&A

The MP4 recording can be viewed here: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/pzj5ncniasin/

Presenter(s):
Felix Martinez, PCMHAB Program Manager, NCCOS/Competitive Research Program, NOAA

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Since the authorization of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, NOAA has made available competitive funding for research on how and why harmful algal blooms (HABs) form and persist, as well as addressing the effects of the blooms through bloom prevention, control of their spread, or mitigation of their impacts. Through this webinar we will provide those interested in HABs research with information and answer questions about NCCOS/CRP's FY 20 Federal Funding Opportunity focused on prevention, control, mitigation, and socioeconomics of HABs.

Bio(s):
Felix Martinez has over 15 years of experience as a Federal Program Officer in NOAA. Since coming to NOAA, Felix has developed and implemented research programs that have funded projects focused on coral reefs, mesophotic coral ecosystems, invasive species, hypoxia, valuation of ecosystem services, harmful algal blooms, and ecosystem based management. As part of the NCCOS/CRP HABs Team, he manages the Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of HABs Program or PCMHAB.

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Presenter(s): Cecilia O'Leary, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Groundfish Assessment Program

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: The proportion of groundfish species' population availability to the eastern Bering Sea shelf survey can change from year to year in response to environmentally-mediated trends affecting movement and distribution. We estimated the spatial availability and variation among groundfish species to the eastern Bering Sea across years by combining multiple fishery-independent bottom trawl surveys conducted throughout the Bering Sea. Based on these combined data sets from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center and the Russian TINRO-Centre, we calculated three different index estimators to determine the availability of groundfish: conventional design-based, k-nearest neighbor design-based, and VAST model-based.

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Dr. Jeremy Hoffman of the Science Museum of Virginia

Sponsor(s): NOAA NESDIS NCEI

Abstract: How can community-based participatory research campaigns, known as "citizen science," aid in the creation of maps of urban heat as well as prime volunteers and stakeholders to take sustained action to ameliorate it? Here, I will discuss the impacts of campaigns in Richmond, VA, Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C., and Boston, MA as case studies.

Jeremy Hoffman is the Chief Scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia and Affiliate Faculty in the Center for Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is interested in how communities can co-produce actionable climate science data related to heat, stormwater, and air quality, and how best to communicate those findings to stakeholders.

If you would like to present on a topic, speak to your Branch Chief and Sara Veasey (sara.veasey@noaa.gov).

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Note: The MP4 recording for this webinar can he viewed here: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/p2vz0cut7fjv/

Title:
Improving Microplastics Research

Presenter(s):
Judith S. Weis, Professor Emerita, Rutgers University

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
There has been a virtual explosion of research on microplastics (MPs). Every week new articles are published, but not all are original or important. Dozens of papers report the number of microplastic particles found in some water body, but they cannot be compared because there are no standardized methods for collection or analysis. However, it has become clear that collecting with nets misses most of the MPs, since microfibers, which are by far the most abundant type when whole water samples are analyzed, pass through nets. These microfibers are derived primarily from synthetic clothing via wastewater from washing machines. Counting under a microscope is not as accurate as using sophisticated technology such as Raman or FTIR which can identify different plastic polymers. Another common study documents that some species consumes MPs. It seems that every animal studied eats them; it would be of greater interest to learn why they do or find one that does not ingest them. Although animals consume them, few studies have examined how soon and how many are egested. Most may pass through the gut without causing any noticeable effects; this needs to be studied. MPs are considered vectors for transferring contaminants to animals and up the food chain, but few studies demonstrate this with realistic scenarios such as providing the animals some real food and time to egest. Effects attributed to MPs may be symptoms of inadequate nutrition or a clogged digestive tract. It is also important to learn how much of the adsorbed contaminants the gut can desorb during the time that MPs are passing through. Future feeding studies should not use spherical MPs which are rare in aquatic environments but should use primarily microfibers which are the predominant shape found, provide real food, and allow time for egestion. Other research needs include examining respiration as a mode of intake in aquatic as well as in terrestrial biota, and developing ways to modify the manufacture of textiles to shed fewer microfibers.

Bio(s):
Dr. Judith S. Weis is a Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, Newark. Her research is on estuarine ecology and ecotoxicology, and she has published over 200 refereed scientific papers, as well as books for the general public on salt marshes, fish, crabs, and marine pollution, a technical book on marine pollution and one on biological invasions and animal behavior. She is interested in stresses in estuaries and their effects on organisms, populations and communities. She is on the editorial board for BioScience, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was a Fulbright Fellow in Indonesia. She has been on advisory committees for EPA, NOAA and NAS and chairs the Science Advisory Board of NJ DEP. She chaired the Biology Section of AAAS, and was president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) in 2001. She received the Merit Award from the Society of Wetland Scientists in 2016.

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Presenter(s): Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Scientists " see agenda for specifics

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Sponsor(s): Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)

Remote Access: https://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/ (no registration required). This Webcast will be recorded, archived and made accessible in the near future.

Abstract: Please see https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/2019review/. Laboratory scientific reviews are conducted periodically to evaluate the quality, performance and importance of research conducted in OAR laboratories relative to both internal and external interests, and to help strategically position the laboratory in its planning of future science. These reviews are intended to ensure that OAR laboratory research is linked to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Strategic Plan, relevant to NOAA's research mission and priorities, and consistent with NOAA planning, programming, and budgeting. This review will cover Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory research with a focus on the five years since the 2014 Review. The research themes are: (1) Modeling the Earth System, (2) Advancing the Understanding of the Earth System, and (3) Earth System Predictions and Projections.

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Presenter(s): Meghan Dalton, Climate Impacts Research Consortium; Britt Parker, National Integrated Drought Information System

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System, Climate Impacts Research Consortium, USDA Northwest Climate Hub, National Weather Service

POC: Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov)

Abstract: These webinars provide the region's stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing drought conditions as well as climatic events like El Nio and La Nia. Speakers will also discuss the impacts of these conditions on things such as wildfires, floods, disruption to water supply and ecosystems, as well as impacts to affected industries like agriculture, tourism, and public health.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

Seminar POC for questions: Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov)

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Presenter(s): Imme Ebert-Uphoff of CIRA and Elizabeth Barnes and Ben Toms of Colorado State University (presenting remotely)

Sponsor(s): STAR Science Seminar Series

Audio:
+1-415-527-5035 US Toll
Access code: 904 841 535

Slides, Recordings Other Materials:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191028_Ebert-Uphoff.pdf

Abstract:
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have emerged as an important tool for many environmental science applications. However, ANNs are not naturally transparent and are thus often used as a black box, i.e. without detailed understanding of their reasoning. Fortunately, new tools for the interpretation of ANN models are becoming available from the field of explainable AI. Such tools can provide great benefits for earth science researchers. In this tutorial we first provide a general overview, including methods for both ANN visualization and ANN attribution. Then we focus on one method in detail, namely layer-wise relevance propagation (LRP; sometimes known as Deep Taylor decomposition), and show how it can be used to identify the specific elements of the input that were most important for the ANN's prediction. Thus, this method helps "open the black box" and attribute specific predictions to specific predictands. We find LRP methods to be particularly useful, yet few in the earth science community seem to have discovered them. We demonstrate the use of LRP methods for a variety of applications related to weather and climate, and show their use for tasks ranging from debugging and designing ANN networks to gaining new scientific insights for atmospheric science applications.

Bio(s):
Imme Ebert-Uphoff received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics from the Technical University of Karlsruhe (known today as Karlsruhe Institute of Technology or KIT). She received M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University. She was a faculty member in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech for over 10 years, before joining the Electrical & Computer Engineering department at Colorado State in 2011 as research professor. Her research interests are in applying data science methods to climate applications. She is also very involved in activities to build bridges between the AI community and the earth science community, including serving on the steering committee of the annual Climate Informatics workshop, and of the NSF sponsored research coordination network (RCN) on Intelligent Systems for the Geosciences. Starting July 1, 2019, she is spending 50% of her time with CIRA to support their machine learning activities.

Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Barnes is an associate professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. She joined the CSU faculty in 2013 after obtaining dual B.S. degrees (Honors) in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota, obtaining her Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Washington, and spending a year as a NOAA Climate & Global Change Fellow at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Professor Barnes' research is focused on large scale atmospheric variability and the data analysis tools used to understand its dynamics. Topics of interest include jet-stream dynamics, Arctic-midlatitude connections, subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction of extreme weather events (she is currently Task Force Lead for the NOAA MAPP Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Task Force), health-related climate impacts, and data science methods for climate research (e.g. machine learning, causal discovery). She teaches graduate courses on fundamental atmospheric dynamics and data science and statistical analysis methods.

Ben Toms is a fourth year PhD student in the Barnes research group in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. His PhD research focuses on using neural networks to improve our understanding of decadal predictability within the climate system. This research requires a fundamental understanding of neural networks and techniques for their interpretation, so he enjoys testing which methods proposed by the computer science community are transferrable to atmospheric science.

POC:
Stacy Bunin, stacy.bunin@noaa.gov

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Alex Lincoln, King County Water and Land Resources Division

ABSTRACT
Animal foraging requires a series of complex decisions that ultimately ends with consumption of resources. The extent of consumption varies among consumers, including in predator-prey systems; some predators always consume prey completely, others may partially consume prey too large to be entirely consumed, and still others may partially consume prey even if that prey is small enough to be consumed in its entirety. Partial consumption of prey may allow predators to maximize energy intake through selectively feeding on energy-rich tissue, as is observed in bears (Ursus spp.) selectively feeding on Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.). Here, we examined selective and partial consumption of sockeye salmon (O. nerka) by brown bears (U. arctos) in western Alaska. We tested a series of hypotheses to determine what factors best explain why some salmon are killed and abandoned without tissue consumption, why bears choose to scavenge rather than predate salmon, and what tissues are consumed from the salmon that are fed upon. We also documented empirical relationships between salmon availability and consumption by bears to evaluate whether current salmon management in Bristol Bay, Alaska limits salmon intake by bears foraging in small streams. Through exploring the intricacies of selective and partial consumption of salmon by bears, this work aims to increase understanding of the bear-salmon predator-prey relationship and the flow of salmon-derived nutrients through aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

BIO
Alex Lincoln is a Senior Ecologist with the King County Water and Land Resources Division's River and Floodplain Management Section where she works on multi-benefit capital projects to reduce flood risk and promote salmon recovery. Alex completed her M.S. from the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in 2019, where she researched predator-prey interactions and wildlife behavior in Alaska, and impacts of restoration on salmonids in Washington. Alex grew up in California and earned her B.A. in Biology from Pomona College.

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Title:
Using Science Operations Tools and Methods from NASA for Remote Presence Ocean Exploration on Earth: A case study from E/V Nautilus Cruise NA108

Link to MP4 recording of webinar: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/pbicuydcipjs/

Presenter(s):
David Lees, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, Intelligent Robotics Group/Carnegie Mellon University

Project Partners:
Tamar Cohen, MS, Senior Computer Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, Intelligent Robotics Group/SGT Inc.
Matthew Deans, PhD, Deputy Group Lead, NASA Ames Research Center, Intelligent Robotics Group

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinators for this seminar are Christa.Rabenold@noaa.gov and Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
As part of the NASA/NOAA Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog (SUBSEA) project, NASA's Exploration Ground Data Systems (xGDS) software supported science operations at the Inner Space Center at University of Rhode Island for a recent E/V Nautilus Cruise to the Gorda Ridge. xGDS is designed to help scientists plan and monitor remote robotic or human science operations and organize the data they return. We will discuss the features of xGDS, how the team used it, our accomplishments, what we observed, and the impact xGDS had on the Ocean Exploration Trust's* (OET) operations, especially around support for active participation and engagement of a remotely located science team.
*OET is a NOAA partner, part of the new Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, and owner of E/V Nautilus

Bio(s):
David Lees is a research scientist in the Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) at NASA Ames Research Center. His current work is focused on the development and assessment of IRG's Exploration Ground Data Systems (xGDS). xGDS is a set of web-based software tools that has been used in multiple NASA mission analogs (including BASALT, PLRP, NEEMO, and D-RATS), and is intended as a testbed/prototype for new ground control tools concepts for future NASA missions. Dr. Lees was also responsible for the integration of portions of IRG's xGDS tools into the flight data systems of the MER and Phoenix missions to support 3-D visualization for science analysis and is currently supporting the MSL mission. He previously helped to develop IRG's 3-D visualization and simulation software (Viz/VERVE), which is used for scientific analysis and rover control in both IRG's Analog field tests and on the MER and Phoenix missions. David's overall research interests center on user interfaces, automated analysis and organization of field science data and 3-D visualization.

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Presenter(s):
Ryo Yoshida, Satellite Program Division, Observation Department, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)

Sponsor(s): STAR Science Seminar Series

Audio:
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Access code: 908 461 130

Slides, Recordings Other Materials:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191024_Yoshida.pdf

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/documents/seminardocs/2019/20191024_Yoshida.pptx

Abstract:
I am completing a 1-year research visit program sponsored by the Japanese Government at the NOAA Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), which is now the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS). My research at CICS has primarily focused on evaluating the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Level 2 product. In this study, the GLM Level 2 product was validated using ground-based lightning observations, in terms of flash geographical distribution and flash detection efficiency, as well as group timing and geolocation accuracy. The presentation will provide an overview of JMA's Himawari satellites, results of the GLM product validation, and highlights of other studies I have conducted at CICS, such as cost benefit analysis of weather satellites.

Bio(s):
Mr. Yoshida's is a Scientific Officer at the Satellite Program Division, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). His work at JMA has been concerned with the Himawari series satellites. He developed Himawari-8/9 image navigation and registration processing operating on the ground system. He was also responsible for development and implementation of Himawari-8/9 level 2 products at the Meteorological Satellite Center of JMA. Mr. Yoshida received B.S. and M.S. degrees in geophysics from Tohoku University, in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

POC:
Stacy Bunin, stacy.bunin@noaa.gov

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Title: Quantifying Observation Impacts in Ocean Data Assimilation Systems

Presenter(s): Andy Moore, PhD, Professor of Oceanography, University of California Santa Cruz

Sponsor(s): NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) Science Seminar Series and the NOAA/NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS); coordinators for this event are Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov and Aijun.Zhang@noaa.gov.

Abstract:
Observations are a critical component of ocean analysis and forecast system. They are costly to acquire and maintaining current observing systems is a constant challenge in the face of rising costs and shrinking budgets. It therefore behooves the ocean modeling community to demonstrate the value of existing observing systems, and if possible, demonstrate ways in which a constellation of instruments can perhaps be optimized. In this talk Andy will present some state-of-the-art methods for monitoring the impact of observations within real-time ocean analysis-forecast systems run in support of U.S. IOOS, and which demonstrate the sometimes complex interplay between different observation types. The talk will end with a discussion about how these same methods could be used to augment and/or optimize existing observing systems.

Bio(s):
Andy obtained a PhD in Physical Oceanography from the University of Oxford, more years ago than he cares to remember, and since then has held research and academic positions at the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, the Nova Oceanographic Center and the University of Colorado. He is currently a Professor of Oceanography at the University of California Santa Cruz. During his career he has worked on ocean data assimilation, adjoint methods, and coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling. He is one of the co-developers of the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-Dimensional Variational (4D-Var) data assimilation system.

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Sponsor(s): NOAA Central Library & Voices Oral History Archives

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Presenter(s): Molly Graham, Voices Oral History Archives, Program Manager

Abstract: Since 2003, the Voices Oral History Archives has been collecting and preserving eyewitness accounts to the changing environment. Today's presentation will introduce VOHA's mission, history, scope and various oral history collections. Also, we will talk about the value of oral history as a research and educational tool. Finally, we will spotlight current and upcoming projects, such as the NOAA 50th Anniversary Oral History Project, which seeks to document and celebrate NOAA's growth as an organization and its impact on environmental science, service and stewardship.

Bio(s): Molly Graham is a professional oral historian and documentarian. She trained at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine where she produced the award- winning radio documentary, Besides Life Here, which has been licensed by several National Public Radio affiliates. She has her master's degree in Library Science and Archives Management from Simmons College in Boston. Molly is the former director of the oral history program at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and Assistant Director of the Rutgers Oral History Archives.

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Sponsor(s): Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Science Seminar

Presenter(s): Edward Kim
NASA/GSFC
ATMS Instrument Scientist

Abstract
This talk will summarize the history of satellite microwave sounding, from its beginnings on early research satellites through its transition to operational satellites, to today's central role in numerical weather prediction and climate studies. Along the way, microwave sounders have flown on many of the major NASA/NOAA/DOD satellite series: Nimbus (1970s); DMSP (1979-present); TIROS-N and NOAA 6-14 (1980s-2000s); EOS & NOAA 15-20 (1990s-present). Sounders have also flown on Earth observing satellites from several other countries; we will touch on these briefly, including some stories from the early days. And, we will conclude with a peek at the future of microwave sounding.

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Title:
Chesapeake DolphinWatch: Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

The mp4 recording of the webinar is here: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/ppfgz6u2gozm/

Presenter(s):
Helen Bailey, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Although documented sightings of bottlenose dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay date back to the 1800s, there is very little information on where they go, how long they spend there and what they are doing. Through our Chesapeake DolphinWatch app and website (www.chesapeakedolphinwatch.org) we have been able to raise public awareness about bottlenose dolphins in the Bay. As well allowing users to view and report dolphin sightings, we provide responsible viewing guidelines to encourage safe and respectful encounters with these wild animals. This sighting information has helped to guide where we have conducted passive acoustic monitoring to learn more about the dolphins' movements and behaviors within the Chesapeake Bay, and characterize the underwater soundscape. Through analysis of dolphin signature whistles we have identified individual calls allowing us to record the number and identity of individual bottlenose dolphins. These data provide an important baseline on the distribution and seasonal occurrence of bottlenose dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay.

Bio(s):
Helen Bailey is a Research Associate Professor at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. She has published over 50 journal articles, specializing in marine mammals and sea turtles. She received her B.A. (Hons) in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford, UK, and her M.Sc. in Oceanography from the University of Southampton, UK. Dr. Bailey was awarded her Ph.D. at the University of Aberdeen (UK) for her work on the habitat use of bottlenose dolphins. She subsequently studied the underwater sound levels and environmental impacts of offshore wind turbines on marine mammals. Dr. Bailey then received a National Research Council postdoctoral award to study migration pathways and hot spots of marine predators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of the Census of Marine Life's Tagging of Pacific Predators project. She joined the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in 2010 where her research focuses on studying movement ecology, patterns of habitat use and behavior of marine species, and its application to management and conservation.

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Presenter(s): Leanna Heffner (Northwest Boreal LCC), Aaron Poe (Aleutian and Bering Sea Initiative), Danielle Stickman (Western Alaska LCC)

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)

Abstract: Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) bring partners together to work on conservation solutions that help communities and decision makers adapt to and thrive in a rapidly changing north. Alaskans face many challenges as the climate warms, erosion accelerates, storms and flooding intensify, sea ice and river ice changes, wildfires increase, and subsistence resources shift. These challenges are too complex for any one entity to address alone. By working together we are better able to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of current and future generations of Alaskans. Despite recent changes in federal funding, and with new help from private funders, four of the five original Alaskan LCCs are still active:

Aleutian and Bering Sea Initiative
Northwest Boreal LCC
North Pacific LCC
Western Alaska LCC
Currently the LCCs are helping to lead projects focused around climate resilience and adaptation, coordinated and community-led monitoring, and collaborative, climate-smart approaches to land use planning. This presentation will give an overview of the four Alaska LCCs.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/about-accap-webinars/)

Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): Kris Holderied, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: Gulf Watch Alaska is the long-term ecosystem monitoring program of the Exxon Valdez oil spill Trustee Council. The program provides scientific data on nearshore and pelagic ecosystems to support management and public understanding of species injured by the spill and the environmental conditions that affect them. Multi-disciplinary data collected and compiled under the GWA program are provided for public and research use at www.gulfwatchalaska.org.

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Title: Decoding a Decade of Detections: Acoustic Telemetry and Connectivity of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary with the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Ocean

Link to mp4 recordIng on Adobe Connect: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/p7hzmi7t7kj3/

Presenter(s):
Bethany Williams, Marine Ecologist, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/MSE/Biogeography Branch and CSS Inc., and Matt Kendall, Marine Biologist, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/MSE/Biogeography Branch

Co-Authors:
Kimberly Roberson, Research Coordinator, NOAA/NOS/ONMS/GRNMS and
Joy Young, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy Gill. Questions? Email tracy.gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Gray's Reef national Marine Sanctuary is a protected natural area off the coast of Georgia that provides critical habitat for a wide range of fish and invertebrate species. In this study, we demonstrate the importance of Gray's Reef in supporting broader animal movements in the U.S. Atlantic coastal ocean, using ten years of acoustic telemetry data. Over 160 transient individuals of eighteen species have been detected at Gray's Reef since 2008, including a variety of sharks, fish, and sea turtles. Individuals traveled up to 2400 km to reach Gray's Reef, crossing both state and international boundaries. Detections of transient species at Gray's Reef suggest it may be a hub of migratory activity or known landmark on the migratory pathway of some individuals. With increasing use of acoustic telemetry technology, continued monitoring of Gray's Reef is critical to further understanding of the importance of this sanctuary.

Bio(s):
Bethany Williams has been working with NCCOS since February 2018. She initially began as a Sea Grant Knauss Fellow and has since transitioned to a contractor position with CSS Inc, supporting the Biogeography Branch. Bethany supports a variety of work in the BioGeo portfolio including acoustic telemetry, biogeographic assessments, and the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program. Prior to joining NCCOS/CSS, Bethany received a Master's in Marine Science from Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Dr. Matt Kendall is a salty sailor who enjoys eel-wrangling, legos, sending Bethany off the boat during field missions, and letting her write his Bio for this seminar. He has been with the Biogeography Branch since his Knauss Fellowship 100 years ago.

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Sponsor(s): NOAA Central Library

Speaker is remote, webinar ONLY.

Presenter(s): Dr. Brian McDonald, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division

Abstract: The average US person consumes ~10 kilograms of products derived from oil and natural gas per day. In this talk, the emissions of methane and ozone and aerosol precursors will be discussed for three key sectors: (1) upstream oil and natural gas production, (2) transportation, and (3) volatile chemical products.

Bio(s): Dr. McDonald is a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado working at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO. Prior to arriving in Colorado, he received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Master's in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. His expertise is on constructing emission inventories, assessments of long-term air quality trends, and regional weather-chemistry modeling.

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Sponsor(s): Join the National Sea Grant Office as they highlight 5 of their liaisons in this webinar series. Hosted by the NOAA Central Library.

POC: elizabeth.rohring@noaa.gov and mchadsey@uw.edu

Presenter(s): Meg Chadsey, Pacific Marine Environmental Lab Sea Grant Ocean Acidification Liaison, Washington Sea Grant

Abstract: Each Sea Grant Liaison position is a unique reflection of the relationships and capacities of its respective host Sea Grant and NOAA programs, and the circumstances that led to its creation. In my case, the PMEL Ocean Acidification Liaison position has been profoundly shaped by Washington's leadership on Ocean Acidification, starting with the 2012 recommendations of Blue Ribbon Panel and the ensuing responses of state, tribal, local federal entities and NGOs inspired by these recommendations. Both Washington Sea Grant and NOAA PMEL have been key players since the beginning; the strength of the Liaison position has been the synergy it has brought to these efforts (something we like to refer to around WSG as the Sea Grant Glue').

Bio(s): A microbiologist by training, Meg discovered her true calling when she read Elizabeth Kolbert's seminal article about ocean acidification, The Darkening Sea. Initially contracted by Washington Sea Grant (WSG) to staff the Washington State Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification in 2012, Meg was hired as WSG's first Ocean Acidification Specialist in 2013, and shortly thereafter appointed NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab Liaison (a joint position currently shared by WSG's Coastal Hazards Specialist Carrie Garrison-Laney). Meg has a bachelor's degree in Genetics from Cornell University, a Ph.D in Microbiology from the University of Washington, and worked as a molecular biologist before returning to marine science (her first love).

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Sponsor(s): Join the NOAA Central Library and the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) for the new NOAA Innovators Series! This series will be facilitated by Tiffany House, SBIR Commercialization Specialist.

Presenter(s): Dr. Yi Chao, Principal Scientist, Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc.

Abstract: A computationally-efficient data assimilation module is described using an open-source and non-proprietary programming language. Demonstration of this data assimilation module in the Lake Erie Operational Forecast System is presented. Advantages and disadvantages of this data assimilation method will be discussed.

Bio(s): Dr. Yi Chao joined Remote Sensing Solutions since 2012 after 20 years working at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Dr. Chao was the Project Scientist at JPL and contributed to the first NASA satellite known as Aquarius to measure ocean salinity from space. He has a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University and has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.

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Presenter(s): Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)

Sponsor(s): Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) - A NOAA RISA Team and National Weather Service
POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812) and Richard Thoman (rthoman@alaska.edu)

Abstract: The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for November and the winter season. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/about-accap-webinars/)

Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Presenter(s): JianDong Gong, CMA

Sponsor(s): ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING CENTER SEMINAR for more information visit https://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/seminars/index.html

Abstract:
The Global/Regional Analysis and Prediction System (GRAPES) is an operational numerical weather prediction system developed by China with the supports of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the China Meteorological Administration. By end of 2019, a series of GRAPES sub-systems have been established to follow up the GRAPES_GFS, such as GRAPES_GEPS (global ensemble prediction system), GRAPE_MESO (3km regional system, 10km regional rapid update assimilation system, 10 km regional ensemble prediction system) and GRAPES-Typhoon (the northwest Pacific-Indian Ocean typhoon prediction system).

Recently, there are many upgrades of GRAPES-GFS around dynamics, physics and data assimilation. The upgraded system introduced 1) The three-dimensional reference profile, predictor-corrector semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian (SISL) scheme, high-resolution spectral filtering terrain, which effectively improves the accuracy of the model dynamics; 2) The improved boundary layer scheme and two-moment microphysics scheme under Charney-phillips vertical grid, and the optimization of surface layer to match Charney-phillips vertical grid, the modification of convection scheme which effectively mitigation humidity bias; 3) The improvement from global 3DVar to 4DVar analysis, and the influence of linearization of moisture physical process on the analysis; 4) The tangent linear model and adjoint model developed in 4DVar system which is also applied to the global ensemble prediction system for singular vector initial perturbation.

The verification statistics have demonstrated the improvement of GFS from each upgrade. Meanwhile, increasing the model vertical levels from 60 to 87 and ensemble of 4DVar based En4DVar have been investigated as well. Finally, CMA NWP center's model development plan (out to 2025) will be presented.

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Camrin Braun, University of Washington

Abstract: A central challenge to the understanding and management of ocean seascapes is the dynamic spatial and temporal nature of marine ecosystems. Yet, the knowledge of the physical processes structuring these environments is in its infancy but is critical for any mechanistic and predictive understanding of the distribution and population dynamics of oceanic predators. The talk will use several model apex predators to explore a primary biophysical mechanism influencing pelagic ecosystems and the communities they support. These results motivate a case study to investigate the ubiquity of and potential motivations for top marine predators to frequent the deep ocean. By integrating across multiple levels of organization, from physiology to ecosystems, we can elucidate underlying mechanisms that govern complex, multifaceted traits such as behavior of top predators. This has important implications for formulating effective management strategies for these commercially-important species that account for ocean dynamics and is integral to anticipating how marine predators will respond to a changing ocean.

Bio(s): Camrin Braun is a marine ecologist and Assistant Professor at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. Camrin's research at the interface of top predator ecology and oceanography seeks to unite physical-biological interactions with the challenges of managing living marine resources in a dynamic ocean. He is particularly passionate about applying computational, lab and field-based approaches to emerging ocean challenges. For example, his work in predator-environment relationships has demonstrated the significance of the ocean twilight zone for top predators, a deep region of the marine realm that remains largely unexplored. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography and recently completed a NASA-funded postdoc at the Applied Physics Laboratory (UW) studying the influence of (sub)mesoscale oceanography on pelagic ecosystems. Dr. Braun received his MSc from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and is a National Geographic Explorer and member of the Explorer's Club.

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Presenter(s):
Laura Edwards, South Dakota State Climatologist and Brad Rippey, USDA Office of the Chief Economist

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, National Drought Mitigation Center, American Association of State Climatologists, National Weather Service

POCs: Doug Kluck (doug.kluck@noaa.gov), Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov) or Molly Woloszyn (Molly.Woloszyn@noaa.gov)

Abstract:
The focus area for this webinar is the North Central region of the U.S. (from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley). These free webinars provide and interpret timely information on current climate and drought conditions, as well as climatic events like El Nio and La Nia.

Speakers will also discuss the impacts of these conditions on things such as floods, disruption to water supply and ecosystems, as well as impacts to affected industries like agriculture, tourism, and public health. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

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Title: Engaging Diverse Audiences in Marine and Coastal Protection

Presenter(s):
Josie Spearman, Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR
Ellen M. Leroy-Reed, Friends of Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR
Dave Feliz, Elkhorn Slough NERR
Jay Haigler, Diving with a Purpose
Lauren Swaddell NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

Co-

Sponsor(s):
NOAA National MPA Center and OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels, EBM Tools Network). Webinar points of contact: zac.cannizzo@noaa.gov and lauren.wenzel@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Managers of coastal and marine protected areas are responsible for places that are important for a wide range of audiences, yet we often come up short in engaging meaningfully with diverse audiences. This webinar will present brief case studies about coastal and marine protected areas and non-profit partners that are working with people from diverse backgrounds to provide opportunities to understand and enjoy our ocean and coasts. Educational initiatives from two national estuarine research reserves (NERRS) -- Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) in Florida and Elkhorn Slough in California -- will be presented. GTM NERR's educational programs have recently increased their ability to accommodate students and potential visitors with physical, emotional, and intellectual challenges and communities with little or no access to transportation. Elkhorn Slough NERR conducts after school and science mentoring programs, regular school field trips, and subsidized school transportation programs, including for several predominantly Hispanic communities. Diving with a Purpose (DWP) is working with partners to engage and educate the community-at-large on cultural heritage resources that exist in marine protected areas throughout the US with a focus on the African Diaspora. Finally, the first Knauss (Sea Grant) Fellow from Guam will speak about her experiences.

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Presenter(s): Larissa Lee, Restoration and Ecosystem Services Fellow, NOAA NMFS Office of Habitat Conservation, Restoration Center

Sponsor(s): Knauss Fellows Seminar Series and NOAA Central Library. POC: Knauss Fellow Christine Hirt, (christine.hirt@noaa.gov)

Abstract: As demand for water resources in the desert Southwest grows, managers have an increased need for information on the habitat requirements of desert fish species. This presentation will discuss results of habitat suitability criteria developed for fish species in four Arizona streams, and how these results can be used to protect instream flows.

About the speaker: Larissa Lee recently earned an M.S. in Natural Resources at the University of Arizona, where she studied habitat use and streamflow requirements of desert fishes. Prior to completing her masters and becoming a Knauss Sea Grant Fellow in the Restoration Center, Larissa worked on fisheries management issues throughout the Rocky Mountains, holding positions with the National Park Service in Yellowstone, Trout Unlimited in Montana, Idaho Fish and Game, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Salt Lake City, UT.

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Presenter(s): Katie Lohr, Conservation Science Fellow, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Sponsor(s): Knauss Fellows Seminar Series and NOAA Central Library. POC: Knauss Fellow Christine Hirt, (christine.hirt@noaa.gov)

Abstract: As awareness of and capacity for coral restoration increase globally, practitioners are increasingly interested in identifying and culturing coral genotypes with key traits that could enhance survival under changing ocean conditions. As a step toward this goal, we assessed phenotypic variation in situ for an established nursery population of staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). Next, we applied untargeted metabolomic profiling to a subset of phenotypically-diverse corals to determine whether unique metabolite fingerprints could be discerned. Our results suggest that significant phenotypic variation exists in coral nurseries, and that future metabolomics work could assist with phenotypic assessments to inform future restoration efforts.

About the speaker: Katie recently completed a Ph.D. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Florida. Her studies focused on strategies for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of acroporid coral restoration. Prior to completing her Ph.D., Katie spent several years working on coral reef conservation and restoration projects at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. She previously earned an M.P.S. in Marine Biology and Fisheries at the University of Miami/RSMAS and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan.

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Title: Conceptualizing and Designing Collaborative Science Projects

Presenter(s): Alison Watts, University of New Hampshire; Jennifer West, Narragansett Bay NERR; Nikki Dix, Guana Tolomat Matanzas NERR; and Julia Wondolleck, University of Michigan

Sponsor(s): NERRS Science Collaborative (https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/research/science-collaborative.html).

Seminar POCs for questions: Dwight.Trueblood@noaa.gov or nsoberal@umich.edu

Abstract:
Planning a collaborative research project can be challenging " it requires integrating researchers and the intended users of the science in a collaborative process that is unlike most traditional research approaches.

Join us for a panel discussion webinar highlighting the collective advice of three panelists who have helped design and manage collaborative science projects addressing a range of coastal management issues. This webinar will help participants understand the key factors to consider in designing collaborative research projects. The panel discussion will explore lessons learned about:

• Conceptualizing research to ensure it addresses natural resource management needs; and
• Designing a collaborative research process to ensure that it succeeds.

Bio(s):
Alison Watts, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire. Learn more about her project.

Jennifer West, Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Narragansett Bay NERR. Learn more about her involvement in a recent project, and a regional initiative to advance marsh resilience.

Nikki Dix, PhD, Research Director, Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR. Learn about her work in recent projects about living shorelines and oyster management.

Julia Wondolleck, PhD, NERRS Science Collaborative. Learn more about Julia's research and her Science Collaborative work developing training and tools to help teams manage their collaborative processes.

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Join us in the NOAA Central Library for a workshop training on Clarivate Analytics new platform Publons.

Presenter(s): Tom Zamocjin & Don Sechler, Clarivate Analytics

Topic: Overview of the new Author Search capabilities in Web of Science, designed to help researchers locate their papers using Web of Science, and then claim them to their Publons ResearcherID profile.

Objective: Publons integration with unique author identifiers like ResearcherID and ORCiD can help you bring all your publications, citation metrics, peer reviews and journal editing work together in one place. We will spend most of the hour familiarizing you with the user experience, and will demonstrate how a NOAA researcher can get started using a live example!

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Sponsor(s): Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Science Seminar

Presenter(s): William Straka, Researcher. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)

Abstract
In the last several years, next generation of weather satellites, such as GOES-16 and NOAA-20, have operational, providing higher temporal and higher spatial resolution products. In addition, the next generation of United States polar satellites have unique channels, such as the Day Night Band (DNB) as well as other instruments which can provide a variety of measurements that can aid in the monitoring of unfolding disasters as they occur as well as post disaster monitoring. This began in 2013 when the JPSS Program first tested a response to the Galena AK flooding along the Yukon River in May 2013, providing the flood maps derived from the VIIRS instrument to the National Weather Service (NWS) River Forecast Centers (RFCs). This effort began to expand during the extraordinary tropical cyclone season of 2017, where the VIIRS Flood Map product was provided to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as well as other federal agencies, along with Day Night Band imagery showing the power outages after both Irma and Maria that same year. Since then, JPSS personnel are considered standing members of FEMA's core of technical experts providing critical products to support their response to such events as tropical cyclones, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions. This has included the support of the JPSS Program in the FEMA-lead National Level Exercise (NLE) 2018, which was a simulated Category 4 hurricane hitting Hampton Roads VA, where simulated products were provided to help exercise various parts of the simulated response.

Along with the response on the federal level the JPSS Program has critical to Federal, State, and local agencies as they have responded to natural disasters. In additional, products from the JPSS program have been used internationally via the International Charter, which is effort to make satellite data and products available to countries without their own satellite capability for disaster response.

The JPSS Program has created a new role to assist in coordinate the response these various incidents. This presentation will provide an overview of how JPSS Program has responded to disasters over the years along with how it plans to respond as the products and data become more widely known.

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Presenter(s): Cole Monnahan, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: Accurate estimates of distributions of semi-pelagic species requires accounting for changes in vertical distribution because acoustic (AT) and bottom trawl (BT) gears both have vertical blind zones. We resolve this issue by explicitly modeling vertical distribution of eastern Bering Sea walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in an index standardization, using both BT and AT data simultaneously, with a feature we added to the VAST software. Annual availability was variable for AT (35-93%) and BT (49-92%) from 2007-2018 and indicated that both survey types provide distinct, but overlapping, information about the spatiotemporal vertical distribution of semi-pelagic fishes.

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Title:
Building the field guide of the future: new approaches to identification of deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico

Presenter(s):
Dr. Erin E. Easton, Biological Oceanographer, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Presenting remotely from Charleston, SC.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator for this event is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Link to poster is here; feel free to download and post in your office,

Bio(s):
Dr. Erin E. Easton is a biological oceanographer specializing in the ecology and genetics of benthic fauna. She is postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley with the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, funded by the NOAA Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions Cooperative Agreement Award #NA16SEC4810009. For the last six months, she has been working in collaboration with National Center for Coastal Ocean Science researchers Dr. Peter Etnoyer and Dr. Thomas Greig on mesophotic octocoral genetics. She is working towards developing a field guide for the mesophotic octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico and identifying new genetic markers that will improve our understanding of the diversity of these vulnerable ecosystems. These data will provide critical data to inform management, conservation, and restoration decisions.

Abstract:
The continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is muddy expanse punctuated by a few protruding reefs at mesophotic depths (30-150 m). These reefs provide essential habitat for abundant and diverse marine communities, including octocorals. Octocorals are difficult to identify from images, and the morphological variations are not well understood for many taxa. In addition, traditional octocoral barcoding regions often reveal few to no genetic differences within or among species, and most GOM mesophotic octocorals lack reference barcodes. Therefore, our understanding of the octocoral diversity on these reefs is limited. My goals are thus to identify new mitochondrial barcode regions for diversity assessments, obtain DNA barcodes for each species, to obtain complete mitochondrial genomes for representative species, and to produce a field guide for species assignments based on in-situ images, microscope images, and genetic data. Results to date show that field identifications are often inaccurate. Some morphotypes consist of multiple distinct lineages or putative species. Also, some new mitogenome regions may better resolve interspecific differences than the standard barcoding regions. These data will be critical for updating habitat suitability maps and informing restoration and management decisions.

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Andrew Seltz, University of Alaska-Fairbanks

Map and directions to NWFSC: https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/contact/map.cfm

ABSTRACT
While Chinook salmon is widely distributed in offshore waters of the North Pacific Ocean, and of great importance, little is known about this species' oceanic ecology. To address this knowledge gap, we used pop-up satellite archival tags to examine the life of large individuals in the ocean, including movement, diving behavior, and thermal environment. An unexpected and darker finding was about the death of many of the tagged fish, which may help understand life history changes observed over the past few decades.

BIO
Andy Seitz is an Associate Professor of Fisheries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. After growing up in Maine, he completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University. Needing a break from studying, he worked as a tuna research technician for five years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Wanting a change from traffic jams in California, he moved to Fairbanks, Alaska for graduate school and ultimately his current position in the Fisheries Department.

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Title: Be a Part of the Change: A Guide to Customizing State Plane for 2022

Presenter(s): Dr. Michael Dennis, National Geodetic Survey

Sponsor(s): NOAA's National Geodetic Survey. POC: Steve Vogel, National Geodetic Survey

Abstract: We hope you already know about the State Plane Coordinate System of 2022 (SPCS2022). But you may not know how (or whether) you can provide input on the design of SPCS2022 zones. If you want to be a part of the change in SPCS2022, then this webinar will provide useful information"even if you are already acquainted with the request, proposal, and design submittal process.

Intermediate Technical Content Rating: Some prior knowledge is helpful.

Visit the NGS Webinar Series website to register, sign up to receive monthly webinar notices, and learn more: https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/science_edu/webinar_series/.

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Presenter(s): Victor Murphy, Climate Services Program Manager at the National Weather Service (NWS) Southern Region Headquarters

Pam Knox, Agricultural Climatologist at the University of Georgia

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), National Weather Service, American Association of State Climatologists, University of Georgia, Auburn University

POC: Meredith Muth (Meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

Abstract:
Drought has developed rapidly in the Southeast. Record-breaking late summer and early fall heat and persistent short-term dryness have led to a sharp increase in drought intensity and coverage across the region. This Drought Update Webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of current drought conditions in the Southeast and the outlook for the rest of the year. Impacts on agriculture sector will be highlighted.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

Seminar POC for questions: Meredith Muth (Meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

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Presenter(s): Sarah Gaichas, Biologist, Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Sponsor(s): NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Central Library. POC: EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)

Abstract: Resource managers worldwide are being asked to consider the ecosystem while making management decisions. However, it can be difficult to change management systems accustomed to evaluating a constrained set of objectives, often on a species-by-species basis. Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) provides a flexible framework for addressing ecosystem considerations in decision making. IEA was adapted to address species, fleet, habitat, and climate interactions by the US Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) as part of their Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) in 2016. The Council's EAFM framework uses risk assessment as a first step to prioritize combinations of managed species, fleets, and ecosystem interactions for consideration. Second, a conceptual model is developed identifying key environmental, ecological, social, economic, and management linkages for a high-priority fishery. Third, quantitative modeling addressing Council-specified questions and based on interactions identified in the conceptual model is applied to evaluate alternative management strategies that best balance management objectives. As strategies are implemented, outcomes are monitored and the process is adjusted, and/or another priority identified in risk assessment can be addressed. The Council completed an initial EAFM risk assessment in 2017. First, the Council identified a range of ecological, social, and management objectives or risk elements. All objectives/risk elements were evaluated with ecosystem indicators using risk assessment criteria developed by the Council. In 2018, the Council identified summer flounder as a high risk fishery and is now finalizing an EAFM conceptual model. Annual ecosystem reporting updates ecosystem indicators and the risk assessment. The Council's rapid progress in implementing EAFM resulted from positive collaboration between managers, stakeholders, and scientists. Collaboration is essential to IEA and to the success of EAFM.

Bio(s): Dr. Sarah Gaichas has been a Research Fishery Biologist with the Ecosystem Dynamics and Assessment Branch at the NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, MA since September 2011. She is a member of the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee, has been active in ecosystem reporting and management strategy evaluation for both the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils. Sarah's primary research is on integrated ecosystem assessment, management strategy evaluation, and ecosystem modeling. Her duties include developing, testing, and using ecosystem data, indicators, and models in natural resource management, and simulation testing management strategies (including analytical tools) that address the needs of diverse ecosystem users. Sarah previously worked at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA from 1997-2011 as an observer program analyst, a stock assessment scientist, and an ecosystem modeler. Sarah earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science in 2006, her M.S from the College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 1997, and her B.A. in English Literature from Swarthmore College in 1991.

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Presenter(s): Jameal Samhouri, NWFSC

Sponsor(s): NMFS Ecosystem Based Management/Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Seminar Series (EBM/EBFM) and NOAA Central Library. POC: EBFM/EBM Environmental Science Coordinator, Peg Brady (peg.brady@noaa.gov)

Abstract: The intensive harvest of wild populations for food can pose a risk to food security and to conservation goals. While ecosystem approaches to management are a potential means to balance those risks, they require a method of assessment that is commensurate across multiple objectives. A major challenge is conducting these assessments in a way that considers the priorities and knowledge of stakeholders. In this study, we co-developed an ecological risk assessment (ERA) for fisheries in California (USA) with scientists, managers, and stakeholders. This ERA was intended to meet the requirements of existing policy mandates in the state of California and provide a systematic, efficient, and transparent approach to prioritize fisheries for additional management actions, including the development of fisheries management plans fully compliant with California laws. We assessed the relative risk posed to target species, bycatch, and habitats from nine state-managed fisheries and found risk to target species was not necessarily similar to risks to bycatch and habitat groups. In addition, no single fishery consistently presented the greatest risk for all bycatch or habitat groups. However, considered in combination, the greatest risk for target species, bycatch groups, and habitats emerged from two commercial fisheries for California halibut. The participatory process used to generate these results offers the potential to increase stakeholders' trust in the assessment and therefore its application in management. We suggest that adopting similar processes in other management contexts and jurisdictions will advance progress toward eco- system-based fisheries management that simultaneously satisfies fisheries, conservation, and relationship-building objectives.

Bio(s): Jameal Samhouri leads the Ecosystem Science Program at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA. His research focuses on adapting ecological principles to inform ocean management and conservation, using a combination of theory, quantitative analysis, and fieldwork. Jameal serves as a member of the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment team, as a core team member for the Pacific Fisheries Management Council Climate and Communities Initiative, and on the Implementation Team for the Western Regional Action Plan associated with the National Climate Science Strategy at NOAA Fisheries. He completed both of his degrees in ecology and evolutionary biology (PhD, UCLA, 2007; AB, Princeton University, 2000).

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Presenter(s): Joaquim I. Goes, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University

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Sponsor(s): NOAA Ocean Color Coordinating Group (NOCCG). This seminar will not be recorded. Slides may be shared upon request (send email to the POC listed below).

Abstract: Of the many anthropogenic and climate-driven changes being reported in oceanic ecosystems worldwide, the recent advent of the green Noctiluca scintillans (herein after Noctiluca) as the dominant bloom forming organism represents the most dramatic and extreme of all. Large widespread and intense blooms of Noctiluca have now become a common feature in the Arabian Sea and in many other tropical coastal ecosystems of southeast Asia that come under the influence of the Indian monsoons. In the Arabian Sea outbreaks of Noctiluca blooms have been attributed to the seasonal shoaling of hypoxic and low pH waters. It recent rapid range expansion has been attributed to ocean stratification and warming Because Noctiluca is not a preferred food for zooplankton, its emergence at the base of the food chain represents a threat to many countries where coastal marine resources are of great economic and cultural significance.

This presentation will highlight new results from a satellite and coupled physical biological modeling effort called DISCO aimed at 1) investigating the origins of Noctiluca and its unique ecophysiological characteristics and, 2) developing Noctiluca specific ocean color algorithms and 3) developing based decision support tools specifically geared towards mitigating large socio-economic losses being caused by massive Noctiluca blooms along the coast of the Sultanate of Oman.

Bio(s):
Fields of interest: a) Marine phytoplankton physiologyand productivity b) Climate change and its impact on ocean biota andbiogeochemical processes c) Development of ocean color and other remote sensingalgorithms and methods for studying ocean carbon cycling and air-sJoaquim I. Goesbio: https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/user/jig
Seminar POC for questions or access to slides: Merrie.Neely@noaa.gov

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Note: This 10/9 seminar is subject to Federal Funding Opportunity getting posted in Federal Register by 10/9/19.

Title:
Prevention, Control, Mitigation, and Socioeconomics of Harmful Algal Blooms: FY 2020 Federal Funding Opportunity Overview and Q&A

Presenter(s): Felix Martinez, PCMHAB Program Manager, NCCOS/Competitive Research Program, NOAA

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Since the authorization of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, NOAA has made available competitive funding for research on how and why harmful algal blooms (HABs) form and persist, as well as addressing the effects of the blooms through bloom prevention, control of their spread, or mitigation of their impacts. Through this webinar we will provide those interested in HABs research with information and answer questions about NCCOS/CRP's FY 20 Federal Funding Opportunity focused on prevention, control, mitigation, and socioeconomics of HABs.

Bio(s):
Felix Martinez has over 15 years of experience as a Federal Program Officer in NOAA. Since coming to NOAA, Felix has developed and implemented research programs that have funded projects focused on coral reefs, mesophotic coral ecosystems, invasive species, hypoxia, valuation of ecosystem services, harmful algal blooms, and ecosystem based management. As part of the NCCOS/CRP HABs Team, he manages the Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of HABs Program or PCMHAB.

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Presenter(s): Dr. James A. Morris, Jr., Marine Ecologist at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Sponsor(s): NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler@noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Abstract: OceanReports (https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/ort.html) is the most comprehensive web-based spatial assessment tool for the ocean in the U.S., designed to improve decision-making and increase transparency for ocean and coastal users, and resource managers. The tool contains approximately 100 distinct data layers capable of analyzing energy and minerals, natural resources (including species and habitats), transportation and infrastructure, oceanographic and biophysical conditions, and the local ocean economy for any area of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Learn more about OceanReports from Dr. Morris and help NOAA determine how formal and informal educators can utilize this robust online product.

OceanReports was developed through a partnership between the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, NOAA, and the Department of Energy, and utilizes new and authoritative data from MarineCadastre.gov and other trusted sources.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find our webinar archives, copies of the presentation slides, and other educational resources at: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/webinar-series-archives.html

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Presenter(s): Tasha O'Hara, Coonamessett Farm Foundation and Nicole Charriere, Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: HabCam, or Habitat Mapping Camera, is an underwater towed-camera system that collects continuous, high-resolution benthic images, in addition to a suite of oceanographic data. Since the vehicle's first inception in 2002, the system has grown to include six distinctive versions, demonstrating its success as a non-invasive and low-impact surveying tool. Two of these system versions, HabCamV3 and V4, are respectively in use by the Coonamessett Farm Foundation and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, and aid in tracking fisheries populations and behaviors, as well as overall ecosystem monitoring and other applications.

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Presenter(s): TBD

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Auburn University Water Resources Center

POC: Meredith Muth (meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

Abstract:
The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin Drought Assessment Webinar is part of a monthly (twice a month during drought status) webinar series designed to provide stakeholders, water-resource managers, and other interested parties in the ACF region with timely information on current drought status, seasonal forecasts and outlooks, streamflow conditions and forecasts, groundwater conditions, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir conditions.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

Seminar POC for questions: Meredith Muth (meredith.muth@noaa.gov)

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Sponsor(s): Join the NOAA Central Library and the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) for the new NOAA Innovators Series! This series will be facilitated by Derek Parks, Technology Transfer Program Manager, NOAA Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) (derek.parks@noaa.gov)

Speaker is remote, webinar ONLY

Presenter(s): Anthony Mulligan, CEO/President, Hydronalix

Abstract: Team of initial disaster responders deployed with a small 37 pound unmanned surface vehicle (USV) equipped with side scan sonar to map clear passage and open shipping lane immediately after Hurricane Dorian passed Abaco Island, Bahamas.

Bio(s): Anthony Mulligan founded Hydronalix to develop advanced surface robots in 2009 after he sold his successful UAV company to Defense Prime BAE Systems. He has been active in developing and using robotic systems for earth science, disaster response, law enforcement, and defense missions since 2001. He has managed over $120 million in funding for R&D, acquisition, and deployment in this field since 2000.

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Presenter(s): Sayed Bateni, University of Hawai'i

Sponsor(s): ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING CENTER SEMINAR for more information visit https://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/seminars/index.html

Abstract:
Assimilation of land surface temperature (LST) observations into variational data assimilation (VDA) frameworks to estimate turbulent heat ?uxes has been the subject of several studies. However, current VDAs neglect the role of leaf area index (LAI) in the simulation of vegetation dynamics and gross primary productivity (GPP). In this study, remotely sensed LST and LAI measurements are assimilated into a coupled surface energy balance-vegetation dynamic model (SEB-VDM) within a VDA system to estimate both turbulent heat fluxes and GPP. The SEB and VDM are coupled by relating photosynthesis in the VDM to transpiration in the SEB equation. The unknown parameters of the VDA system are neutral bulk heat transfer coefficient (CHN), soil evaporative fraction (EFS), canopy evaporative fraction (EFC), and specific leaf area (SLA). The performance of the VDA approach is tested over the Heihe River Basin (HRB) in northwest China, which covers an area of approximately 1.43 - 106 km2. The spatio-temporal patterns in the EFS estimates are consistent with those of SMAP soil moisture data. The estimated turbulent heat fluxes and GPP agree well with the corresponding eddy covariance measurements at eight sites in the HRB. The specific leaf area (SLA) retrievals show a physically reasonable response to changes in rainfall and irradiance. Overall, the results show that the developed VDA approach can extract the implicit information in the sequences of space-borne LAI and LST measurements to estimate sensible and latent heat fluxes, and GPP.

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Title:
Adventures in Forecasting the Cyanobacterial Bloom in Lake Erie

Presenter(s):
Rick Stumpf, Ph.D., Oceanographer, NOAA/NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Link to mp4 recording: https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/pzxrhe3f1lq5/

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Abstract:
In 2012, we started the first seasonal forecast of the cyanobacterial bloom in western Lake Erie. Over the 8 years of forecasting, we have learned a few things about the bloom and models, and may have made some progress in understanding the blooms by reviewing the forecasts.

Bio(s):
Rick Stumpf is located at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). He has been working on harmful algal blooms since Gulf of Mexico red tide showed up in North Carolina, and on Lake Erie (and cyanobacteria) for about 15 years. He is responsible within NOAA for trying to transition forecasts of harmful algal blooms into routine and useful products. He uses satellites as a tool in his work, which has included wetlands, seagrass, coral, water quality, as well as harmful algal blooms.

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Title:
Towards Heterogeneous Process, Scale, and Model Coupling in Simulating the Hydrodynamics of the Coastal Ocean

Presenter(s):
Joannes Westerink, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, contact Mary Ogdahl at ogdahlm@umich.edu.

More information and webinar recordings (when available) can be found at: https://ciglr.seas.umich.edu/events/

Abstract:
Hurricane wind wave, storm surge, and current environments in the coastal ocean and adjacent coastal floodplain are characterized by their high energy and by their spatial variability. These processes impact offshore energy assets, navigation, ports and harbors, deltas, wetlands, and coastal communities. The potential for an enormous catastrophic impact in terms of loss of life and economic losses is substantial.

Computational models for wind waves and storm driven currents and surge must provide a high level of grid resolution, fully couple the wind wave and long wave processes, and perform quickly for risk assessment, flood mitigation system design, and forecasting purposes. In order to accomplish this, high performance scalable codes are essential. To this end, we have developed an MPI based domain decomposed unstructured grid framework that minimizes global communications, efficiently handles localized sub-domain to sub-domain communication, applies a local inter-model paradigm with all model to model communications being kept on identical cores for sub-domains, and carefully manages output by assigning specialized cores for this purpose. Continuous Galerkin (CG) and Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) implementations are examined. Performance of explicit and implicit implementations of the wave-current coupled system on up to 32,000 cores for various platforms is evaluated.

The system has been extensively validated with an ever increasing amount of wave, water level and current data that has being collected for recent storms including Hurricanes Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Gustav (2008), Ike (2008), and Sandy (2012). The modeling system helps understand the physics of hurricane storm surges including processes such as geostrophically driven forerunner, shelf waves that propagate far away from the storm, wind wave " surge interaction, surge capture and propagation by protruding deltaic river systems, the influence of storm size and forward speed, and frictionally controlled inland penetration.

These models are being applied by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the development of the recently completed hurricane risk reduction system in Southern Louisiana as well as for the development of FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMS) for Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf and Atlantic coast states. NOAA applies the models in extra-tropical and tropical storm surge forecasting.

Current development is focused on incorporating a wider range of physics affecting coastal and inland water levels as well as forces on infrastructure including large scale baroclinically driven processes, rainfall runoff in upland areas and on the coastal floodplain, and wave run-up. This is accomplished with an interleafing framework in which heterogeneous models focused on a select range of processes are coupled over the same domain and/or specific targeted equations that are dynamically assigned to changing portions of the domain as appropriate to the prevailing flow conditions. This is all done in a dynamically load balanced framework. Algorithmic development is focused on DG solvers, ideally suited for the associated strongly advective flows, allow super-parametric elements for p=1 and p=2 and iso-parametric elements for p=3 in order to achieve improved convergence rates and overall runtime efficiency, and allow for the selection of localized physics on the elemental level.

About the speaker:
Joannes Westerink is the Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor of Computational Science and Engineering and the Henry J. Massman Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He obtained his B.S. (1979) and M.S. (1981) degrees in Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Ph.D. (1984) degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Austin is a Professor at the Large Lakes Observatory and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He is a Physical Limnologist with broad interests, studying a wide range of phenomenology on large lakes around the world. His interests include, but are not limited to, thermal structure, the role of ice, climate change impacts, acoustics, and convective processes. He is primarily an observationalist, utilizing moorings, autonomous gliders and autonomous profilers as well as historical data to study lake processes. He also utilizes numerical modeling techniques, largely to study the sensitivity of lake systems to climate change. He is also interested in pedagogy and outreach. Dr. Austin's undergraduate degrees in Physics and Math are from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and his PhD (1999) is from the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Physical Oceanography. He has been at UMD since 2005.

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Note this is a Training resource available to NOAA staff

Presenter(s): Andrew Sharer, Esri's training consultant for NOAA, will be leading the discussion and presentation on these resources. This webinar will be recorded for those that can't make it.

Abstract: Mark your calendars for an upcoming Esri webinar specifically for NOAA. This webinar will focus on Esri Training resources available to NOAA staff. Esri's training website contains a wide range of resources including curriculum development, a dashboard to manage classes of interest and schedules. Esri also provides opportunities to procure training in a number of ways, whether for individual classes, group training, and a training pass program to procure levels of training in advance that can cover upcoming training requirements.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0PYu832rYBocXI2NDZ5XzJaNGxvSmlUWXo3WE1XYWFNWlFV

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Alex Gagnon, University of Washington

Abstract: From the pace of the ice ages to how the carbon cycle has changed through time, much of what we know about past climate is based on chemical signatures locked within minerals. Recorded as trace element anomalies or as isotopic shifts, these chemical signatures reflect how mass and energy move across the planet, as well as the response of biological systems to these changes. When viewed at the sub-micron to nano-scale however, chemical composition rarely follows a simple relationship with environmental conditions. This is especially true for the preserved CaCO3 skeletons of marine organisms, which often exhibit systematic patterns of high magnitude chemical variability at the sub-micron scale. While this biologically-driven variability can complicate the interpretation of climate records, it also represents a rich and largely untapped signal. Major advances in our understanding of both how organisms grow their skeletons and paleoproxies hinge on new techniques that can isolate small signals from this complexity. To probe the mechanisms controlling biomineralization and sub-micron compositional variability, we use a suite of high spatial resolution tools: laser ablation mass spectrometry, NanoSIMS, ToF-SIMS, and Atom Probe Tomography (APT), together with stable isotope labels and biomineral culture. I will share examples of how we use these tools to understand the connection between environmental change and skeletal growth in a diverse set of organisms, from cold-water coral to subtropical plankton. Ultimately it is through a mechanistic understanding of biomineralization that we best predict the sensitivity of organisms like coral to environmental change.

Bio(s): Alex Gagnon is an assistant professor in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington. He uses tools from chemistry and geology to study how ocean acidification impacts calcifying marine organisms like corals and foraminifera. This mechanistic understanding of biomineralization can help predict how changing ocean conditions will affect coral reefs and can unlock the climate records within fossil marine skeleton. The field component of his research includes regular expeditions to Tetiaroa in French Polynesia and has taken him to the bottom of the ocean in the submersible Alvin while searching of deep-sea reefs. He also leads the TraceLab at UW, an analytical facility for the measurement of trace elements in environmental materials- everything from otoliths to volcanoes (http://depts.washington.edu/tracelab/). He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology, as well as a B.S and B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. Lab website: https://faculty.washington.edu/gagnon/


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Presenter(s): Dr. Donovan Finn (Stony Brook University)

Seminar sponsor: OAR/CPO/RISA-supported Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN)

Recordings will be posted to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqxnekXINtMARnkWCEgeSKA

Abstract: This month's Green Infrastructure, Climate, and Cities Seminar series will be on Wednesday October 2nd, 2019 from 4 to 6pm. Our seminar this month is on the "Evolution of Resilience Planning" and features Dr. Donovan Finn of Stony Brook University.

Dr. Finn is an assistant professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University and director of the Sustainability Studies Program's undergraduate major in Environmental Design, Policy and Planning. Trained as an urban planner, he has worked on issues of sustainable, resilient and equitable development in East St. Louis, IL and in the Chicago and New York City regions. His current research focuses primarily on long-term recovery from disasters, planning for coastal resilience and public participation in the planning process. He is currently a member of the inaugural two-year cohort of Early Career Faculty Innovators at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO, where he will work to advance the integration of cutting edge climate science into urban planning. Dr. Finn will be presenting on the recovery process of the NYC region after Hurricane Sandy, illustrating how New York City, New York State, Hoboken, Long Beach and the federal government used the recovery as a process to advance goals of resiliency and sustainability, while New Jersey, by contrast, did not. Dr. Finn will also touch on his research of the evolution of Dutch approaches to resilience planning based on interviews with Dutch urban planners, water managers, and others. The seminar is held in the Hill Conference Room in the Lebow Engineering Center on Drexel University's campus in Philadelphia (see registration page for directions to the conference room). Registration is FREE and refreshments will be provided! The sessions will be broadcast live so those that cannot attend in person can attend online.

About the series: CCRUN, a NOAA RISA program, hosts a monthly series featuring researchers and practitioners from around the region and country all of whom have new ideas on how to promote resilient, livable, and sustainable cities. The talks focus on urban solutions to global problems associated with increasing temperature and sea level rise, precipitation variability and greenhouse gas emissions. We are interested in spurring dialogue on the implications of such changes on the complex infrastructure of intensely developed landscapes, and on the health, well-being, and vulnerability of the people who live in them.

All seminars are free, and held at 4:00 PM on the first Wednesday of every month in the Hill Conference Room at Drexel University. The sessions are be broadcast live via webcast, recorded, and archived. To see previous sessions, visit the seminar page on the CCRUN website or the CCRUN YouTube Channel.

Please direct all inquiries to Dr. Franco Montalto, fam26@drexel.edu.

We look forward to seeing you on October 2nd!

Seminar POC for questions: Dr. Franco Montalto (fam26@drexel.edu) or Sean Bath (sean.bath@noaa.gov)

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Title:
Spatio-temporal models connecting across line offices; regional ocean models, biogeographic assessments, and modes of variability in fish spatial distribution

Presenter(s):
James Thorson, Program lead, Habitat and Ecosystem Process Research program, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA. Presenting remotely from Seattle.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS); coordinator for this event is Tracy Gill.

Abstract:
NOAA Line Offices conduct research on a tremendous variety of topics, including hurricane tracking, harmful algal bloom forecasts, support for marine sanctuaries, and information for fishery harvest advice. Research communities addressing these different topics often develop different analytic methods, using various standards of model evaluation, and communicating results differently. In response to differences between habitat, ecosystem, and stock-assessment methods within the National Marine Fisheries Service, colleagues have been developing spatio-temporal methods that estimate variation in population density across space for multiple species and its evolution over time; these models can then be summarized to identify key habitats, summarize community dynamics, or estimate regional population abundance. In this talk, I speculate about how spatio-temporal models could also address important topics for other NOAA line offices; for illustration I focus on regional ocean models, biogeographic assessments, and identifying modes of variability in ocean and atmospheric dynamics that drive biological processes. I hope to start a conversation this powerful new class of statistical methods that can be adapted NOAA-wide.

Bio(s):
James Thorson worked as a stock-assessment scientist at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, before accepting a new position as lead of Loss of Sea Ice and Essential Fish Habitat programs at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. He plans and conducts research regarding physical and biological processes that can inform ecosystem-based fisheries management.

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Title: CHIKRisk App: Global Mapping and Prediction of Chikungunya Risk

Presenter(s): Dr. Assaf Anyamba, Research Scientist with Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR/USRA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's International Research and Applications Project (IRAP) and the Department of Defense (DOD) demonstrates the potential applications of climate data and information - including forecasts - to reduce risk in the public health sector. The NOAA National Weather Service is a partner in this effort.

In Person and Remote Participation:
The seminar will be held in Room 12836 (the large conference room) in SSMC3 (1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD). If you are not with NOAA, and would like to be cleared into the building, please let us know ahead of time by contacting Lisa.Vaughan@noaa.gov so that we can make arrangements.

Abstract:
Emerging and re-emerging diseases of global public health concern are recognized to be closely associated with variations in global climate regime. Recent chikungunya epidemics in the Americas (2013-2016), Africa, Indian Ocean and Asia (2005-20067 and have been associated with extreme departures in climate parameters including rainfall and temperature. Chikungunya in particular has illustrated the potential for global spread as demonstrated with epidemics in the Americas, Mediterranean Europe and by the limited local transmission in Florida and Texas. Under the umbrella of the Department of Defense (DoD) " Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) " Biosurveillance Ecosystem (BSVE) and NOAA International Research and Applications Project (IRAP) programs, we have developed a global chikungunya mapping and forecasting application system to map areas at risk for chikungunya concurrently and 1 to 3 months ahead. Using this model, we are producing monthly risk maps based on climate observations and forecast risk maps based on NOAA's North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) temperature and rainfall seasonal forecasts. This effort is aimed at supporting DoD Force Health Protection (FHP) mission, regions of the US at risk (Texas and Florida) and international public health agencies (including World Health Organization, PAHO). This nascent effort illustrates how massive amounts of climate datasets combined with publicly available outbreak information using machine learning methods, can be brought to address an issue of public health concern. This effort demonstrates and provides a template that can be employed in the immediate and near future to develop applications relevant to other vector-borne and ecologically coupled diseases.

Bio(s):
Dr. Assaf Anyamba is a Research Scientist with Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR/USRA) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He received his undergraduate degree from Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya in Geography and Economics (1989) and a Masters degree in Geography from Ohio University, Athens (1992). He received his Ph.D. (1997) in Geography with a focus on Remote Sensing of Land Surface Patterns of ENSO from Clark University, Worcester, MA. His research interests are in the extraction of interannual climate variability signals from remotely sensed vegetation measurements, drought pattern analysis, applications of remotely sensed data in agricultural monitoring, drought & famine early warning and the links between climate and disease outbreaks. His current work supports research and development for USDA/FAS-PECAD and USAID/FEWNET, DoD-GEIS, USDA/CMAVE and FDA Programs.

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Presenter(s): Owen Hamel, Supervisory Research Fish Biologist, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Seminar Series

Please contact Liz.Dawson@noaa.gov and/or Mark.Zimmermann@noaa.gov with any questions!

Abstract: We conducted a retrospective analysis of the impact of 50% sampling reduction in intensity or frequency of the U.S. West Coast GroundfishBottom Trawl survey. The influence of the survey reductions on assessment outputs and catch limits for 11 species depends upon species life-history, frequency of occurrence in the survey, and the data-richness of each assessment. All approaches to reducing survey sampling led to increased uncertainty in stock assessment results, especially for rarer species, for species which have not been heavily exploited, and for data-moderate assessments, which rely more heavily on survey data.

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Title:
Designing Port Infrastructure for Sea Level Change: A Survey of Engineers

Presenter(s):
Ben Sweeney, NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, New Hampshire Coastal Program

Co-Author:
Austin Becker, Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island Department of Marine Affairs

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; coordinators for this seminar are Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov and Nic.Kinsman@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Seaports are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to their coastal location. Engineers play a pivotal role in improving the resilience of ports, as they are responsible for designing port infrastructure that will be adequately prepared for future sea level change (SLC). However, incorporating SLC is a challenging task due to the uncertainty of SLC projections and the long service lives of port infrastructure. Through an online survey of 85 U.S. port and marine infrastructure engineers, this research explores the engineering community's attitude and approach to planning for SLC for large-scale maritime infrastructure projects. Survey findings highlight that only 29% of respondents indicated that their organization had an internal policy or planning document that communicates how to design for SLC. Furthermore, results show the lack of regulatory design standards in this area leads to engineers and their clients disregarding SLC more frequently. There is a clear need for collaboration among engineers, port authorities, and policy makers to develop practical design methods for designing resilient port infrastructure.

Bio(s):
Ben Sweeney recently graduated with his master's degree in marine affairs from the University of Rhode Island (URI). For his thesis, Ben researched how port and marine infrastructure engineers are incorporating sea level change (SLC) into the design specifications of piers, terminals, wharves, and other marine civil works. He is primarily interested in how regional uncertainty of SLC, differing guidelines and recommendations for managing SLC, and the long working lifespans of these structures affect the engineering community's attitude and approach to planning for SLC for large-scale port engineering projects. Ben has also had the opportunity to contribute to several other major research projects during his time as a graduate student. For example, Ben has assisted with developing a GIS inventory of critical coastal infrastructure land use in Caribbean Island Small Island Developing States. After graduating from URI, Ben was selected as a NOAA Coastal Management Fellow to work with the New Hampshire Coastal Program (NHCP). He has been with NHCP since August, and primarily works on coastal hazard adaptation and resiliency planning. Prior to attending URI, he received a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

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Presenter(s): multiple speakers

Sponsor(s): Wilson Center Polar Institute (https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/polar-institute)

Abstract: The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the leading global body on climate science. On September 25, it will release its first-ever Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. More than 100 scientists from 80 countries assessed the latest scientific knowledge about how climate change is impacting the ocean, coastal, polar, and mountain ecosystems, and the communities that depend on them.

Join us to hear Ko Barrett, Vice Chair of the IPCC, present the key findings of the report. Following her remarks, speakers will explore the future of sea-level rise and its cascading impacts, and how the international policy community can meaningfully respond to the Special Report.

Additional information: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/deep-dive-ipcc-special-report-the-ocean-and-cryosphere-changing-climate

Wilson Center
Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20004

Phone: 202.691.4000

polar@wilsoncenter.org

Welcome Remarks
Ambassador David Balton
Wilson Center

Pete Ogden
United Nations Foundation

Keynote Presentation: Ko Barrett, IPCC Vice Chair

Speakers
Ambassador Kre R. Aas, Ambassador to the United States, Norway

Robert DeConto, Professor of Climatology and Glaciology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; IPCC Report Author

Mark Eakin, IPCC Report Author

Sherri Goodman, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center

Honorable Gumundur Ingi Gubrandsson (invited), Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Iceland

Paula Lehtomki (invited), Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers

Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University; IPCC Report Author

Honorable Simonetta Sommaruga (invited), Vice President of the Federal Council, Switzerland

Honorable Carolina Schmidt (invited), Minister for the Environment, Chile; President of COP 25

Concluding Remarks:

Ambassador David Balton, Wilson Center
Rafe Pomerance, Arctic 21

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Presenter(s): Rick Thoman, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)

Sponsor(s): OAR/CPO/RISA/Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) and National Weather Service Alaska

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812) and Richard Thoman (rthoman@alaska.edu)

Abstract: The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center's forecast for October and the early winter season. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://uaf-accap.org/events/list/?tribe_event_display=past)

Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Sponsor(s): NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM series. For additional information please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov.

Presenter(s): Stuart Munsch, Ph.D., Fish Ecology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Abstract: The applied ecologist's job is often to understand how ecosystem changes impact habitat function. From this understanding we may develop solutions to ecological challenges or place the role of ecosystem components in the greater context of management realms, especially when total restoration is impractical. Two systems where this is the case are salmon in the Central Valley (CA) and Elliott Bay (WA). The Central Valley is a transformed, seasonally-arid landscape that is increasingly susceptible to drought. It also supports human activities that divert water and salmon fisheries increasingly reliant on hatcheries. Elliott Bay in downtown Seattle is an urban waterfront that aggregates human activities along its highly modified shoreline. Despite these stressors, both systems are inhabited by federally listed salmon. In this talk, I will discuss how (1) in the Central Valley, (a) annual rearing windows of juvenile salmon are constrained by its climate and engineered water supply system and (b) fisheries management, flow regulation, and habitat restoration may coordinate to increase productivity of naturally spawned salmon and (2) in Elliott Bay, (a) armoring and overwater structures impair juvenile salmon habitats and (b) the City of Seattle rebuilt its downtown waterfront with science-informed habitat features that attempt to repair these lost habitat functions. By appreciating how ecosystem modifications impact habitat function, we may work within constraints of human activities to improve salmon outcomes.

BIO
Stuart Munsch earned a B.S. in Biology from Gonzaga University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from the University of Washington in 2016. He is currently in the Watershed Program at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center.

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Title:
Serving Coral Connections in the US Virgin Islands

Presenter(s):
Dan Dorfman, Senior Marine Spatial Ecologist, NOAA/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science;
Leslie Henderson, Coral Reef Initiative Coordinator, USVI Dept of Planning and Natural Resources;
Pedro Nieves, Project Coordinator, USVI Dept of Planning and Natural Resources.
Dan presenting at NOAA in Silver Spring and Leslie and Pedro presenting remotely from USVI.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, the Coral Reef Conservation Program, and the NOS Science Seminar Series; Coordinator is Tracy.Gill@noaa.gov

Abstract:
NCCOS and the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources have partnered to develop an on-line tool and mapping services in support of coral ecosystem planning and management. The tool provides a wide range of information associated with coral reef ecosystems. The information provided includes locations of coral and distributions of benthic habitats. Data from in water surveys, ecosystem characterization, and human uses. By providing the information as public map services and an on-line tool, we enable local planners and managers to readily and reliably integrate information on coral ecosystems into management decisions. The tool can be applied by the USVI DPNR to provide ecosystem context to permitting and land use decisions. Additionally, this on-line capacity can support a wide range of needs including promoting public awareness, advancing scientific research, and communicating management decision.

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Presenter(s): Dave Snider, Alaska Weather TV Program Leader, NOAA NWS Alaska Region

Sponsor(s): OAR/CPO/RISA/Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) and National Weather Service Alaska

POC: Tina Buxbaum (tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu, 907-474-7812)

Abstract: Dave will talk about the challenges of communicating with a social media audience, and share tips and considerations for crafting an understandable, eye-catching message, and shareable message for your audience.

If you would like to submit examples of successful social media posts for Dave to highlight, please email them to tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu.

Available in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks

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Seminar POC for questions: tmbuxbaum@alaska.edu or sean.bath@noaa.gov

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Title:
We've Got Chemistry! Leveraging Partnerships and the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange to Advance Ocean Acidification and MPA Science

Presenter(s):
Julianna Mullen, Marine Scientist & Communications Specialist and Site Manager of the New England Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observation Systems (NERACOOS) and the OAInfoExchange.org,
Jenny Waddell, Research Coordinator, at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and
Francis Chan, Associate Faculty, Senior Researcher in the Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University

Co-

Sponsor(s):
NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Center and the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program with OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels, EBM Tools Network). Webinar points of contact: Zac Cannizzo and Meg Chadsey.

Abstract:
Marine protected areas (MPAs), sanctuaries, and reserves offer refuge to a wide variety of marine species, but can they also protect vulnerable organisms from the effects of ocean acidification (OA) and other climate-related stressors? Increasingly, OA scientists and MPA managers are working together to explore questions of adaptability in marine protected areas to explore this question and sharing their ideas on a dynamic new online platform called the OA Information Exchange (OAIE). In this webinar, we will: 1) provide an orientation to the OAIE to the MPA community and other new users, 2) describe how innovative collaborations between researchers and volunteer scientists are advancing both OA and MPA science in Oregon Marine Reserves, and 3) provide examples of efforts to document changing ocean conditions and understand potential impacts of ecosystem change in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, including how the development of a sentinel site for ocean acidification on the Olympic Coast supports OA coordination and collaboration in Washington.
[Please note this webinar will last 1.5 hours.]

Bio(s):

Julianna Mullen: Julianna is the Community Manager for the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange, a collaborative online platform for professionals working or interested in ocean and coastal acidification. Through her role as manager, Julianna works to increase engagement among members, maintain an online environment where users feel empowered to share, and improve the site interface. The OA Information Exchange is a program of NERACOOS, the regional ocean observation network for New England, and Julianna also oversees NERACOOS' communications programs, focusing on raising awareness of the organization's activities and successes.

Jenny Waddell joined the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary team as sanctuary research coordinator in the summer of 2016, after several years of international work as a team lead at the Office for Coastal Management's Coral Reef Conservation Program. Jenny enjoys being able to focus on more 'place-based' conservation efforts as part of the OCNMS team, helping to protect the wild and wonderful outer coast of Washington state.

Francis Chan is an Associate Faculty, Senior Researcher in the Department of Integrative Biology at OSU. Dr. Chan leads much of the coastal oceanography work in Oregon for PISCO (Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans), which is teaming up with marine reserve community groups up and down the coast, to not only fill geographic gaps in ocean acidification monitoring, but to also engage citizens in addressing this complex issue.

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Sponsor(s): Join the NOAA Central Library and the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) for the new NOAA Innovators Series! This series will be facilitated by Tiffany House, SBIR Commercialization Specialist.

Presenter(s): Dr. Ben Cameron, Creare LLC

Abstract: Creare is developing a fixed wing Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) drone for shipboard operations to eliminate the complex launch and recovery procedures typical of non-VTOL drones. Creare's drone utilizes a biplane configuration to achieve lower flight speeds and higher endurance than existing monoplane with the same wingspan. The drone employs a novel control method that eliminates the added cost, weight and complexity of traditional control surfaces (e.g., elevators and ailerons) and also reduces weight by using a single propulsion system for vertical and horizontal flight.

Bio(s): Ben Cameron is the Principal Investigator of this NOAA SBIR Phase II effort. At Creare, Dr. Cameron leads the Unmanned Aircraft Systems research group and oversees development of complete drone systems and airborne sensor packages for specialized scientific missions.

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Presenter(s): Dr. Richard Coleman, former Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar at Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology

Sponsor(s): NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler@noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Abstract: Understanding connectivity and dispersal pathways, as well as identifying the underlying mechanisms influencing these patterns are essential to properly understand how biodiversity is generated in the sea and to inform management strategies. Since direct observation of larvae is impractical, a variety of genetic methods have been developed to characterize connectivity and dispersal patterns in marine organisms. Join Dr. Richard Coleman as he explains how he incorporated several genetic-based approaches to assess connectivity of two recreationally important reef fishes across the Hawaiian Archipelago to assess connectivity between the Main Hawaiian Islands and the Paphanaumokukea Marine National Monument.

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find our webinar archives, copies of the presentation slides, and other educational resources at: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/webinar-series-archives.html

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Presenter(s): Christin Khan, Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Sponsor(s): NEDTalk NOAA Environmental Data Talks - Speaker Series (https://sites.google.com/a/noaa.gov/nesdis-datafest/nedtalks). POC: tiffany.small@noaa.gov

NOAA DataFest is a month-long effort throughout September to educate the public and inspire our colleagues at NOAA to learn more about NOAA data while celebrating its value, reliability, and accessibility. NOAA data covers a robust collection of scientific earth and environmental observations available to the scientific community and the public.

Abstract: Motivated by recent developments in image recognition, we hosted a data science challenge on the crowdsourcing platform Kaggle to automate the identification of endangered North Atlantic right whales. The winning solution automatically identified individual whales with 87% accuracy with a series of convolutional neural networks to identify the region of interest on an image, rotate, crop, and create standardized photographs of uniform size and orientation and then identify the correct individual whale from these passport-like photographs. Recent advances in deep learning coupled with this fully automated workflow have yielded impressive results and have the potential to revolutionize traditional methods for the collection of data on the abundance and distribution of wild populations.

Bio(s): Christin Khan is a Fishery Biologist in the Protected Species Branch at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole. She is an aerial survey observer and data manager of the North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Survey which conducts aerial surveys to monitor right whale abundance and distribution from New Jersey to Canada. When not in the air, Christin also works on right whale social behavior, automated image recognition, right whale outreach signs, the Right Whale Sighting Advisory System, interactive Google map, and the Whale Alert app.

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Presenter(s): Paul Markowski, Penn State

Sponsor(s): ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING CENTER SEMINAR for more information visit https://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/seminars/index.html

Abstract:
I will discuss how scientific "storm chasing," computer simulations, and theory have helped meteorologists better understand and predict tornadoes, and some of the challenges that remain, particularly with respect to operational NWP.

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Presenter(s):
Drought & Climate Update, Dr. Amanda Sheffield, NOAA/NIDIS
Drought & Climate Outlook, Eric Boldt, NOAA NWS, Los Angeles/Oxnard
Precipitation Regime Change in Western North America: The Role of Atmospheric Rivers, Dr. Sasha Gershunov, CNAP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), California Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP)

POC: Amanda Sheffield, NOAA/NIDIS, amanda.sheffield@noaa.gov

Abstract:
Another record hot summer is coming to a close in California and Nevada. However, both states have avoided drought for some time, with the exception of a small slice on the California/Arizona border. The region is now looking ahead to prepare for the next water year. This webinar will provide an overview of the current conditions and outlook for the fall into winter as well as the role of atmospheric rivers in Western North America.

The California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System (CA-NV DEWS) September 2019 Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar is part of a series of regular drought and climate outlook webinars designed to provide stakeholders and other interested parties in the region with timely information on current drought status and impacts, as well as a preview of current and developing climatic events (i.e. El Nio and La Nia).

Are our seminars recorded? Yes, you can find them here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmADP4Cm4SNtYZMmrY48PtQ)

Seminar POC for questions: Amanda Sheffield, NOAA/NIDIS, amanda.sheffield@noaa.gov

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Title:
What does it really mean for a lake to "turn over"? Radiatively driven convection in a deep lake.

Presenter(s):
Jay Austin, Large Lakes Observatory/Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Sponsor(s): NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, contact Mary Ogdahl at ogdahlm@umich.edu.

Abstract:
Due to the existence of the temperature of maximum density for freshwater (3.98C), springtime heating of a freshwater lake from incident sunlight can result in a process called radiatively-driven convection, where heating at the surface of the lake makes surface waters denser, resulting in full water-column convection. In a deep lake like Lake Superior, this process can dominate the circulation of the lake for two to three months every year, and controls the vertical redistribution of physical, biological, and geochemical properties in the lake during this period. Characteristic features of the convection cells produced are discerned from a set of observations made in Lake Superior over the last several years, from autonomous underwater gliders, turbulence profilers, and moorings, including a large, two-point mooring that consisted of a two-dimensional array of thermistors 180m on a side. Glider data suggests that warm water produced near the surface convect into the lake in chimney-like structures with lateral scales on the order of 10m, and the cells themselves have lateral scales on the order of 100m. Observed vertical velocities on the order of 1cm/s. Temperature anomalies on the order of 0.1K build up during the day, and the water column tends to fully homogenize each night. Developing a better understanding of the dynamics of this convective process is essential to our understanding of the annual development of deep, dimictic lakes.

About the speaker:
Dr. Austin is a Professor at the Large Lakes Observatory and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He is a Physical Limnologist with broad interests, studying a wide range of phenomenology on large lakes around the world. His interests include, but are not limited to, thermal structure, the role of ice, climate change impacts, acoustics, and convective processes. He is primarily an observationalist, utilizing moorings, autonomous gliders and autonomous profilers as well as historical data to study lake processes. He also utilizes numerical modeling techniques, largely to study the sensitivity of lake systems to climate change. He is also interested in pedagogy and outreach. Dr. Austin's undergraduate degrees in Physics and Math are from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and his PhD (1999) is from the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Physical Oceanography. He has been at UMD since 2005.

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Presenter(s): Kelsey Jencso | Montana Climate Office

Sponsor(s): National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, National Drought Mitigation Center, American Association of State Climatologists, National Weather Service

POC: Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov) or Molly Woloszyn (Molly.Woloszyn@noaa.gov)

Abstract:
The focus area for this webinar is the North Central region of the U.S. (from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley). These free webinars provide and interpret timely information on current climate and drought conditions, as well as climatic events like El Nio and La Nia.

Speakers will also discuss the impacts of these conditions on things such as floods, disruption to water supply and ecosystems, as well as impacts to affected industries like agriculture, tourism, and public health. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

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Seminar POC for questions: Britt Parker (britt.parker@noaa.gov) or Molly Woloszyn (Molly.Woloszyn@noaa.gov)

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