Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction (MEAP-TT)

The MEAP-TT is led by the co-chairs:

• Stefano Ciavatta, Mercator Ocean international, France
• Liuqian Yu, Hong Kong University
• and outgoing co-chair Marjy Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA

Objectives

• Drive forward method development focused on two main aspects:
  • the extraction of ecological information from proxy observations (incl. satellite observations of ocean colour and bio-optical measurements from autonomous in-situ sensors), and
  • the development of strongly coupled assimilation of biological and physical observations into ocean models;
• Advocate for the expansion of global ocean observing capabilities with respect to biogeochemical and biological variables (e.g. via BGC Argo), and guide optimal design including through observing system simulation studies;
• Contribute to the development and provision of biogeochemical and biological products for end users through assessments of product quality and end user needs;
• Demonstrate and quantify the improvements in biogeochemical and biological model skill resulting from advances in biogeochemical/biological ocean observation and assimilation, including identification of metrics for system evaluation.

Activities

The MEAP-TT will promote scientific collaboration and deliver joint outputs of team members by:

• Meeting in periodic video conferences (every three months)
• Meeting annually in person at Task Team workshops
• Convening MEAP theme sessions at international conferences (e.g. EGU, Ocean Sciences, AMEMR)
• Editing special issues in Journals (e.g. Special Issue on Biogeochemical-Argo modelling in Biogeosciences)
• Co-authorship of horizon publications and influential reports (e.g. Fennel et al., 2019; ETOOFS manual, Ocean State Reports)
• Engagement of ecosystem analysis and prediction stakeholders (e.g. IMBER, OceanSITES, BGC-Argo)

MEAP-TT Members

Patron champion:

Paul DiGiacomo, NOAA, USA

Status: Feb 2022

Workshops and meetings

An important  activity of the MEAP-TT is to organise regular workshops. In order to increase collaboration, these workshops are often held jointly with other TTs or groups.

MEAP-TT has started a new series of online MEAP-TT seminars:

MEAP-TT online TT meetings

Since 2012, the MEAP-TT held three workshops

Meeting history (under GODAE OceanView)

→ Joint DA/MEAP-TT workshop 2016, Santa Cruz, USA

→ MEAP-TT Workshop 2015, Halifax, Canada

→ MEAP-TT Workshop 2012, Exeter, UK

Documents

Meeting reports:

• Report from the Joint DA-TT/MEAP-TT meeting, Santa Cruz, USA,  July 2016
• Report from the 2nd MEAP-TT meeting, Halifax, Canada, June 2015
• Report from the 1st COSS-TT meeting, Exeter, UK, February 2012

TT quad-chart

The task team quad-chart provides a quick glance at the TT’s activities, achievements and future plans.

Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction Task Team (MEAP-TT) – June 2021