Dear colleagues, We invite you to present your work at the following session at the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 11-16 February 2018 in Portland, Oregon:
Session Title: Marine Ecosystem Forecasting for Decision-Making Session ID: 28503 Much like weather forecasting, ocean ecosystem forecasting has potential benefit to society in many ways. Forecasts can provide managers, stakeholders, fishers, residents, and public health officials with prognostic information relevant to decisions they are facing. Thanks to advances in modeling, monitoring, and theory, there are a number of ocean ecosystem forecasts that are operational or in development on time scales ranging from daily to seasonal, with practical implications for industry operations, recreation and tourism, and human health and well being. Predictions at the decadal scale or longer can provide strategic advice to marine dependent industries and coastal communities. Most scientists focus on the technical barriers that must be overcome to provide reliable predictions of complex, interconnected systems. However, forecasts are meant to be used by people, and considerable challenges exist with understanding how forecast information is digested, interpreted, and used. This session will showcase a range of existing and experimental ocean ecosystem forecasts, discuss the challenges and successes of forecasting, and continue to build a community of forecasters as ecosystem forecasting grows into its own branch of oceanographic research. Abstract submissions will close on 6 September, 2017. Link to the session: https://agu.confex.com/agu/os18/preliminaryview.cgi/Session28503 Cross-Topics: EP - Ecology and Physical Interactions ED - Education, Outreach and Policy OM - Ocean Modeling Best regards, Nicholas Record, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science, East Boothbay, ME, United States Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States
