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Pathways Connecting Climate Changes to the Deep Ocean Workshop Agenda

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Workshop registration and breakfast

Introduction and welcome

Session 1: Overview

Chairs: Monique Messié, Leslie Smith, Xinfeng Liang

(Invited) Ventilating the Deep: Quantifying pathways of deep ocean ventilation from ocean observations* Sarah Purkey, UCSD/SIO Download
(Invited) Physical modeling of the deep ocean: Challenges and opportunities Gokhan Danabasoglu, NCAR Download

Q&A

(Invited) Observations and tools for studying ocean biogeochemistry from the surface to the deep Andrea Fassbender, NOAA PMEL Download
(Invited) Pathways of organic carbon export and sequestration by the biological pump* Tim Devries, UCSB Download

Q&A

Break

(Invited) Observing the biological gatekeepers of the deep sea and their responses to a changing climate Colleen Durkin, MBARI Download
(Invited) Modeling biological pathways connecting surface and deep ocean ecosystem Daniele Bianchi, UCLA Download

Q&A

Session 1 panel discussion

Lunch

Poster Session 1

Breakout 1 - Current understanding of vertical pathways (in person and virtual)

(Keynote) Bentho-pelagic coupling under climate change and other human disturbance* Lisa Levin, USCD/SIO Download

End of day 1 for virtual participants

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Networking event

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Virtual breakout for alternate time zones (same Webex link)

Breakfast

Recap of breakout 1

Session 2: Fast Pathways 

Chairs: Helen Pillar and Cristina Schultz

(Invited) The many faces of the biological carbon pump Mike Stukel, FSU Download
(Invited) Hotspots of connectivity from the surface to mesopelagic: from eddy fluxes to climate Mara Freilich, Brown University Download

Q&A

Break

Session 3: Slow Pathways

Chairs: Isabela Le Bras, Charles Stock

(Invited) Signs of disequilibrium in the deep and abyssal circulations of seawater and tracers Jake Gebbie, WHOI Download
(Invited) Fast to slow impacts of turbulent mixing* Laura Cimoli, University of Cambridge Download

Q&A

Session 2 and 3 panel discussion

Virtual poster session

Lunch

Poster Session 2

Session 4: Methods

Chairs: Patrick Heimbach and Zach Erickson

(Invited) Steps towards a global and interdisciplinary deep ocean observing system* Nathalie Zilberman, UCSD/SIO Download
(Invited) Modeling pathways and processes of deep ocean ventilation Henri Drake, UC-Irvine Download

Discussion

Break

Breakout Session 2: Adequacy and gaps of existing observation and modeling tools and assessing where process studies will help (in person and virtual)

End of day 2 for virtual participants 

Optional informal activity - shuttle bus leaves for the Beacon Inn

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Virtual breakout for alternate time zones (same Webex link)

Breakfast

Recap of breakout 2

Breakout Session 3: Recommendations (in person and virtual)

Break

Recap of breakout 3

Conclusions and future steps

Workshop concludes