OB.DAAC User Working Group

The OB DAAC User Working Group (UWG) is an external advisory group tasked to:

Assess the quality of services provided by the OB.DAAC and provide a determination of the extent to which the products reflect the needs of the science community;
Offer recommendations on the addition of new data sets
Suggest improvements to enhance overall user experience
Facilitate communications with the global ocean color user community and interested members of other communities
Recommend new capabilities and guidance on suggested priorities
Communicate with and document actions/input from the UWG to the NASA ESDIS Project and NASA ESD Data Systems Program
Review previous recommendations for continued relevance and possible priority changes

The UWG meets once per year to review the status of OB DAAC operations and to provide recommendations. Additional information about the responsibilities of the UWG can be found in the OB DAAC UWG Charter.

Meeting Information

Upcoming: UWG May, 2024

For details on upcoming and past meetings information visit the OB.DAAC User Working Group homepage.

2022-2025 Cohort

NAME (ordered by last name)	AFFILIATION	SPECIALTY
Brian Barnes	University of South Florida	Satellite Remote Sensing, Ocean Optics, Coastal Water Quality, Atmospheric correction, Benthic Classification
Guillaume Bourdin	University of Maine	Oceanography, Marine Science, Ocean Optics
Robert Frouin	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego	Radiation transfer theory; Satellite remote sensing; Inverse problems related to light scattering; Air-sea interactions; Ocean color; Carbon cycle; Climate change
Jason Graff	Oregon State University	Phytoplankton ecology and physiology, bacteria-phytoplankton interactions, developing and improving methods for investigating marine phytoplankton from the cellular to global scale.
Brice Grunert (Chairperson)	Cleveland State University	Dissolved organic carbon; Water quality; Ecosystem processes
Erin Hestir	University of California, Merced	Aquatic ecosystems under threat from competing pressures to meet societal needs for water and food security while sustaining biodiversity and other ecosystem services; expertise in geospatial analytics, hyperspectral and satellite remote sensing, and sensor networks in inland and coastal waters and wetlands
Sasha Kramer	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute	Phytoplankton community structure in the surface ocean using in-water measurements and satellite remote sensing.
Wesley Moses	U.S. Naval Research Laboratory	Costal water quality
Rick Reynolds	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego	Ocean optics; Phytoplankton physiology and ecology; Remote-sensing of ocean color and biogeochemistry; Polar ecosystems
Knut Stamnes	Stevens Institute of Technology	Atmospheric/Space Research
Jessie Turner	University of Connecticut	coastal waters, sediments, water clarity, water quality
Xiaodong Zhang	University of Southern Mississippi	Optical Oceanography, Ocean Optics, Ocean Color, Remote Sensing

User Working Group Ex Officio Members

NAME	POSITION	AFFILIATION
Laura Lorenzoni	Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program Scientist	NASA HQ
Sandra Blevins	ESDIS OB.DAAC Engineer	NASA GSFC
Sean Bailey	OB.DAAC Manager	NASA GSFC
Alicia Scott	OB.DAAC Deputy Manager	NASA GSFC
Guoqing Wang	OB.DAAC Scientist	NASA GSFC

Non-voting Members

NAME	POSITION	AFFILIATION
Jeremy Werdell	PACE Project Scientist	NASA GSFC
Bryan Franz	MODIS/VIIRS Ocean Discipline Lead	NASA GSFC
Aynur Abdurazik	SeaDAS Lead	NASA GSFC
Chris Proctor	SeaBASS Lead	NASA GSFC

OB.DAAC User Working Group

Meeting Information

UWG Members

2022-2025 Cohort