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Current Projects

Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Experiment (2021 - present )

The goals of this project are to assess the impact of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) on a biogeophysical system and develop a robust Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) process for establishing a baseline of ocean conditions, as well as monitoring the system during an OAE experiment.

My objectives within the project

  1. To provide high-quality data products of bio-physical ocean conditions collected monthly to support modeling efforts.
  2. Design an underway monitoring strategy for MRV during OAE experiments.

 

Funding Sources:
 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
RBR Ltd.

EcoCTD Open Project (2020 - present )

The EcoCTD Open Project aims at providing all the necessary knowledge and resources to manufacture an EcoCTD in your lab. The EcoCTD is an underway profiler coupling physical and bio-optical measurements at high resolutions.

My objectives within the project

  1. Freely provide design files used to manufacture an EcoCTD
  2. Be available to provide guidance and support to research groups looking to manufacture and EcoCTD
  3. Lead the continued development of the EcoCTD

Project's website
EcoCTD Open Project website

S-MODE (2019 - present )

The aim of S-MODE is to test the hypothesis that submesoscale ocean dynamics are instrumental in impacting vertical exchange in the upper ocean. The study will use measurements from a novel combination of platforms and instruments along with data analysis and modeling to make this assessment.

My objectives within the project

  1. To provide field-based measurements of the bio-physical ocean conditions during field campaigns
  2. Process and distribute data products for inter-instrument comparison and validation
  3. Analyze the impact of submesoscale dynamics on bio-physical ocean properties

Project's website
S-MODE website

Funding Agency:

 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

CALYPSO (2018 - present )

The overarching goal of CALYPSO is to establish an understanding and predictive capability of the three-dimensional coherent pathways by which water carrying tracers and drifting objects is transported from the surface ocean to depths below the mixed layer.

My objectives within the project

  1. To develop process-oriented numerical simulations that capture the dynamics driving the connectivity between the mixed layer and the ocean interior.
  2. To conduct particle-tracking experiment to gain insights on the mechanisms involved in the three-dimensional coherent pathways connecting the mixed layer and the ocean interior.
  3. To inform observational efforts by conducting Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs).

Project's website
CALYPSO website

Funding Agency:

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Past Projects

NASA EXPORTS (2017 - 2019 )

The overarching goal of EXPORTS is to develop a predictive understanding of the export and fate of global ocean primary production and its implications for the Earth’s carbon cycle in present and future climates.

My objectives within the project

  1. To characterize the vertical transport of particulate organic matter (POM) as a function of the flow field, the POM mass and sinking distributions, and the patchiness of productivity
  2. To assess the ability of various configurations of an observing system (autonomous and ship-based) to characterize these fluxes.
  3. To improve our ability to interpret observational data and to suggest strategies for employing a system observing assets for the EXPORTS field campaigns.

Project's website
EXPORTS website

Funding Agency:

 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Ocean Tracking Network - Doctoral Research Project (2011-2017)

The Ocean Tracking Network is a global aquatic animal tracking, technology development, and partnership platform headquartered at Dalhousie University in Canada.

My objectives within the project

  1. To characterize the spatiotemporal variability of oceanographic conditions over the Scotian Shelf.
  2. To study the respective roles of buoyancy and wind in driving a buoyant coastal current, and how these vary in time and space.
  3. To link oceanographic conditions to the spatiotemporal detection patterns of Atlantic salmon postsmolts at the Halifax Line.

Thesis link
Doctoral thesis

Project website
OTN Website

GitHub repository
github.com/matdever/Ocean_Tracking_Network

Funding Agency :

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

 

Masters' Research Project (2011-2017)

My Masters' research project looked at the physical processes through which potential vorticity is destructed in the ocean, leading to the formation of Mode Waters.

My objectives within the project

  1. To use a global ocean model to quantify the respective roles of diabatic and frictional processes in the destruction of potential vorticity.
  2. To study the spatio-temporal variability in the mechanisms responsible for potential vorticity destruction, and investigate a hemispherical asymmetry.

Thesis link
Masters thesis