Presentations

INVITED TALKS AND SEMINARS 

Rivero-Calle, S. Oceanography from space. Evenings at Skidaway. February 9th, 2021. Oral Presentation 

Rivero-Calle, S. Ocean Color in Georgia (and beyond!). Georgia Coastal Research Council Virtual Gathering. Oct 21-22, 2020. Oral Presentation 

Rivero-Calle, S. SeaHawk-1: The First Dedicated Ocean Color CubeSat mission. NOAA Ocean Color Coordinating Group (NOCCG) Seminar Series. Webinar on March 2020. 

Rivero-Calle, S. Ocean Color. UNCW Imaging Research Collider Workshop. Wilmington, NC. February 2020. 

Rivero-Calle, S. What can Optical Oceanography tell us about the future? Seminar at Coastal Carolina University. Conway, SC. February 2020. 

Rivero-Calle, S. Challenges and approaches to understanding the global ocean carbon cycle: in situ observations, satellites, and models. Lab seminar, University, of Porto, Portugal. December 2019. 

Rivero-Calle, S and J. Morrison. SeaHawks in Space: North Carolina’s First CubeSat Satellite. North Carolina Space Grant Symposium. Raleigh, April 2019. 

Rivero-Calle, S. Mind the Gap: Using Patchy Data to Study Global Plankton Ecology. Department seminar at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. March 2019. 

Rivero-Calle, S. Challenges and approaches to understanding the global ocean carbon cycle: in situ observations, satellites, and models. Department seminar at Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA. February 2019. 

Rivero-Calle, S and J. Morrison. Satellite Observations of the Ocean: SeaHawk CubeSat. 2019 Blue Heron Bowl. Wilmington, February 2019. One of the two keynote speakers 

Rivero-Calle, S. Global Distribution of Trichodesmium spp. Special Session on Trichodesmium from Space. International Ocean Colour Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal. May 2017. 

Rivero-Calle, S., Gnanadesikan A, Del Castillo CE, Balch WB, Guikema S. Multidecadal increase in North Atlantic coccolithophores and the potential role of rising CO2. OneNOAA Science Seminars. Spring 2016. 

Rivero-Calle S, Del Castillo CE, Gnanadesikan A, Dezfuli A., Zaitchik B. Johns. D. Interdecadal Trichodesmium variability in cold North Atlantic waters. Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. December 2015. 

Rivero-Calle S, Gnanadesikan A, Del Castillo CE, Balch WB, Guikema S. Multidecadal increase in North Atlantic coccolithophore presence driven by CO2 and warming. Invited talk at Ocean Ecology Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. June 2015. 

PRESENTATIONS 

*USC student mentored by Dr. Rivero-Calle, ** UNCW student mentored by Dr. Rivero-Calle. 

Edmonson, W. S. Rivero-Calle, R. Mendes, J. da Silva, A. Ferreira, J. Sousa, F. Aguado-Agelet, M. Grotte. A high-resolution multi-platform approach to understand the effects of internal waves on primary production. 4S Symposium: Small Satellites Systems Services. Vilamoura, Portugal. September 2020. (postponed due to COVID-19) 

Yang N.*, C.A. Merkel, Y. Lin, N.M. Levine, S. Rivero-Calle, H. Jiang, N. Hawco, P. Qu, F. Fu and D.A. Hutchins. The biogeochemical implications of the contrasting responses of iron-limited N2-fixing cyanobacteria to ocean warming. 2020 Ocean Sciences, San Diego. Poster 642607 

Lester C.**, T. Wagner1, D. McNamara, M.R. Cape, H. Koopman and S. Rivero-Calle. The influence of sea ice melt on phytoplankton spring bloom dynamics in Fram Strait. 2020 Ocean Sciences, San Diego. Poster 648792 

Bailey E.**, T.J.W. Wagner, M.R. Cape, A. Castagno**, S. Rivero-Calle, A.H. Alipour**, C. Alves-de-Souza and R. York. Differences in First and Multi-Year Sea Ice Melt Signatures and Impacts on the Local Ecosystem during Spring in Fram Strait. 2020 Ocean Sciences, San Diego. Poster 651151 

Sara Rivero-Calle, John Morrison, Gene Carl Feldman, Alan Holmes. SeaHawk: First Ocean Color CubeSat. International Ocean Colour Meeting, Busan (South Korea). April 2019. Poster 

Rivero-Calle S. and J. Morrison. Sustained Ocean Color Observations using Nanosatellites (SOCON). Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Workshop, Woods Hole, MA. June 2018. Poster 

Rivero-Calle S. and Levine NM. Deciphering phytoplankton community dynamics from HPLC pigment variability. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Workshop, Woods Hole, MA. June 2017. Poster 

Rivero-Calle, S., Gnanadesikan A, Del Castillo CE, Balch WB, Guikema S. Multidecadal increase in North Atlantic coccolithophores and the potential role of rising CO2. Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. February 2016. Oral 

Rivero-Calle S., Del Castillo C.E., Gnanadesikan A., Dezfuli A., Zaitchik B. Multiyear Trichodesmium increase in the North Atlantic at higher latitudes (38-65N) in the 1980’s. Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, August 2015. Oral 

Rivero-Calle, S., Del Castillo C.E., Gnanadesikan A., Dezfuli A., Zaitchik B. Dust deposition and Trichodesmium increase in temperate North Atlantic from 1980-1990s. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Workshop, Woods Hole, MA. July 2015. Poster 

Malinverno E., Rivero-Calle S., Dimiza M., Triantaphyllou M.V. Coccolithophore contribution to sea surface PIC along a latitudinal transect in the W-Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean under non-bloom conditions. International Nannoplankton Association Meeting, Philippines, March 2015. Poster 

Rivero-Calle, S. Regime Shifts in Aquatic Ecosystems. ECO-DAS. Hawaii. October, 2014. Oral 

Rivero-Calle, S, C.E. Del Castillo, A. Gnanadesikan, W.B. Balch, S. Guikema. Have coccolithophore abundances increased in the North Atlantic over the last 50 years? Evidence from the Continuous Plankton Recorder. International Nannoplankton Association Meeting, Crete, Greece. October 2014. Oral 

Rivero-Calle, S, A. Gnanadesikan, C.E. Del Castillo, W.B. Balch, S. Guikema. Why do CPR coccolithophores seem to be increasing in the North Atlantic in the last 50 years? Is the North Atlantic becoming the next Black Sea? Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. February 2014. Oral 

Rivero Calle, S. and Del Castillo, C. Climate Change and Long-Term Trends of Coccolithophores in the North Atlantic (1960’s-present). Ocean Optics Meeting. October 8-12, 2012. Glasgow, UK. Poster. 

Goyens, C.; Rivero-Calle, S.; Boss E. Ocean Optics Course 2011: Calibration and Validation for Ocean Color Remote Sensing. NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Workshop. Arlington, VA. October 2011. Poster. 

Rivero-Calle, S.; Goyens, C.; Seegers, B.; Freitas, F. H.; Cao, F.; Mischra , S.; Vandermeulen, R. Closure in Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Ocean Optics Summer Course 2011. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. February 2012. Poster. 

Rivero-Calle, S.; Goyens, C.; Dave, A.; Chase, A.; Omand, M.; Seegers, B.; Vandermeulen, R. Ocean Optics Summer Course: Building a community of Optical Oceanographers. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah. February 2012. Poster. 

Rivero-Calle S. and R.A. Armstrong. Ecological Aspects of Sponges in Mesophotic Ecosystems. ASLO Meeting San Juan, PR. February 2011. Oral 

Rivero-Calle S. and R.A. Armstrong Ecological Aspects of Sponges in Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. 8th World Sponge Conference. Girona, Spain. September 20-24, 2010. Poster. 

Rivero-Calle S. and R.A. Armstrong. Diversity and Abundance of Sponges at the Mesophotic Reef of Bajo de Sico, Puerto Rico. 34th Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC). Dominica. May 2009. Oral 

Rivero-Calle S. and R.A. Armstrong. Patterns of Vertical Zonation in Mesophotic Reef Communities of Southwestern Puerto Rico and Vieques Island. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS). Fort Lauderdale, Florida. July 2008. Oral. 

Rivero S. and R.A. Armstrong. Characterization of Shallow and Deep Reef Communities of Vieques Island using the Seabed AUV. Caribbean Coral Reef Investigator (CCRI) Meeting San Juan, Puerto Rico. December 2008. Oral. 

Rivero S. and R.A. Armstrong. Characterizing the Deep Zooxanthellate Coral Reefs of Puerto Rico with the Seabed Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. 33rd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC). St Thomas. June 2007. Poster. 

Zayas-Santiago, C.; Rivero-Calle, S.; Armstrong, R.A.; and Gilbes-Santaella, F. Spectral Libraries of Submerged Biotopes for Benthic Mapping in Southwestern Puerto Rico (2007). SeaBED Presentations. Paper 4. Poster