1. NASA Vision for Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry Advance Planning Team 2005-2006

2. Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Roadmap T 2002 2010201220142015 2004 Reduced flux uncertainties; global carbon dynamics Funded Unfunded Global Ocean Carbon / Particle Abundance N. America’s carbon budget quantified Global Atmospheric CO 2 (OCO) 2006 2008 Reduced flux uncertainties; coastal carbon dynamics NA Carbon Global C Cycle T = Technology development Regional carbon sources/sinks quantified for planet IPCC Effects of tropical deforestation quantified; uncertainties in tropical carbon source reduced = Field Campaign Physiology & Functional Types Goals: Global productivity and land cover change at fine resolution; biomass and carbon fluxes quantified; useful ecological forecasts and improved climate change projections Vegetation 3-D Structure, Biomass, & Disturbance T Terrestrial carbon stocks & species habitat characterized Models w/improved ecosystem functions High-Resolution Atmospheric CO 2 Sub-regional sources/sinks Integrated global analyses CH 4 sources characterized and quantified P Vegetation (AVHRR, MODIS) Ocean Color (SeaWiFS, MODIS) Land Cover (Landsat) Bridge (LDCM)Land Cover (OLI) Vegetation, Fire (AVHRR, MODIS) Ocean/Land (VIIRS/NPP) Ocean/Land (VIIRS/NPOESS) Models & Computing Capacity Case Studies Process Understanding Improvements: Human-Ecosystems-Climate Interactions (Model-Data Fusion, Assimilation); Air-Sea Flux T Partnership N. American Carbon Program Land Use Change in Amazonia Global CH 4 ; Wetlands, Flooding & Permafrost Global C Cycle Knowledge Base 2002: Global productivity and land cover resolution coarse; Large uncertainties in biomass, fluxes, disturbance, and coastal events Systematic Observations Process controls; errors in sink reduced Coastal Carbon Southern Ocean Carbon Program, Air-Sea CO 2 Flux Report

3. Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Roadmap T 2002 2010201220142015 2004 Reduced flux uncertainties; global carbon dynamics Funded Unfunded Global Ocean Carbon / Particle Abundance N. America’s carbon budget quantified Global Atmospheric CO 2 (OCO) 2006 2008 Reduced flux uncertainties; coastal carbon dynamics NA Carbon Global C Cycle T = Technology development Regional carbon sources/sinks quantified for planet IPCC Effects of tropical deforestation quantified; uncertainties in tropical carbon source reduced = Field Campaign Goals: Global productivity and land cover change at fine resolution; biomass and carbon fluxes quantified; useful ecological forecasts and improved climate change projections Vegetation 3-D Structure, Biomass, & Disturbance T Terrestrial carbon stocks & species habitat characterized Models w/improved ecosystem functions High-Resolution Atmospheric CO 2 Sub-regional sources/sinks Integrated global analyses CH 4 sources characterized and quantified Report P Vegetation (AVHRR, MODIS) Ocean Color (SeaWiFS, MODIS) Land Cover (Landsat) Bridge (LDCM)Land Cover (OLI) Vegetation, Fire (AVHRR, MODIS) Ocean/Land (VIIRS/NPP) Ocean/Land (VIIRS/NPOESS) Models & Computing Capacity Case Studies Process Understanding Improvements: Human-Ecosystems-Climate Interactions (Model-Data Fusion, Assimilation); Air-Sea Flux T Partnership N. American Carbon Program Land Use Change in Amazonia Global CH 4 ; Wetlands, Flooding & Permafrost Global C Cycle Knowledge Base 2002: Global productivity and land cover resolution coarse; Large uncertainties in biomass, fluxes, disturbance, and coastal events Systematic Observations Process controls; errors in sink reduced Coastal Carbon Southern Ocean Carbon Program, Air-Sea CO 2 Flux Physiology & Functional Types

4. North American Carbon Program (03-04/Partnership) Global Ocean Carbon/Particle Abundance Coastal Carbon Physiology and Functional Types Southern Ocean Carbon Program (Partnership) Challenges – update technology roadmaps, slide time line forward…. CC&E Roadmap - Oceans

5. Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Where do we go from here? Agency – advance planning, reorg SMD reorg + Earth science advance planning Focus Area advance planning Programmatic advance planning – the next 20-30 years of ocean biology and biogeochemistry research Agency – advance planning, reorg SMD reorg + Earth science advance planning Focus Area advance planning Programmatic advance planning – the next 20-30 years of ocean biology and biogeochemistry research

6. 99 00010203040506070809 101112131415 NPOESS OPS TOPEX/P. JASON OSTM AQUARIUS Directed Competed QuikSCAT GRACE Beyond OSTM (2008) and Aquarius (2009), there are no approved NASA oceanographic satellite missions NASA Current and Approved Oceans and Ice Missions Today Primary Mission Approved Extended Mission Conditionally Approved Extended Mission AQUA/MODIS ICESAT SEAWIFS Comm

7. Advance Plan Team Contributors: Michael Behrenfeld – Oregon State University Paula Bontempi – NASA HQ Heidi Dierssen – University of Connecticut Charles McClain – NASA GSFC Paul DiGiacomo – NASA JPL Steve Lohrenz – University of Southern Mississippi Frank Muller-Karger – University of South Florida David Siegel – University of California - Santa Barbara James Yoder – URI/WHOI

8. Advance Plan Process Science Questions to address the next 30 years of Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Research – benefit to society Science Measurements (from space) Observational Strategy - In situ and remote technology options –Technological readiness –Science prioritization

9. Introduction – P. Bontempi/NASA HQ Science Questions – D. Siegel/UCSB Observational Strategies – M. Behrenfeld/OSU & P. DiGiacomo/NASA JPL Systematic Observations, Partnerships, Modeling, In situ planning, Summary – P. Bontempi/NASA HQ Community Feedback and Discussion – P. Bontempi & P. DiGiacomo –Science Questions –Prioritization Role of the Community

10. NASA Ocean Biology & Biogeochemistry Program Earth’s Living Ocean: The Undiscovered World (The Unseen World)