Co-Convenors:
Sung Yong Kim (Korea)
Jack Barth (USA)
Tony Koslow (USA)
Invited Speakers:
David M. Checkley, Jr. (Scripps California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations,
CalCOFI, USA)
Daji Huang (Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China)
Song Sun (Institute of Oceanology, Qingdao, China)
The collection of time series of high-quality physical, chemical and biological data from coastal ocean observatories is critical to the PICES science mission. Coastal ocean observing data are important for documenting changes in coastal ocean ecosystems and for driving numerical circulation and biogeochemical models. There is broad agreement that the ‘operators’ of coastal observing systems around the North Pacific would benefit from developing best practices – basically sharing experiences on what works and what does not work. At the same time, there have been significant advances in scientific understanding using coastal ocean observing systems. In recent years and in the near future, there has been a big increase in the number of permanent coastal ocean observing systems around the North Pacific. These observatories include shore-based instrumentation, very shallow installations near the coast and in semi-enclosed bays, as well as observatories that span from the coast to full ocean depth. We seek contributions that illustrate the growing number of coastal ocean observatories across the PICES member countries. Examples of topics to be considered for ‘best practices’ for coastal ocean observing systems include:
-Observing platforms (cabled nodes, autonomous vehicles, moorings, profilers, shore-based instruments, etc.),
-Sensors and sensor calibration, including physical, optical, biogeochemical, bioacoustics sensors,
-Data quality control,
-User interfaces to data and information products, with user interfaces varying, depending on their intended audience, e.g., observatory operators, scientists, ocean users,
-Data delivery to users, in particular, to numerical modelers
-Data archiving.
