Local- to global-scale autonomous observations of ocean carbon and oxygen

The ocean plays an important role in the global carbon and oxygen cycles, but monitoring these processes using traditional ship-based methods is often challenging due to the vast size and dynamic nature of our oceans. Thankfully, autonomous assets, like Biogeochemical (BGC) Argo and autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), have revolutionized ocean observing by dramatically increasing the number of measurements across both space and time. In this talk, I’ll discuss how I’ve leveraged the BGC-Argo array to explore carbon and oxygen cycles from the regional to the global scale and how I will use an ASV to design observation strategies for marine carbon dioxide removal interventions at the local scale. This talk will span various spatial and temporal scales, tackling important questions in ocean observing, to help improve our understanding of the current state of the ocean to better model the future one.