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Science and Technology Workshop 1, May 5-6, 2015
Unusual ocean weather and climate patterns have been observed throughout 2014 and early 2015 across the North Pacific basin. Areas of the North Pacific have been as much as 5°C warmer than average, earning the nickname ‘the blob’ in the US northeast, and affecting weather and climate patterns. Extreme conditions in physical and biogeochemical parameters are occurring in many locations, and appear to be impacting pelagic ecosystems, including fisheries. Two workshops are designed to understand the timing and scale of these anomalous oceanographic conditions in the North Pacific, with the intent of maximizing our global and coastal ocean observing systems to deliver information to meet societal needs. The first workshop held on May 5-6, 2015 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA generated a series of research and development questions and issues related to these anomalies. The second, follow-up workshop, proposed for late October or November 2015, will aim to improve our understanding of how these significant oceanographic variations arose, their impact on our water, weather, and economic well-being, and ways in which we can potentially improve predictive capabilities.
Webcast Recordings
Presentations
Atmosphere
Nick Bond, University of Washington (1.5 MB)
Richard Thoman, NAtional Weather Service, Alaska Region (1.5 MB)
Sam Iacobellis, Scripps Instution of Oceanography (948.9 KB)
Benigno Hernandez de la Torre, Geographer Consultant for the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education in Baja California (3.5 MB)
Global Pacific
CHelle Gentemann, Remote Sensing Systems (895.8 KB)
Ed Armstrong, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology (982.0 KB)
Francisco Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (1.7 MB)
Michelle Giearch, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology (15.1 MB)
Pacific Northwest Coast
Uma Bhatt, University of Alaska - Fairbanks (1.9 MB)
Peter Bieniek, University of Alaska - Fairbanks (5.5 MB)
Kris Holderied, NOAA/Noational Ocean Service - Kasitsna Bay Laboratory (2.8 MB)
Peter Chandler, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (3.2 MB)
Jan Newton, Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (3.4 MB)
Joe Needoba, Oregon Health & Science University (1.6 MB)
Mike Kosro, Oregon State Uiversity (7.0 MB)
Jennifer Fisher, Oregon State University (2.3 MB)
Pacific Southwest Coast
Katherine Zaba, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (16.4 MB)
Dan Reed, Marine Science Institute (1.4 MB)
Wendy Enright, City of San Diego (4.0 MB)
Ralf Goericke, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1.3 MB)
Eric Miller, MBC Applied Environmental Sciences (539.7 KB)
John McGowan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2.4 MB)
Toby Garfield, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (2.6 MB)
Eric Bjorkstedt, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (1.8 MB)
Tenaya Norris, The Marine Mammal Center (1.2 MB)
Armando Trasvina, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Learning - La Paz, Baja California (1.3 MB)
News Articles
- http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/warm-blob-in-nw-weird-us-weather-linked-to-ocean-temps/
- http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bizarre-sea-life-visitors-arrive-with-north-pacificrsquos-historic-warmth/
- http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/us/pacific-ocean-blob/index.html
- http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2015/04/blob-invades-pacific-flummoxing-climate-experts
- http://nvs.nanoos.org/Climatology
- http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=1110069Z2403
- http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-wetter-days-20150419-story.html
- http://phys.org/print347806772.html
- http://www.10news.com/news/scientists-from-around-the-region-studying-the-blob-050515
- http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/UC-San-Diego-Hosts-Workshop-to-Figure-Out-What-The-Blob-Is-North-Pacific-Ocean-302685291.html
- http://kjzz.org/content/137890/unusual-warm-water-blob-studied-coast-california
- http://timesofsandiego.com/tech/2015/04/30/scripps-investigating-mysterious-warm-blob-in-north-pacific/
- http://www.ktoo.org/2015/05/20/blob-expands-gulf-alaska-baja-california/
- https://alaskapacificblob.wordpress.com/