Cara Wilson

Cara Wilson

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    NOAA Fisheries

    • Satellite Oceanographer with over 24 years of experience working with fisheries scientists and marine resource managers to increase the operational use of satellite data.

    Presentations

    I have participated in over 300 presentations. Below is a list of talks categorized by year.

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    2025

    • Wilson, C. – Oceanographic Satellite Data, California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) seminar, Marina, CA, April 30, 2025 [Invited Talk]
    • Wilson, C. – Oceanographic Satellite Data, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories seminar, Moss Landing, CA, March 5, 2025 [Invited Talk]

    2024

    • Wilson, C. – Oceanographic Satellite Data, San Diego State University ASPRS seminar, San Diego, CA, Nov 19, 2024 [Invited Talk]
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson and the CoastWatch team – Introduction to CoastWatch and the CoastWatch/ATN Training Course, CoastWatch/ATN Training (online), Oct 25, 2024
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson and the CoastWatch team – Introduction to CoastWatch and the PolarWatch Sea Ice Training, PolarWatch Sea Ice Training (online), Oct 21, 2024
    • Wilson, C., L. Kaiser and D. Shi – Introduction to NOAA CoastWatch & PacIOOS: Training Course to Access and Use Data for Ocean and Coastal Applications, PGRSC Seminar (online), Sept 5, 2024
    • Wilson, C. and D. Robinson – NOAA CoastWatch Resources Assisting the use of Satellite Data in Fisheries Applications, AFS (American Fisheries Society) Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept 19, 2024
    • Wilson, C., J. Hinke and M. Mazloff – Using BGC-Argo data to understand Chinstrap Penguin Migration Patterns in the Southern Ocean, SOCCOM annual meeting, Princeton, NJ, June 26, 2024 [Invited Talk]
    • Wilson, C. – How to access ERDDAP™ data using R, GOOS (Global Ocean Monitoring & Observing Program) ERDDAP seminar series, June 20, 2024
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson and R. Mendelssohn – A brief history of ERDDAP, FNMOC, Monterey, CA, May 10, 2024
    • Wilson, C. and D. Robinson – Everything you need to know about Oceanographic Satellite Data in < 2 hours!, Stanford at SEA lecture, Hopkins Marine Lab, Pacific Grove, CA, April 16, 2024
    • Wilson, C., J. Hinke and M. Mazloff – Using BGC-Argo data to understand Chinstrap Penguin Migration Patterns in the Southern Ocean, BGC-Argo weekly seminar, online, Mar 27, 2024
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson and the CoastWatch team – Introduction to CoastWatch and the CoastWatch Satellite Training, CoastWatch/PacIOOS satellite training course, online, Mar 24, 2024
    • Wilson, C., J. Hinke and M. Mazloff – Using BGC-Argo data to understand Chinstrap Penguin Migration Patterns in the Southern Ocean, Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb 23, 2024
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson and the CoastWatch team – An introduction to ERDDAP, CoastWatch Training session, Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb 18, 2024
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson, and S. Hospital – Satellite liaisons for NOAA personnel and affiliates in the West Coast and Alaska, JPSS PGRR Annual Review, Feb 15, 2024

    2023

    • Wilson, C. – The previous IOCS recommendations – What is their status?, 5th IOCS, St Petersburg, FL, Nov 15, 2023
    • Wilson, C. – NOAA’s CoastWatch program – providing oceanographic satellite data, HPP Intern Seminar Series, July 17, 2023
    • Wilson, C., M. Abecassis, M. Soracco, W. Drenta, D. Robinson and E. Rose – CoastWatch’s ShipWatch Service - providing near-real time satellite data to NOAA’s ship fleet, OSOS-3, Busan, S. Korea, June 2023 (poster)
    • Vandermeulen, R. and C. Wilson – An essential list of ingredients for making the perfect Fisheries management cupcakes, CoastWatch Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, May 23, 2023
    • Hospital, S., C. Wilson, and D. Robinson – CoastWatch and PolarWatch, Arctic VAWS, May 17, 2023
    • Wilson, C., L. Brucker, D. Robinson, S. Hospital and C. Reiss – NOAA’s Polar Activities: Watching the Poles with Satellites to Gliders, 39th ISRSE-39, Antalya, Turkey, Apr 27, 2023
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson, and S. Hospital – Satellite liaisons for NOAA personnel and affiliates in the Northwest and Alaska, Annual JPSS /PGRR review, March 29, 2023 (online)
    • Wilson, C., D. Robinson, and S. Hospital – CoastWatch and PolarWatch, Bi-weekly CEG call, March 2, 2023

    2022

    • Wilson, C. – Using satellite data in Fisheries, a NOAA perspective, Keynote talk at American Institute in Taiwan seminar, Dec 13, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C., M. Abecassis, M. Soracco, W. Drenta, D. Robinson and E. Rose – CoastWatch’s ShipWatch Service, OMAO Training, Dec 12, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C. – Accessing Satellite Data with ERDDAP using R (and Matlab), PORSEC Tutorial, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Dec 3, 2022
    • Wilson, C. – Accessing Satellite Data with ERDDAP, PORSEC Tutorial, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Dec 3, 2022
    • Wilson, C. and D. Robinson – JPSS Ocean Products and Applications, JPSS-2 User Readiness Meeting, Nov 9, 2022
    • Wilson, C. and S. Hayes – NOAA Fisheries and Argos, Internet of Animals workshop, Yale University, Nov 2-4, 2022
    • Geddes, K. and C. Wilson – NOAA Earth Observation Tools for Fisheries And Aquaculture, Blue Planet Symposium, Accra, Ghana, Oct 25, 2022
    • Wilson, C. and S. Hayes – NOAA Fisheries and Argos, Congressional briefing, Sept 22, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C. – Exploring Data Products and Applications for Decision Making, GLIMR Applications Workshop, Sept 16, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C., M. Abecassis, M. Soracco, W. Drenta, D. Robinson and E. Rose – CoastWatch’s ShipWatch Service, 2022 NOAA EDMW, Sept 15, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C. – Fundamentals of Ocean Color, Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatial, Rabat, Morocco, Sept 14, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C. – Accessing Satellite Data with ERDDAP, Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatial, Rabat, Morocco, Sept 14, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C. – NMFS Usages and Needs for Satellite Data, 2022 NOAA EDMW, Sept 12, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C., M. Abecassis, M. Soracco, W. Drenta, D. Robinson and E. Rose – CoastWatch’s ShipWatch Service, CoastWatch Seminar series, Sept 8, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C. and D. Robinson – Satellite Monitoring of SST and Chlorophyll for Sustainable Fishing, IGARSS 2022, July 19, 2022 (virtual)
    • Wilson, C., J. Hinke and M. Mazloff – Using BGC-Argo Data – Bottlenecks & Solutions, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, June 28-30, 2022
    • Wilson, C. and D. Robinson – Everything you need to know about Oceanographic Satellite Data in < 2 hours!, Stanford at SEA lecture, Hopkins Marine Lab, April 5, 2022
    • Tomlinson, M. and C. Wilson – Harmful Algal Blooms and Fisheries, NOAA NESDIS Pathfinder Initiative Town Hall, March 28, 2022
    • Wilson, C. – A Short Intro to Stock Assessment, BGC Argo/Fisheries Pre-workshop, March 7, 2022

    • Wilson, C. – BGC-Argo data – Providing the Ability to “Look Under the Hood”, 2022 Ocean Sciences virtual meeting, Feb 28, 2022

      2011

    • Wilson, C. – Summary of Cartagena workshop, ERD seminar, Dec. 8, 2011
    • Mengelt, C., J. Yoder, D. Antoine, et al. – Requirements to Sustain Global Ocean Color Observations, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5, 2011
    • Wilson, C. – Overview of data servers and services at NOAA’s SWFSC/ERD laboratory, GEO Workshop, Cartagena, Colombia, Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2011
    • Wilson, C. – Detection of summer chlorophyll blooms in the oligotrophic SW Atlantic Ocean, GEO Workshop, Cartagena, Colombia, Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2011
    • Wilson, C. – Satellite Data, ArcGIS and the EDC, Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), 2011

    Historical Archive

    Click to expand: Presentations from 1994 — 2011
    ### 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Summary of Cartagena workshop*, ERD seminar, Dec. 8, 2011 * Mengelt, C., J. Yoder, D. Antoine, et al. – *Requirements to Sustain Global Ocean Color Observations*, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 5, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Overview of data servers and services at NOAA’s SWFSC/ERD laboratory*, GEO Workshop on Capacity building for water and oceans, Cartagena, Colombia, Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2011 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *Detection of summer chlorophyll blooms in the oligotrophic SW Atlantic Ocean*, GEO Workshop on Capacity building for water and oceans, Cartagena, Colombia, Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2011 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Data, ArcGIS and the EDC*, Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) course on International Policy, Nov 9, 2011 [Guest Lecture] * Wilson, C. – *Green Seas, Blue Seas - Measuring the color of the seas from satellites and the fun science that follows*, Pacific Grove Natural History Museum, Oct. 27, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Green Seas, Blue Seas - Measuring the color of the seas from satellites and the fun science that follows*, ERD seminar, Oct. 27, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA – Not just the Weather Service*, Sierra Club service trip, Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, Oct 16, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite oceanography guest lecture*, UTMSI class for Tracy Villareal, Oct 10, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Oligotrophic chlorophyll blooms – The Front Connection*, ERD seminar, Sept 29, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Chlorophyll anomalies along the 30°N critical latitude in the NE Pacific - an update*, ERD seminar, July 7, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA’s persepective on the GEO-CAPE mission*, GEO-CAPE community workshop, Boulder, CO, May 11, 2011 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *Preview of the presentation for the GEO-CAPE meeting*, ERD seminar, Apr. 28, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *ERD’s recent educational outreach*, ERD seminar, Apr. 21, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Overview of Ocean Remote Sensing*, Stanford at Sea class, Hopkins Marine Laboratory, Pacific Grove, CA, March 30, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Applications within Fisheries and Marine Sanctuaries*, NOAA Ocean Satellite course, CIOSS/OSU, Corvallis, OR, March 23, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Overview of Ocean Remote Sensing: IR and Visible measurements*, NOAA Ocean Satellite course, CIOSS/OSU, Corvallis, OR, March 23, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Fisheries and satellite data: a NOAA-esque perspective*, Horn Point Laboratory, UMCES, Cambridge, MD, Jan 14, 2011 * Wilson, C. – *Chlorophyll anomalies along the critical latitude at 30°N in the NE Pacific*, Horn Point Laboratory, UMCES, Cambridge, MD, Jan 14, 2011 ### 2010 * Wilson, C. – *AGU talk plus Science paper*, ERD seminar, Dec 16, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *Outside the paradigm: satellite discoveries of large summer chlorophyll*, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA – Not just the Weather Service*, Sierra Club service trip, Point Reyes National Seashore, Nov 14, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *Cara’s Fall Travelogue*, ERD seminar, Oct. 28, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA – Not just the Weather Service*, Piedras Blancas Volunteer Appreciation Potluck, Oct 15, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA – Not just the Weather Service*, Sierra Club service trip, Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, Oct 10, 2010 * Wilson, C. and D. Foley – *The West Coast Regional node of CoastWatch: operational satellite real-time data*, Eastern Pacific Ocean Prediction Forum, Portland, OR, Sept 20-22, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Applications within Fisheries and Marine Sanctuaries*, NOAA/MATE satellite course, Monterey Peninsula College, August 2 & 9, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *Overview of ocean satellite data, IR (SST) and visible (ocean color) measurements*, NOAA/MATE satellite course, Monterey Peninsula College, August 2 & 9, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *The rocky research to operations transition of satellite ocean color data – what’s fisheries got to do with it?*, ERD seminar, June 3, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *Bloom Hunting in the North Pacific: 2009*, CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Apr. 6, 2010 * Wilson, C. and D.G. Foley – *West Coast Regional Node Update*, CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Apr. 6, 2010 * Brown, C., T. A. Villareal, C. Wilson and M. Brzezinski – *Characterization and diversity of two summer diatom bloom events in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre*, Ocean Sciences meeting, Portland, OR, Feb 22-26, 2010 (poster) * Wilson, C., T. A. Villareal and M. Brzezinski – *Oligotrophic Diatom Blooms: The Front Connection*, Ocean Sciences meeting, Portland, OR, Feb 22-26, 2010 (poster) * Mendelssohn, R., C. Wilson, D. Foley & E. Howlett – *Easier environmental data integration and delivery – some free shortcuts for ArcGIS, Matlab & R*, Ocean Sciences meeting, Portland, OR, Feb 22-26, 2010 * Wilson, C. – *The rocky research to operations transition of ocean color - What’s fisheries got to do with it?*, International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Fisheries, Kochi, India, Feb. 15-17, 2010 [Invited Talk] ### 2009 * Villareal, T.A., C. Wilson, L. Adornato, and M. A. Brzezinski – *Application of a Fluorescence-based Aggregation Index to Understanding Summer Diatom Bloom Dynamics*, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2009 (poster) * Palacios, D., M, Baumgartner, C. Wilson, et al. – *Environmental data and data sources*, Ecological Modeling for Marine Mammalogists Workshop, Québec City, Canada, October 11, 2009 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA – Not just the Weather Service*, Sierra Club service trip, Point Reyes National Seashore, Oct 25, 2009 * Wilson, C. – *Remote Sensing Applications*, Stanford@ Sea class, Hopkins Marine Lab, Pacific Grove, CA, April 6, 2009 [Invited Lecture] * Wilson, C. – *The NOAA Perspective on Remote Sensing and Fisheries Science*, DFO-CSA workshop, Ottawa, Canada, March 17, 2009 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *A case for making AOP measurements in the NE Pacific bloom region*, NASA AOP workshop, Santa Barbara, CA, Jan. 13-15, 2009 ### 2008 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Chlorophyll Blooms: What can morphology tell us?*, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 18, 2008 * Wilson, C., M. Brzezinski, & T. Villareal – *Bloom Hunting in the North Pacific*, CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, Aug. 26-28, 2008 * Wilson, C. & R. Mendelssohn – *Facilitating access to satellite data for ArcGIS users*, CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, Aug. 26-28, 2008 * Wilson, C. & D.G. Foley – *West Coast Regional Node Annual Update*, CoastWatch Node Managers Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, Aug. 26-28, 2008 * DiGiacomo, P., R. Stumpf, C. Wilson, et al. – *GEO-CAPE: The NOAA Ocean Perspective*, GEO-CAPE Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC, Aug. 19, 2008 * Wilson, C., L. Spence, B. Simons, et al. – *ERD: Environmental Data Integration and Delivery*, Granite Canyon Open House, May 16, 2008 (poster) * Wilson, C. – *Integrating Satellite Data into Ecosystem-based Management of Living Marine Resources*, NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Workshop, Adelphi, MD, May 2, 2008 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Research to Operations Transition: What does it mean for fisheries?*, SAFARI workshop, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Halifax, Canada, Mar 26, 2008 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Applications within Fisheries and Marine Sanctuaries*, 3rd NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course, CIOSS/OSU, Corvallis, OR, Mar 24, 2008 * Wilson, C. – *Nitrogen Fixation Hotspots? Areas of persistent summer chlorophyll blooms in the oligotrophic gyres*, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, Mar 7, 2008 * Wilson, C. – *NMFS’s interests in Coastal Altimetry*, CIOSS Coastal Altimetry Workshop, Silver Spring, MD, Feb 5-7, 2008 ### 2007 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA – Not just the Weather Service*, Sierra Club service trip, Limekiln State Park, Nov 5, 2007 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA Fisheries perspectives on satellite data*, Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone Workshop, Santa Cruz, CA, Oct. 4, 2007 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *Environmental satellite data and NOAA Fisheries*, 2007 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Sept 26, 2007 * Wilson, C. – *Overview of the West Coast Regional Node of CoastWatch*, CoastWatch Program Review Panel, Annapolis, MD, June 13, 2007 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Applications within Fisheries and Marine Sanctuaries*, 2nd NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course, CIOSS/OSU, Corvallis, OR, Mar 27, 2007 ### 2006 * Wilson, C. – *Satellite Applications within Fisheries and Marine Sanctuaries*, NOAA Ocean Satellite Data Course, CIOSS/OSU, Corvallis, OR, Aug 22, 2006 * Wilson, C. – *GOES-R Risk Reduction and NOAA Fisheries*, COAST meeting #4, Monterey, CA, Jun. 28, 2006 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *NOAA Fisheries and Satellite Data – Where are we and where are we going?*, SWFSC, Santa Cruz, CA, Jun. 20, 2006 * Wilson, C. – *Use of satellite data in NOAA Fisheries*, NASA/NOAA Workshop, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA, May 3, 2006 * Wilson, C. – *The Importance of Satellite Data to Fisheries Management*, 4th GOES-R User Conference, Broomfield, CO, May 2, 2006 * Wilson, C. – *Environmental Satellite Data: Providing a context for assessments*, NSAW-9 (National Stock Assessment Workshop), San Francisco, CA, April 18, 2006 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA Fisheries and Satellite Data – Where are we and where are we going?*, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Springs, MD, Mar. 14, 2006 * Wilson, C. – *Late summer Chlorophyll blooms in the oligotrophic Pacific: biological and physical forcings*, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, Mar. 9, 2006 * Wilson, C. and T.A. Villareal – *Satellite observations of diatom blooms?*, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 22, 2006 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA’s Satellite Research & Operations (R&O) project and NMFS*, NMFS Science Board, Seattle, WA, Feb. 1, 2006 ### 2005 * Wilson, C. and N. Maximenko – *Chlorophyll blooms in the oligotropic gyres: Ocean oases?*, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2005 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *Summary of the NMFS Summer Road Tour 2005*, 12th NOAA CoastWatch Program Node Managers Meeting, Pacific Grove, CA, Oct 13, 2005 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA/NMFS Ecosystems research and satellite data*, NOAA Climate Board Meeting, Sept 24, 2005 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. – *Late summer Chlorophyll blooms in the oligotrophic Pacific*, COAS, OSU, Corvallis, OR, Aug 15, 2005 * Wilson, C. – *NOAA Fisheries and Satellite Data*, AFSC Sand Point Laboratory, Seattle, WA, June 7, 2005 * Wilson, C. – *Fisheries Applications of Satellite Data*, GOES-R COAST Meeting #2, Portland, OR, January 2005 [Invited Talk] ### 2004 * Wilson, C., T. Villareal and S.J. Bograd – *Large-scale physical forcing of chlorophyll blooms in the subtropical Pacific*, Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2004 (poster) * Wilson, C. – *Chlorophyll Hotspots in the Oligotrophic NPSG*, PICES XIII meeting, Honolulu, HI, October 2004 * Wilson, C., S.J. Bograd and F.B. Schwing – *Biophysical coupling in the tropical Pacific: ENSO impacts on sea surface chlorophyll*, PICES XIII meeting, Honolulu, HI, October 2004 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C., R.M. Laurs and D.G. Foley – *NOAA Fisheries Applications of GOES-R data*, 3rd GOES-R Users Conference, Broomfield, CO, May 2004 [Invited Talk] * Wilson, C. and V.J. Coles – *Relationships between SSH, SST, surface chlorophyll and the depths of the mixed-layer and thermocline*, AGU Ocean Sciences, Jan. 2004 ### 2000 — 2003 * Wilson, C. – *Late Summer Chlorophyll Blooms in the Oligotrophic NPSG*, Invited MBARI Seminar, June 25, 2003 * Wilson, C. – *An overview of satellite altimetry*, Stanford/HMS Introduction to Oceanography course, March 17, 2003 * Wilson, C. – *Oceanic bio-physical coupling*, Stanford/HMS Journal club, Dec. 18, 2002 * Wilson, C. – *Biophysical Coupling Observed from TOPEX SSH and SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Satellite Data*, Southampton College, New York, December 2001 * Wilson, C. and D. Adamec – *Spatial and Temporal Variability of Chlorophyll and Sea Surface Height in the Tropical Pacific during the 1997-1999 ENSO event*, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands, December 2000 [Invited Talk] ### 1990s * Wilson, C., G.P. Klinkhammer and C.S. Chin – *Hydrography Within the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica*, AGU Fall meeting, Dec. 1996 (poster) * Wilson, C., G.P. Klinkhammer and K. Speer – *Comparison of Plume Models Applied to Hydrothermal Systems*, AGU Fall meeting, Dec. 1995 * Wilson, C., G.K. Klinkhammer, C.S. Chin and K. Speer – *Modeling hydrothermal plumes in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge*, AGU Fall meeting, Dec. 1994 (poster)