Lead PI: Mark Ohman

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California Current Ecosystem (CCE) LTER Site A
coastal upwelling biome
Lead PI Mark Ohman Information Manager
Karen Baker Ocean Informatics Team
Jerry Wanetick - Computational Systems Center
Director Lynn Yarmey -
Programmer-analyst, Metadata Shaun Haber
- Database/Web Designer, HCI Mason
Kortz - Web/DB Designer, Systems Admin
Jim Wilkinson - CalCOFI Data Manager
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Based at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Thomas McOwiti (LTER Network) joins first CCE
cruise
Data technology participants visit a data
source
Many institutions and research goals under CCE
umbrella
SIO Ocean Informatics Team gathers for meeting
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CCE LTER Program Participants
Name Role Institution Interests Mark Ohman Lead
PI SIO Mesozooplankton Ecology Lihini
Aluwihare Co-PI SIO Dissolved Organic
Matter Karen Baker Co-PI SIO Information
Management Katherine Barbeau Co-PI SIO Iron
Geochemistry David Checkley Co-PI SIO Mesozooplank
ton Ichthyoplankton Peter Franks Co-PI SIO Bioph
ysical Modeling Ralf Goericke Co-PI SIO Phytoplank
ton Ecology Michael Landry Co-PI SIO Food-Web
Structure and Function Art Miller Co-PI SIO Physic
al Oceanography Modeling Greg Mitchell Co-PI SIO
Remote Sensing and Bio-optics George
Sugihara Co-PI SIO Nonlinear Modeling Farooq
Azam Associate SIO Bacteria/Microbial Food
Webs Steven Bograd Associate PFEL Physical
Oceanography Ron Burton Associate SIO Molecular
Probes for Protists Dan Cayan Associate SIO Atmosp
heric Physics Teresa Chereskin Associate SIO ADCP
Currents Emanuel DiLorenzo Associate Georgia
Tech. Biophysical Modeling David
Hyrenbach Associate Duke/PRBO Seabird
Ecology Cheryl Peach Associate BAS Education and
Outreach planning Sharon Franks Associate CA
COSEE Education and Outreach planning Brian
Palenik Associate SIO Microbial Diversity Dan
Rudnick Associate SIO Mesoscale Ocean
Physics Christian Reiss Associate SWFSC
Planktivorous Fishes Ken Smith Associate SIO Deep
-sea Benthic Ecology Bill Sydeman Associate PRBO S
eabird Ecology Marine Mammals Elizabeth
Venrick Associate SIO Phytoplankton
Floristics SIO Scripps Institution of
Oceanography BAS
Birch Aquarium at Scripps PFEL Pacific
Fisheries Environmental Laboratory Georgia
Tech Georgia Institute of Technology Duke
Duke University PRBO
Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory SWFSC Southwest
Fisheries Science Center/U.S. National Marine
Fisheries Service
CA COSEE California Center for Ocean
Sciences Education Excellence
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Why focus on this part of the California Current
System?

• A Biogeographic Boundary Region

Brinton 1981, Haury et al. 1986

• Large and dynamic range of biological and
  physical ocean conditions
• 55 years of CalCOFI observations
• Non-linear event patterns and transitions

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CCE Program Elements

• Science Goals
• What are the mechanisms leading to different
  ecosystem states in a coastal pelagic ecosystem?
  
• What is the interplay between changing ocean
  climate, community structure and ecosystem
  dynamics?
• Science Methods
• Time Series (building on 55 year CalCOFI study)
• Heterogeneous sampling strategies
• (ship-based, towed, moored, glider,
  satellite)
• Physical collections
• Modeling
• Information and Data Management
• Metadata Initiatives
• Infrastructure
• Data Capture, Curation and Access
• Data Interoperability
• Sociotechical Informatics
• Education and Outreach

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Spatial Grid
SBC
(N66)
(SBC site)
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Time Series
oC
PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation
PDO
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Collections
Bongo Net Deployment
SIO Invertebrates Collection NOAA Fish Eggs and
Larvae
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Recent enhancements to our LTER site
Spray gliders
intended - Wetlabs fluorometer sensors -
Sonntek 500 kHz ADCP - CTD
velocity, CalCOFI line 90
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Benefits of a large study area
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Information and Data Management Work Flow
Field
Design
Field
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CCE Information/Data Management
Design process underway

• Ocean Informatics Environment
• -open source centered
• -new server installed iOcean
• -local partnering initiated
• CalCOFI, PaCOOS, SCCOOS, Palmer LTER
• Infrastructure
• -distributed computing
• -design team approach
• Ongoing activities
• -data policy, metadata (EML)
• -survey, collaborative tools
• Human Social Dynamics NSF project
• -natural/human/information interfaces

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Education and Outreach

• Information management, inquiry-based science,
  and information flow

Beth Simmons
Education Outreach Coordinator
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CCE California Coastal EcosystemInformation
Management supporting CCE sciencewithin an Ocean
Informatics Environment
http//ccelter.sio.ucsd.edu
http//cce.lternet.edu