Introduce yourself to the OceanGliders Community

[soerenthomsen]

Dear OceanGliders Community

We’re using Discussions as a place to connect with other members of our community.

In this thread we introduce ourselves and let the others know what we do.

Please only stick to introducing yourself and open an new discussion or issues for other topic to keep this thread clean!

Thank you!

PS: Also please read our Code of Conduct

@jbusecke @ptestor @vturpin @isgiddy and others please consider to introduce yourselves here

[tcarval]

I am a data manager in Ifremer (France) , involved in Argo and EU glider data activities

[soerenthomsen]

Hi everyone,

I am Soeren Thomsen, Physical Oceanographer. Right now I work 50 % as OceanGliders.org Best Practice coordinator.

I have been working with Slocum gliders since around 2011.
For my PhD (2012-2016) and PostDoc at GEOMAR (2017-2018) I designed and carried out two glider fleet experiments off Peru (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015JC010878, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016GL070548) and one Mauritania (https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/16/979/2019/).
Oxygen measurements where a key part of these experiments. Luckily I got support from @hahn-johannes and @gkrahmann for the oxygen calibration.

I am a big fan of open science. So all related datasets are quality controlled open access available on Pangaea (https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.860727, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.860480) thanks to G. Krahmann and the data management team at GEOMAR 🙏. Please get in contact if you are interested in glider datasets in upwelling systems (i.e. off Peru, Mauritania, Namibia or Benguela). I can navigate you through the different available deployments available on Pangaea.

I switched to Python in 2018 mainly to analyse ROMS/CROCO model output using xarray, dask etc! So far I have little experience in collective coding but motivated to learn on the fly!

Looking forward to get to know the others of the OceanGlidersCommunity

Best
Soeren

PS: I nominate @callumrollo and @angelitora to introduce themselves. And please nominate 2 more so we get this started :)

[patricialg]

Hi all,
My name is Patricia and I work as Sensor Science Delivery Lead at NOC in Southampton. I'm currently working with nutrient sensors in the lab and as delivery lead for some projects like TechOceanS, AutoNuts, etc.. In these projects we develop sensors that are integrated in differnt platforms. In TechOceanS project, I'm also involved in the work related with the development of Best Practices for sensors.
I'm a marine scientist. I have extensive laboratory experience including some of the latest marine chemistry and trace analysis techniques.
From 2014-2019 I was responsible for collection and analysis of samples from the European Station for Time series in the Ocean Canary Islands (ESTOC) and the Test Site of PLOCAN in addition to the calibration and validation of sensors integrated in moorings and gliders. I used to work closely with glider pilots (I was the lab rat in a white/mostly white lab coat).
I'm contributing (or trying to contribute) to the Glider best practices document that Soeren is coordinating. I'm helping with the Oxygen sensors section. My main interest is to help, when possible, to calibrate/validate sensors so that they will produce the best possible quality data and find the best protocol for the gold standard method to achieve this. Gliders are the future of Ocean Observation but without good sensors, they are only fancy toys, so I really believe that this initiative is very important.
I'm happy to discuss, learn from others and look together for the best approaches :)
Cheers,
Patry

[callumrollo]

Hi all,

I'm the data manager/data scientist for the VOTO foundation in Sweden. We run continuous glider observatories in the Baltic; you can see our live data here. We started our observatories in late 2020, so we have a great opportunity to start our processing pipeline from scratch adopting best practices.

I recently completed a PhD with the UEA glider group. I am a dedicated Python programmer and linux nerd. I am a contributor to several Python based glider tools including:

• pyglider
• GliderTools
• gliderpy

I want to get involved with improving the OceanGliders best practices documents and OG1.0 format. I look forward to learning from other data managers and their processing systems. I have previoulsy taught courses in Python and git within my university and with The Carpentires. I'm always happy to help people navigate github and get involved in open source.

I nominate @elyfant and @justinbuck to introduce themselves.

[abussani]

Hi to all
I'm Antonio Bussani, I'm working as a pilot in OGS.
Also I work on the data flow of the gliders we have, and arranging the database with all the deployment.
My work concern also about drifter and float, our work could be seen here
Usually we publish our mission on ego platform and we create the DOI for each missions...
Feel free to contat us if you need something!

[hassanimaryam]

Hi everyone
I'm Maryam, Physical Oceanography student at the University of Tehran

[e-abdi]

Hi Maryam,
I am sorry you could not make it to glider school at PLOCAN last week! They told me your visa didn't come... I was representing Seaglider there. If you have any questions, or need assistance regarding gliders, I'll be happy to help. This is my email: e.abdi@cyprus-subsea.com
Ehsan

[hassanimaryam]

Thank you very much Ehsan for your message. Sorry, for the delayed answer. We have some internet issues here. I have sent you an email.

[catsch]

Hi all,

I am Catherine Schmechtig, I work on BGC-Argo data management (Metadata, Real time, Delayed mode) since 2011 (but I have a PhD in atmospheric sciences so still a lot to learn !!!). Since 2011, I ve been working a lot to push BGC data into the Argo Data system and I will be happy to share.

[sophieclayton]

Hi all,
I'm an assistant professor of Oceanography at Old Dominion University in the US. I work with biogeochemical data collected on a range of platforms including moorings, gliders and Argo floats.
I am also co-lead of a working group developing best practices for using BGC data generated by the OOI arrays.
I am a big advocate of open science and data democratisation, so I think it's very important to get these kinds of best practices out to the community so that more people can use this type of data!

@flane00 introduce yourself here!

[angelitora]

Hi everyone,
My name is Angel and I am an Oceanographer and I have been one year working as an Associate Professor at the University of Iceland. In the past I worked at the University of Mexico (UNAM) where I had the opportunity to join the one and only Mexican glider team in the Gulf of Mexico (GMOG). We had lots of fun looking at Loop Current Eddies and enjoying building up the glider team, we are still working together. Currently, I am looking forward to start some glider section in the South of Iceland and we are starting to build a team at the University. Iceland is small and critical mass is an issue; thus, all collaborations are very valuable :)
I am very interested in learning and implementing best practices for data sharing and looking forward to an open science data future. I also enjoy very much baking and biking!
Good to meet y'all and I am afraid I was the last so none more on the list to nominate?

[justinbuck]

Hi All,

I am @justinbuck , a senior data manager in the National Oceanography Centre UK, British Oceanographic data Centre (BODC). In the context of gliders and the GOOS i have worked on a range of activities including OceanGliders, EGO, Argo, and OceanSITES. My roles in the context of gliders are broad I am currently the for systems development of BODC glider systems, working on the GROOM II data roadmap, contributing to the new IOC data policy, and co-investigator of the projects developing end to end data systems for autonomous platform data in NOC. As part of the the recent OceanOBS'19 work I contributed o white papers on best practices, autonomy, FAIR data and led the white paper on data innovation.

My motivation for being part of OceanGilders to to contribute to the development of and integrated component of the GOOS that is capable of developing at the same pace as the observational capabilities and is easy for the broaid range of users to interact with.

I am looking forward to the continuing collaboration with you all,
Justin

[davehebert]

I am Dave Hebert, a physical oceanographer at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). I work mainly on our Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program. I oversee our coastal ocean SeaExplorer gliders. I am also on the OceanGliders Steering Committee.

[ptestor]

I am Pierre Testor, a physical oceanographer at LOCEAN/CNRS, Paris, France. I have been the first in Europe to deploy gliders in 2004 and have participated in the scientific animation of the worldwide glider community since then, in particular through the EGO network (https://www.ego-network.org/). I have helped to launch OceanGliders as an associated program of the GOOS in 2016 and am presently co-chair of it. Scientifically, I am concerned with ocean variability with emphasis on observations of ocean circulation and mixing using various platforms, and gliders in particular. I am more specifically interested in 1) the regional oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea and the development of long-term ocean observatories in this hot spot of climate change and biodiversity (I am co-coordinating a northwestern component, Mediterranean Ocean Observing System for the Environment, MOOSE https://www.moose-network.fr/fr/ ), 2) the mesoscale and submesoscale phenomena and their role in the cross-slope exchanges, the winter water formation, and the physical-biological coupling.

[jenseva]

I’m Jenn Sevadjian and I’ll be working on data management for Spray gliders. I look forward to contributing to this group!

[soerenthomsen]

Thanks for joining @jenseva

[sfregosi]

Hello, I am Dr. Selene Fregosi and I am a contractor for the U.S. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. I work with passive acoustic Seagliders to listen for and count whales. Looking forward to learning from this community!

[soerenthomsen]

Thanks for joining @sfregosi !

[jstorylong]

Hi OG community! I'm Jacki Long, a data scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute where we're deploying gliders with novel payloads and instruments off the California coast! Thanks to the moderators for bringing us all together :)

[soerenthomsen]

Welcome @jstorylong thanks for joining!

[Zengirl2]

Hey there, I'm Leslie Birch and I'm currently at Rutgers for physical oceanography. My focus is AUVs, so I'm training on a REMUS, Slocum gliders, and hopefully a Seaber soon :). I'm interested in backseat capability and also an advocate of open-source.

[soerenthomsen]

Hi @Zengirl2

great to have you on board and thanks for introducing yourself. Feel free to join the discussions and contribute to the repos of your interest. Happy to read that you are advocating for open-source :)

[fmargirier]

Hi All !
I'm Félix Margirier, and started working with gliders during my PhD when I focused on the Northwestern MedSea and convective plumes at LOCEAN. I now work at ALSEAMAR (the SeaExplorer manufacturer), but am still very much doing research linked to different gliders.

Several of us have been exchanging through email about vertical velocities associated with gliders and we realised this would be the right place to share info, code and data as well as bringing more people together.

Looking forward to interact more with everyone !

[vturpin]

Hi Felix,

Welcome and thanks for the introduction.
I am not sure there is yet a topic around vertical velocities. Maybe you could create a repository to share the thoughts with the OceanGliders community?
Would a Standard Operating Procedure could suite to this topic to guide the community on the practices to compute vertical velocities?
I would also suggest to invite people interested on board of this discussion.
I can assit you if needed (at least a minimum).

Looking forward to see vertical velocity topic building up ;)

[fmargirier]

Hi Victor !
Thank for the welcome. I guess an SOP would be part of the discussion so yes that is what i'll set up, thanks for the suggestion.
Our working group will definitely all join and of course anyone is very welcome too.
thanks again !

[jcermauwedu]

Hi All! My name is Rob Cermak. I was a data manager for four years with AOOS as IOOS/RAs were largely spinning up. I am primarily a computer programmer (python, et. al.) and system administrator with a Meteorology background turned to Oceanography and assist my wife with MOM6 ocean modeling projects. The task before me, with a data provider hat, is adapting active acoustic and optical datasets to data pipelines so they comfortably flow into everyones workflows, portals and hopefully the NCEI archive. For now the data originates from a University of Alaska College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Slocum Glider (unit_507 a.k.a. Gretel) and another Slocum in the near future. Look forward to contributing what we can to move things forward and get things connected.