Progress report for
Science for deep-ocean sustainability
Achievement at a glance
The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) has established a series of task teams to define essential ocean variables for the deep ocean, is promoting the maturation of new observing technologies through development of demonstration projects, and is working through development of a Science Implementation guide to inform on and coordinate sustained deep ocean observing. A DOOS data task team has been established to address issues of data documentation, citeability, provenance, sharing, reuse, preservation and accessibility. Over the past year DOOS has formed a steering committee, developed an inventory of deep ocean observing (http://www.deepoceanobserving.org/activities/deep-ocean-inventory/), held townhalls in Dec. 2017 (AGU New Orleans) and in Feb. 2018 (Portland Oregon Ocean Sciences meeting) to engage broader segments of the science community, introduced new EOVs to the GOOS physics panel, and is coordinating a white paper on deep ocean observing for Ocean Obs 19.<br>The Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) is contributing information to the IPCC Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere, ensuring coverage of deep-sea climate change, impacts on deep-sea ecosystems and effects on ecosystem services. In Nov. 2017 at COP 23 (Bonn, Germany) the DOSI Climate led a press conference on climate observations for managing human activities in the deep ocean. DOSI has also encouraged members of deep-sea science community to self-nominate to the 2nd World Ocean Assessment Pool of Experts (several have) and has facilitated national and international connections.
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