Session 2:

Abstract:

The northwestern Pacific Ocean is characterized by multiple scale of physical processes, associated with high primary production and intensive carbon fluxes. Autonomous platforms equipped with biogeochemical sensors allow for the observation of marine ecosystems and carbon cycle, covering a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. The high-resolution physical– biogeochemical model for the region is capable to resolve the variability in ocean productivity and carbon cycle at multiple scales with high accuracy. The impact of mesoscale dynamics and synoptic events on the primary productivity and carbon cycle in the northwest Pacific will be discussed.

Biography:

Prof. Fei Chai received his Ph.D. from Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University in 1995. Prof. Chai was a faculty member at the University of Maine since 1994, served as the Director of School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine between 2012 and 2015, he became Professor Emeritus in 2021. In 2016, Prof. Chai was appointed as Director of the State Key Lab of Satellite Ocean and Environment (SOED) at Second Institute of Oceanography in Hangzhou. Since September 2022, Prof. Chai has joined Xiamen University and become a Chair Professor in Oceanography. Prof. Chai studies physical and biological processes contributing to global carbon cycle, ocean acidification, open ocean and coastal hypoxia, and climate variability affecting marine ecosystems and fisheries, ocean-based CDR. Prof. Chai is an expert in developing and testing physical-biological models and using models along with observations from multiple platforms including BGC-Argo and satellite remote sensing to address key regional and global questions and issues, especially related ocean iron fertilization and other ocean-based CDR methods. Prof. Chai has led and participated in over 40+ large interdisciplinary research projects both in US and China, and he published over 200+ papers in international journals. Prof. Chai serves as committee chairs and member for several international scientific organizations and programs (TPOS, NPOCE, GOA-ON, BGC-Argo, IOCCP, Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions (ExOIS), DITTO), promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration.

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