Ocean Observatory efforts in and around Monterey Bay, California, 1930 to the present

Details Ocean Observatory efforts in and around Monterey Bay, California, 1930 to the present Ocean Observatory efforts in and around Monterey Bay, California, 1930 to the present

Dec 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agufmos71f..03c&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2002, abstract #OS71F-03

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1615 Biogeochemical Processes (4805), 1620 Climate Dynamics (3309), 4279 Upwelling And Convergences, 4294 Instruments And Techniques, 4805 Biogeochemical Cycles (1615)

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Monterey Bay (MB) is a deep (>1000 m), non-estuarine embayment in central California broadly open to the coastal ocean. Its oceanography had received considerable study beginning in the early 1930's when MB was the center of a large sardine fishery, and continuing intermittently since the collapse of the fishery in the 1950s. Many studies had been conducted within and offshore of MB, primarily by the many marine science laboratories and academic departments ringing Monterey Bay, and the time series studies constituted an impressive, albeit discontinuous, record (at least 39 of 61 years between 1928-1989). The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) initiated in 1989 a program of inter-disciplinary semi-monthly time series cruises to stations within and offshore of MB. In addition to the shipboard time series, MBARI has maintained two moorings since 1989 (M1 and M2). More recently, additional moorings have been deployed for shorter periods by MBARI (M3, S2, S3) and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) (M4). The M moorings are equipped with meteorological, physical, chemical, and bio-optical instrumentation. The S moorings have current meters and sediment traps. Since 1997, as part of a cooperative program between MBARI and NPS, quarterly cruises that occupy CalCOFI line 67 to 300 km from shore, have been carried out. High-frequency radar (CODAR) measurements of MB by NPS, Cal State University MB and UC Santa Cruz, collected since 1995, have recently been augmented with coverage south of Point Sur. Since 1997, UC Santa Cruz and MBARI have carried out cooperative studies of zooplankton abundance and composition. Finally in 1998 modeling studies have been initiated in an effort to integrate the available data and to direct future observational studies. Several new collaborative initiatives, funded by NSF (MARS), N OAA (CIMT) and, ONR (AOSN) geared at adding new and more sophisticated observing and modeling capabilities, are set to begin in the near future. In this paper we review some of the discoveries and scientific advances that have resulted from the sustained time series and show that we are beginning to understand the functioning and complexities of Monterey Bay pelagic ecosystems. As new technologies are deployed to explore the interconnected physical, geological, chemical and biological processes, the challenge will be to integrate these data into new conceptual and dynamical models of ocean dynamics. This will require a truly synergistic effort between organizations and disciplines.

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