SOEST Bulletin

Vol. 20, No. 46, November 12, 2009

Calendar of Events

Monday, November 16

No events.

Tuesday, November 17

Hawaii Natural Energy Institute seminar: James (Jay) P. Griffin, Asst. Specialist, HNEI, The Maui Smart Grid Project, POST 723, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Hawaii Space Lecture Series: Norbert Schorghofer, Assoc. Astronomer, UH Inst. for Astronomy and NASA Astrobiology Inst., Ice Not Rocks: Results from the Phoenix Mars Lander, POST 544, 7:30 p.m. For more information please visit their website.

Wednesday, November 18

Dept. of Meteorology seminar: Steven Businger, Professor, UH Dept. of Meteorology, Lighting up a Storm: The Promise of VLF Lightning Detection, MSB 100, 3:30 p.m.

Dept. of Ocean and Resources Engineering seminar: Zygmunt Kowalik, Professor, Inst. of Marine Science, School of Fishery and Ocean Science, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Energy Flux as a Tool in Locating Tsunami Sources, MSB 114, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Please join us for coffee hour near the seminar venue a half hour before the seminar, 3:00-3:30 p.m. To see a PDF version of this announcement, including an abstract, please visit the department website.

Thursday, November 19

Ocean 780 seminar: Neil Frazer, Professor, UH Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Sea Lice Epidemics in Sea-Cage Aquaculture, MSB 100, 3:00 p.m.

Bishop Museum and Sigma Xi Seminar Series: Zac H. Forsman, Postdoctoral Fellow, UH Hawaii Inst. of Marine Biology, What Do Genes and Micro-Morphology Tell Us About the Coral Species Problem? Paki Conference Rm., Bishop Museum, 4:00-5:00 p.m. For more information contact Steve Coles at slcoles@bishopmuseum.org.

Hanauma Bay Thursday Evenings: Educational Presentations. Chip Young, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Oceanography, Nutrient Availability to Coastal Hawaiian Waters: An Ongoing Study at Heeia Fispond, Patrick Drupp, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Oceanography, Water Quality and Carbon Dioxide in Kaneohe Bay, and Sherrill Leon-Soon, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Biological Oceanography, Can Invasive Algae (Gracillaria salicornia) Change Hydrodynamics and Nutrient Cycles? Hanauma Bay Education Center Theater, 6:30 p.m. Event is free and open to the public, with no charge for parking after 5:30 p.m. For more information on UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program events and activities, navigate to the "Calendar of Events" located at the Sea Grant website.

Friday, November 20

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics TGIF seminar: TBA, POST 723, 3:30 p.m.

Announcements

Annual Pelagic Fisheries Research Program Principal Investigators Meeting: The annual Pelagic Fisheries Research Program Principal Investigators Meeting will be held November 19-20, 2009, Asia Room, Imin Conference Center. Guest speakers will present on this year's two themes: 1) Pelagic ecosystem structure and the forage of high trophic level species, and 2) Managing fisheries: catch limits and catch shares. PFRP project updates will also be presented. The meeting is free and open to the public. Meeting agenda and information posted on the PFRP website.

Call for Pre-Proposals: The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), the NOAA Undersea Research Center for Hawaii and the Western Pacific in the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) invites pre-proposals for research in late 2010 and 2011. HURL provides access to the deep sea (²2000 m) via submersible vehicles. The areas of operations will include the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (2010), the U.S. Line and Phoenix Islands, Johnston Atoll, and American Samoa (2011). A major objective of the program is better understanding of the new marine national monuments. Thematic research areas and guidelines are presented in the RFP, available from the HURL home page. Pre-proposals are due by Wednesday, December 09, 2009.

Concerning Carbon Symposium: Based on the response to the initial call for participation and topics for a Grand Challenge Concerning Carbon, the Asia Room at the East-West Center has been reserved from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18. The final agenda for the symposium is as follows.

Carbon Symposium Draft Agenda
Asia Room, East-West Center
Wednesday 18 November 2009

0800: Doors open, coffee available

0830: Begin session, Framework talks

Brian Taylor, Overview
Pete Mouginis-Mark, UH Satellite Opportunities for Carbon Cycle
Matt Church, Ocean Carbon Time Series Observations
David Karl, Kaimalino as a Platform for Process Studies

1000: Break

1030: Ocean color, ocean phys-bio-geochem processes in 4-D, air-sea fluxes, and related research topic presentations. Leadoff discussions by Brian Taylor, Paul Lucey, Bor Yann Liaw, John Porter, Nikolai Maximenko, and others.

1200: Lunch

1300: Ocean acidification, coral reef health, coastal ocean processes and related research topic presentations. Leadoff discussions by Richard Zeebe, Marlin Atkinson, Eric DeCarlo, Paul Jokiel, Rhian Waller, and others.

1430: Break

1500: Carbon sequestration, and related research topic presentations. Leadoff discussions by Lorenz Magaard, Greg Ravizza, Gerard Nihous, Kevin Johnson, Michael Antal, and others.

1630: Adjourn

In each discussion session, we anticipate additional speakers from the participants--please bring your slides with you! We have approximately 45 participants confirmed, and the room holds 60, so we look forward to a well-attended and intellectually stimulating day!

Latest SOEST Grants Received

(New grant unless amount is designated "supplement.")

P.I.: Christopher Measures
Amount: $24,860 (supplement)
Agency: NSF
Title: Collaborative Research: Global Ocean Survey of Dissolved Iron and Aluminum and Aerosol Iron and Aluminum Solubility Supporting the CLIVAR Repeat Hydrography Project (2007-2009)

P.I.: John Wiltshire
Amount: $29,063
Agency: Western Pacific Regional Fishery (pass through from NOAA/NMFS)
Title Ecological Impacts of Carijoa Riisei on Black Coral Habitat and Eradication Efforts in Waters Off Kauai

P.I.: John Wiltshire
Amount: $86,796
Agency: Western Pacific Regional Fishery (pass through from NOAA/NMFS)
Title: Ecological Impacts of Carijoa Riisei on Black Coral Habitat in the AuAu Channel

P.I.: Robert Wright and Luke Flynn
Amount: $728,975
Agency: NASA
Title: Development of a Low Mass, Power Efficient, Low Cost Sensor Package for Hyperspectral Imaging of Earth's Surface, Oceans, and Atmosphere