The project had its kick off meeting on the 7th April 2022 and over the next 2 years we will be working to advance and improve our ability to study the ocean carbonate system through the use of satellite and in situ observations, models and machine intelligence approaches and to strengthen the link between these advancements and their exploitation by users (figure 1). Work has now begun to collate datasets and to review recent published advances, and to fully understand the needs of our partners and early adopters.
Figure 1:
Satellite observation-based approaches, underpinned by in situ observations, are essential for guiding ecosystem management and identifying the ecological impact on the marine environment of the oceans long-term absorption of CO2; these same observations are also critical for identifying those regions, animals and people most likely at risk from ocean acidification (Green et al, 2021; Shutler et al., 2020). Image source: Shutler et al., (2020).
References
Green, H., Findlay, H., Shutler, J. D., Land, P. E., Bellerby, R. G. J., (2021), Satellite Observations Are Needed to Understand Ocean Acidification and Multi-Stressor Impacts on Fish Stocks in a Changing Arctic Ocean, Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, p692, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.635797
Shutler J.D., Wanninkhof R., Nightingale P.D., Woolf D.K., Bakker D.C., Watson A., Ashton I.G., Holding T., Chapron B., Quilfen Y., Fairall C., (2020). Satellites will address critical science priorities for quantifying ocean carbon. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, doi: 10.1002/fee.2129