Meetings & Workshops

Primary meetings and workshops held to bring about community input to the development of the DBO pilot programs:

2014 Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO)
October 29-31, 2014

• 2nd Data Workshop Final Report

2014 Alaska Marine Science Symposium
January 20-24, 2014

• DBO IARPC Implementation Team poster

2014 Ocean Science Meeting
23-28 February 2014, Honolulu, HI, USA

• The Distributed Biological Observatory: A Change Detection Array to track Ecosystem Responses to Physical Drivers in the Pacific Arctic
• Evolution of Water Masses in Barrow Canyon During Summer/Fall

2013 DBO Data Workshop
February 27 - March 1, 2013, Seattle, WA, USA

• Final Report

2011 Nov. 15 - DBO Workshop, Sidney, BC, Canada

2011 Distributed Biological Observatory Workshop
March 27, 2011, Seoul, Korea

• Agenda
• grebmeier_DBO_Seoul.pdf
• pickart_DBO_seoul.pdf
• grebmeier_biology_DBO_seoul.pdf
• crane_DBO_seoul.pdf
• motoyoitoh_DBO_seoul.pdf
• reigstad_DBO_seoul.pdf
• data issues_DBO_seoul.pdf
• highlights_DBO_seoul.pdf
• Findings and Challenges from 2010 Pilot Study

2010 Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) meeting
December 10-11, 2010, Tokyo, Japan

• DBO 2010 Pilot Study

2009 Biology-Sea Ice Workshop

Additional DBO events:

2011

• Jan: DBO poster and ‘Town Hall’ workshop (~ 50 participants) at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium Anchorage, AK
• Jan: Presentation on DBO to AOSB/MWG in Potsdam, Germany; received endorsement by IASC MWG for development to pan-Arctic context
• Jan.-Mar: Continued interest by multiple US agencies in DBO planning effort, listed in NOAA strategic plans, discussions with US SEARCH, USGS, BOEMRE,
• Mar DBO 1-day workshop at ASSW, Seoul, Korea, status and 2011 plans; 90 participants
• Mar PAG meeting at ASSW to discuss 2011 DBO plans, future direction
• July-September: 2011 DBO Pilot Study
• Nov DBO workshop at IOS/DFO, Sidney, BC (Nov. 15), continued into am Nov. 16 of full PAG meeting (Nov. 16-17)

2010

• February DBO Town Hall meeting at ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences meeting in Portland, Oregon (~50 participants); initial discussion of including DBO transects and sampling sites on the Alaska Ocean Observatory System (AOOS) website
• March SEARCH State of the Arctic Symposium + open ‘Town Hall’ discussion (~25 participants)
• April DBO discussion at ASSW, Nuuk, Greenland: and IASC Arctic Ocean Science Board: Marine Working Group
• April & May DBO presentations to North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), Science Panel and Executive Board
• May Feature article in EOS on NOAA Biology-Sea Ice Workshop and DBO framework
• June-October: 2010 DBO Pilot Study = field campaign
• Dec Update on DBO 2010 Pilot Study at PAG meeting in Tokyo, Japan

2009

• May NOAA Biology-Sea Ice Workshop, Seattle, WA; NSF/NOAA Bering Strait Environmental Observatory Workshop, Pack Forest, WA

2008

• Spring Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) meeting – discussion of need to make consistent observations and synthesis activities in Pacific Arctic sector