February 20-24, 2012 - Sgmeet.com

Program Book
EVT02: Ladder of Scientific Success-Understand (Workshop)
Tuesday, February 21, 12:30 – 14:00, Room 251 A, B, D, E
Organizers: Bob Chen, University of Massachusetts - Boston,
bob.chen@umb.edu; Adrienne Sponberg, ASLO, sponberg@aslo.org
Understand How People Learn. What does research about the mind,
the brain, and the processes of learning say about how people learn? In
this workshop, we will take a critical look at how people learn, perceive,
and value science. Understand the differences between novice and
experts. Explore what is and what is not an accurate view of science.
If you are going to teach, it is critical to think about the nature of science,
how it can be communicated, and how people learn science. This
session will be presented by Catherine Halverson, COSEE California.
Lunch will be provided to the first 115 participants.
For more information visit: http://www.coseeocean.net
EVT03: PO.DAAC - Fusion of NASA Ocean Data and Services
(Workshop)
Tuesday, February 21, 12:30 – 14:00, Ballroom G
Organizers: Michelle Gierach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California
Institute of, Technology Michelle.Gierach@jpl.nasa.gov; Charles
Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology,
Charles.K.Thompson@jpl.nasa.gov
The Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.
DAAC) is the archive, distribution, and user/science services center for
NASA’s satellite oceanographic data. PO.DAAC data holdings are focused
on measurements related to ocean surface topography, ocean winds, ocean
temperature, gravity, ocean currents and circulation, and salinity. During
the past year, PO.DAAC has deployed a new web portal to facilitate data
discovery and user interactions, as well as several new tools and services for
data access and visualization. This workshop will showcase these new capabilities
through an interactive demonstration, providing users with an outlet
to learn how to successfully navigate and use these services for scientific
applications. PO.DAAC scientists and developers will be on hand to also
answer general questions related to PO.DAAC/NASA data and services.
For more information visit: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
EVT05: Funding of applied environmental science at BOEM
(Town Hall)
Tuesday, February 21, 12:30 – 14:00, Ballroom E
Organizers: Brad Blythe, BOEM, brad.blythe@boem.gov; Guillermo
Auad, BOEM, guillermo.auad@boem.gov
The presentation will address the recent reorganizational changes of
the BOEM, funding avenues and opportunities, and highlights of recent
and ongoing studies in social sciences, physical, chemical and biological
oceanography, and marine ecology and archaeology.
EVT06: Velocity Measurements from Gliders (Workshop)
Tuesday, February 21, 12:30 – 14:00, Ballroom F
Organizers: Judah Goldberg, NortekUSA, judah@nortekusa.com; Peter
Rusello, NortekUSA, pj@nortekusa.com
This workshop presents an overview of the measurement and analysis
methods using broad band and pulse coherent acoustic Doppler current
profilers to observe mean velocity, turbulence, and acoustic backscatter
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from a variety of moving platforms, with a focus on glider applications.
Invited speakers will give presentations on their work in this new field.
Observations of mean current velocity and turbulence in coastal and
open seas are inherently important for a wide range of scientific studies.
Intrinsically difficult to measure, particularly over long temporal and
spatial scales, velocity measurements have typically been constrained
to data sets from individual moorings or expensive field programs.
New equipment and advanced analysis methods have been developed
to make observations of mean and turbulent velocity from moving
platforms such as ocean gliders and vertical profilers.
For more information visit: http://www.nortekusa.com/glider_workshop
EVT07: Data Management for Scientists: Reduce your
workload, reuse your ideas, recycle your data (Workshop)
Tuesday, February 21, 12:30 – 14:00, Ballroom H
Organizer: Carly Strasser, carly.strasser@ucop.edu
Although graduate students learn about methods for collecting data,
there is less emphasis on managing the resulting data effectively. This is an
increasingly important skill set: funding agencies have begun to require
data management plans, and journals are requiring that data pertaining
to published articles be accessible. Scientists with good data management
skills will be able to maximize the productivity of their own research program,
effectively and efficiently share their data with the scientific community,
and potentially benefit from the re-use of their data by others. The
purpose of this workshop is to give attendees a set of practical tools for organizing
and sharing their data through all parts of the research cycle. The
target audience is early-career scientists (graduate students, post-docs) but
is open to any researchers who would benefit from developing better data
management skills. Topics will include data structure, quality control, data
documentation, and the importance of good data management practices
for data sharing, collaboration, and data re-use.
For more information: http://dcxl.cdlib.org or http://www.carlystrasser.net
EVT08: Ocean Observatories Initiative: Information and
Community Opportunities (Informational Talk)
Tuesday, February 21, 12:30 – 14:00, Ballroom D
Organizer: Kerry Beck, kbeck@oceanleadership.org
The National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative
(OOI) will deliver high quality data and data products that will address
critical science-driven questions and lead to a better understanding and
management of our oceans for a 25-year-plus time period within an
expandable architecture that can meet emerging technical advances in
ocean science. This event will include discussion of progress on the OOI
program to date and information on how to become involved.
For more information visit: http://www.oceanobservatories.org
EVT09: Overcoming the Cultural Gap Between Scientists and
the Public (Panel Discussion)
Tuesday, February 21, 18:00 – 21:00, Ballroom I
Organizers: Jonathan Sharp, University of Delaware (jsharp@udel.edu)
and Adrienne Sponberg, ASLO, (sponberg@aslo.org).
There is growing awareness of the critical need for marine scientists to
communicate results and implications of their research in a more successful
fashion than is occurring today. This panel discussion will have a