Seminar presentation to Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, March 28, 2018

1. Dawn J. Wright, Ph.D.
Environmental Systems Research Institute
and Oregon State University
Swells, Soundings, and
Sustainability
in the Oceans
Loma Linda University
Department of Earth and Biological Sciences
March 28, 2018

2. Some Past History
New Innovations
Taming the Monsters

3. Swells….
Ancient Marshall Islands Stick Chart
By Cullen328 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

4. Soundings …
Single Beam Multibeam
Image courtesy of NOAA and UNH
Heinrich Berann, 1968
International Cartographic Association, Ken Field Image courtesy of NOAA and UNH

5. Soundings….
Heezen and Tharp, 1977
Hanging on Dawn’s wall

6. Smith and Sandwell, Science, 277: 1957-1962, 1997
Smith and Sandwell, 1997

7. Sustainability….
UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2016-2030

11. Maps for Solving the World’s Biggest Problems
… the science behind the maps, as well as the science done with the maps.
www.esri.com/about-esri

12. New
Innovations

13. Not the map on your wall or in your glove compartment

14. Not the map on your wall or in your glove compartment
Smarter, intelligent, linked to databases, sophisticated algorithms

15. Charles Minard, 1864
Global Export of British Coal
Thanks to Ken Field, Esri

16. Charles Minard, 1864
Global Export of British Coal

17. Heezen and Tharp, 1977
Hanging on Dawn’s wall

18. Ocean Basemap, 2011-present, esriurl.com/obm

19. March 11, 2011
March, 2016

20. Title
Subtitle
Thanks to Ken Field, Esri

21. Title
Subtitle
Thanks to Ken Field, Esri

22. 3D Fence or Curtain Diagrams
esriurl.com/3dfence

23. 3D Fence or Curtain Diagrams
esriurl.com/3dfence

24. 3D Fence or Curtain Diagrams
esriurl.com/3dfence

25. ArcGIS Pro

29. Based on NOAA’s World Ocean Atlas 2013 v. 2
Nitrate
Silicate
Phosphate
Temperature*
Salinity
Dissolved Oxygen
e.g., *Locarnini, R.A., A.V. Mishonov, J.I. Antonov, T.P. Boyer, H.E. Garcia, O.K. Baranova, and others. 2013. World Ocean Atlas 2013
version 2 (WOA13 V2), Volume 1: Temperature. In: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information S. Levitus, ed, and A.
Mishonov, technical ed, NOAA Atlas NESDIS 73, doi:10.7289/V55X26VD, www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/woa13/
0 m
5500 m 100 m
100 m
5 m
10 m
25 m

30. Data at esriurl.com/emudata, Story Map at esriurl.com/emustory
Ecological Marine Units (EMU)
… www.esri.com/ecological-marine-units
Transitioning to Ecological Coastal Units (ECUs) in 2018…

31. Transitioning to Ecological
Coastal Units (ECUs) in 2018-’19
Ecological Marine Units (EMUs) – OD24B-2728
www.esri.com/ecological-marine-units
EMU Global Resolution EMU Local Resolution
New Workflow and
Use Cases
to
Transition from
to…

32. WebApp livingatlas.arcgis.com/emu

33. MobileApp App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android)

34. Visualizing EMUs (Video)

35. www.esri.com/ecological-marine-units
esriurl.com/emudata
Nature news feature, 3 January 2017
Sayre et al., 2017, Oceanography, 30(1): 90-103

36. “Yer off the edge of the map, mate.
Here there be monsters!”
-- Captain Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

38. Thanks to Carthage Smith (Org for Economic Cooperation & Development), Heidi Laine (U. Helsinki)
Research Data Alliance Plenary 7
The Challenge of “Open Science”
Providing a Platform for Open and Effective Access
Research
Data,
Materials
Scientific
Pubs
Access for
Scientists,
Companies,
the Public
Digital
Applications
Source
Code
Re-Asserting
Science as a
Global Public
Good

39. The Challenge of “Open Science”
Providing a Platform for Open and Effective Access
Research
Data,
Materials
Scientific
Pubs
Access for
Scientists,
Companies,
the Public
Digital
Applications
Source
Code
Re-Asserting
Science as a
Global Public
Good
dusk.geo.orst.edu/ec-story

40. … of a Fourth Paradigm
2008
2009
2011

41. Some Things That I Like …Volume

42. Grounding of USS San Francisco on Uncharted Guyot
1 Sailor Killed, 115 Injured, January 2005
Image courtesy of Dave Sandwell, Scripps
www.gebco.net
Picard et al., Eos, March 2017

43. Some Things That I Like …Velocity

44. Some Things That I Like …Variety

45. NRC (2011) Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030

46. Values

47. …deal with changes, threats
Re•sil•ience [n.]
…absorb disturbance, stress, catastrophe
…recover quickly to a prior desired state

48. …deal with changes, threats
Re•sil•ience [n.]
…absorb disturbance, stress, catastrophe
…recover quickly to a prior desired state
3 ideas
esriurl.com/resilientdata

49. Inspired by Mark Gahegan, U. of Auckland, RDA 5th Plenary
(1) Making Data & Code “Available” is NOT ENOUGH
We need to be more open about what we do WITH them!

50. (1) Making Data & Code “Available” is NOT ENOUGH
We need to be more open about what we do WITH them!
esriurl.com/workflows
esriurl.com/3dfences

51. (2) To Make it Reproducible, Make it Virtual.
Digital Object Identifiers, “Containers,” and more . . .

52. (3) “Once upon a time . . .”

53. “Stories are data with a soul . . .
persuasive and memorable.”
Nancy Baron | Director of Science Outreach
COMPASS Science Communication, Inc.

54. By Charles Saxon | Published March 21, 1983
Licensed personally to Dawn Wright by The New Yorker Cartoon Bank, TCB-86966, Invoice L12480

55. The Power of Storytelling
Science Communication a growing movement in the community.
esriurl.com/ocnstories

56. The Power of Storytelling
“Story Maps”
esriurl.com/ocnstories

57. The Power of Storytelling
”Story Maps”
esriurl.com/ocnstories

58. sdg.esri.com/learn
storymaps.esri.com/stories/2016/womens-rights

59. http://github.com/Esri/sdg-dash

61. UN Sustainable Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources
Estimate of Plastic Pollution in the World’s Oceans (km2)

62. Biodiversity
Philippines
River Discharge,
Pollution Outflow
Mexico
Reef Health
Cook Islands
Coral Habitats and
Fishing Density
Southern California
Tsunami Inundation
Modeling
Pacific Northwest
Australia
Marine Reserve Planning
Coral Reef
Monitoring
Martinique
South Carolina
Sea Level Rise
Siting Offshore Aquaculture
Gulf of Mexico
Marine Debris Tracking
Gulf of Mexico, Loop Current

63. Throughout a Geographic “Nervous System”
of Planet Ocean...
Planning and
Policy
Prediction
(where appropriate)
Decision Making
Analysis and
Modeling
Action
Ocean
Observations
For the “Science of Where”TM in the Oceans
“Smart Maps” Provide a Framework and Process

64. Best wishes to you
in your work
Dawn Wright
Email: dwright@esri.com
Twitter: @deepseadawn
esriurl.com/revelle
esriurl.com/scicomm