Gulf of Mexico regional team meeting - March 27-28, 2013 (St. Petersburg, FL)
Lead Coordinators: Paula Coble (pcoble@mail.usf.edu), Heather Benway (hbenway@whoi.edu)
Coastal boundary: 50-m isobath
River plume: 28-PSU salinity cutoff (the location of this cutoff varies by season) - get plume area and plume area monthly climatology (courtesy of R. Hetland)
Draft Flux Chapters: See status below. Please contact Heather Benway to obtain flux chapter drafts
The agenda with links to the presentations is listed below. The participant list is available here.
MEETING LOGISTICS PAGE - includes details about booking flights, hotel, meeting venue, ground transportation, ride-sharing, parking, and travel reimbursement
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Carbon Synthesis Workshop
March 27-28, 2013
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL
Wednesday - March 27, 2013
08:00 Breakfast (catered at USGS)
08:30 Welcome and opening remarks (P. Coble)
08:35 History and overview of the Coastal Carbon Synthesis activities (H. Benway)
08:50 Gulf of Mexico Carbon Budget: Existing budget and progress to date (P. Coble) - Discussion of choices for GMx regional boundaries
09:20 Group presentations (15 min presentations followed by 15 min discussion)
09:20-09:50 Riverine input (E. Boyer)
09:50-10:20 Air-sea fluxes (L. Robbins)
10:20 Break
10:30 Group presentations (cont’d)
10:30-11:00 Primary production (S. Lohrenz)
11:00-11:30 Respiration and NCP (G. Hitchcock)
11:30-12:00 Exchange at the ocean boundary (K. Fennel)
12:00 Lunch (catered at USGS)
13:00 Group presentations (cont’d)
13:00-13:30 Fluxes in estuaries, sediment-water exchange (C. Osburn, M. Herrmann)
13:30-14:00 Submarine groundwater discharge (C. Smith)
14:00 Breakout groups (each group will have an assigned space, see signage)
Breakout discussion guidelines
15:15 Break
15:45 Breakout groups (cont’d)
17:30 Adjourn
18:30 Group dinner
Thursday - March 28, 2013
08:00 Breakfast (catered at USGS)
08:30 Breakout Reports (15 minutes each)
Fluxes in estuaries, sediment-water exchange
Submarine groundwater discharge
Exchange at the ocean boundary
10:15 Break
10:30 Group discussion – revisit the GMx carbon budget with new flux estimates from workshop (P. Coble moderate)
11:30 Group discussion - final recommendations (P. Coble and H. Benway moderate)
12:30 Lunch (catered at USGS, box lunches to take)
Adjourn
1:30-4:00 Team leaders meet to outline report