Videos
Tutorials, webinars, interviews, and other video resources.
Data Tutorials
Animations
Workshop Presentations
Interviews
GO-BGC Data Access Tutorial
Dr. Alison Gray presents data available from GO-BGC floats and how to access through various Data Access Centers (DACs) as well visualization tools linked through the GO-BGC website.
GO-BGC Data- MATLAB Tutorial
Dr. Alison Gray presents how to use GO-BGC data in MatLab. Code from the tutorial is available at: Github.com/go-bgc
GO-BGC Data- Python Tutorial
Ethan Campbell, Katy Christensen, and Ryan Anderson walk users through using Python with GO-BGC float data. Code from the tutorial is available at: Github.com/go-bgc
GO-BGC Data- R Tutorial
Drs. Marin Cornec, Yibin Huang, Raphaelle Sauzede, Quetin Jutard, and Catherine Schmechtig lead data users through R with GO-BGC float data. Code from the tutorial is available at: Github.com/go-bgc.
The Carbon Superhighway: The route from atmosphere to deep sea.
The carbon superhighway, also known as the “biological pump”, is a process that transports carbon dioxide from the atmosphere down into the deep sea. Understanding the carbon superhighway is important because the ocean is one of Earth’s biggest carbon dioxide storehouses, soaking up about 25% of the total human carbon emissions per year.
Oceans Breath: Robotic floats measure seasonal cycles in the ocean
Just like land, the ocean has seasons. There are seasons when things grow and seasons when things decay. We know this thanks to hundreds of robotic floats equipped with sensors collecting data about ocean health and transmitting it back to scientists on shore.
Ekman Transport
As wind blows over the surface of the ocean, engery from the wind is transferred into the ocean but deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere and the left in the southern hemishpere.
Diatom Nutrient Uptake
Nutrients are used by diamtoms and then larger and larger plankton.
GO-BGC + OCB Webinar Series
The Global Biogeochemical-Argo Fleet: Knowledge to Action Workshop
Workshop on the New Global Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Array
Science Selfies
MBARI Oceanographers and Data Scientists Tanya Maurer and Ben Davis, provide critical data about the world’s oceans through the GO-BGC program.
Dr. Mariana Bif on the Carbon Cycle and Robots
Just like plants on land, tiny phytoplankton use photosynthesis to consume carbon dioxide and convert it into organic matter and oxygen. This biological transformation is called marine primary productivity, and it ebbs and flows in response to changes in our climate. In a study in Nature Geoscience, MBARI Senior Scientist Ken Johnson and MBARI Research Specialist Mariana Bif demonstrated how a fleet of robotic floats are revolutionizing our understanding of ocean primary productivity and, ultimately, ocean health.
SOCCOM
Like GO-BGC that deploys floats globally, the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) Program deploys robotic floats only in the Southern Ocean. Drs. Ken Johnson (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Insititute (MBARI)), Lynne Talley (Scripps Insitution of Oceanography), Steve Riser (University of Washington), Joellen Russell (University of Arizona), Jorge Sarmiento (Princeton University) and Heidi Cullen (MBARI) all provide insight into why robotic floats are revolutionizing oceanographic monitoring.