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S C R I P P S I N S T I T U T I O N O F O C E A N O G R A P H Y

Annualeport

Message from the DirectorIN THE PAST YEAR, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY welcomed a new chancellor to UC San

Diego and conducted a successful search for its new director, Margaret Leinen. I am pleased to report Dr. Leinen

joined us on October 1, 2013.

During his six-year term, Scripps Emeritus Director Tony Haymet brought financial stability to the institution, allowing

needed investments in many important initiatives. For example, a year ago, UC San Diego launched the Scripps

marine biology undergraduate major. Enrollment in the wide-range of Scripps undergraduate offerings is growing

rapidly. Faculty size remains stable and seven new recruits across all the disciplines at Scripps joined in the past

year—making 48 new academic appointments since Tony began as director.

Despite growing fiscal restraint in research funding, Scripps-sponsored re-

search remains steady at more than $150 million annually. Scientists at Scripps

successfully competed for funding from a range of federal, state, and local

agencies, foundations, and companies to support innovative research and

education. Scripps is grateful for continued philanthropic support to provide

seed funds, stability for our students, and needed infrastructure investments.

Scripps actively participated in

campus-wide strategic planning

efforts. Several new initiatives, in-

cluding the Center for Oceans and

Human Health and the Center for

Aerosol Impacts on Climate and

the Environment, attest to the im-

portance of increasing cross-campus collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches to scientific problems.

In June, Scripps celebrated the opening of the Marine Ecosystem Sensing, Observation, and Modeling Laboratory,

whose construction was funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and UC San Diego. As

its name suggests, the building brings together collaborators at the interfaces of a range of disciplines and

consolidates expertise near the new NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. The new Scripps research

vessel Sally Ride, funded by the Office of Naval Research, will be completed in 2015. These are among many

infrastructure improvements initiated during Tony’s directorship.

With great sadness, I note the passing of three of our esteemed scientists: Victor Anderson, Devendra Lal, and

Edward Frieman. They are sorely missed. In addition to his many other significant accomplishments, Ed Frieman

served as Scripps director from 1986-1996.

Finally, it has been a pleasure and an honor to serve as Scripps interim director during its 110th

year, and I thank all

of Scripps and our friends for supporting me during this endeavor.

Interim Director

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

UC San Diego

Construction continues

for the 2015 delivery of

R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28),

an Ocean Class research

vessel funded by the

Office of Naval Research

and operated by Scripps as

part of the U.S. academic

research fleet.

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CHANCELLOR KHOSLA LEADS UC SAN DIEGO STRATEGIC PLANNING

D U R I N G T H E 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 Y E A R ,

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla led a strategic planning process for UC San Diego. “This process has helped us to sharpen our mission to be a student-centered, research-oriented, service-oriented public university,” said Chancellor Khosla. “Going forward, every decision we make will be based on these eight words.”

The strategic planning process began last November with town hall meet-ings, interviews, focus groups, and surveys, to gather input and ideas from a wide range of campus and community members on what they envision and want for UC San Diego’s future. Scripps Interim Director Cathy Con-stable and many Scripps academics, students, and staff participated in a variety of planning activities. The information-gathering phase is complete, and the Chancellor and the Executive Vice Chancellor have worked with cabinet and council members to finalize a mission statement, overarching values and goals for the campus, which can be viewed on the strategic planning website: plan.ucsd.edu. That framework will lead to the first draft of the strategic plan.

ON OCTOBER 1, 2013, UC San Diego welcomed Margaret Leinen, Ph.D., as Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the School of Marine Sciences. Dr. Leinen is a highly distinguished, award-winning oceanographer and an accom-plished executive with extensive national and international experience in ocean science, global climate and environmental issues, federal research administration, and non-profit startups.

“Dr. Leinen’s experience leading innovation and creating collaborative pro-grams make her the right choice for Scripps and a key campus partner in implementing UC San Diego’s strategic plan,” said Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “Our strategic planning process has sharpened our mission to be a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university. Scripps is one of UC San Diego’s pillars of excellence whose fundamentals are extremely strong.”

“I am honored to be chosen as Scripps Director and UC San Diego Vice Chancellor,” said Dr. Leinen. “I am excited by the combination of Scripps’s 110 years of research and educational excellence and UC San Diego’s culture of interdisciplinary innovation.”

Dr. Leinen replaces Tony Haymet, who served as UC San Diego Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences from 2006 until his retirement from the administrative post at the end of 2012.

Additional information and external comments can be found at

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/13104

MARGARET LEINEN NAMED SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY DIRECTOR

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

EXPANSION AND GROWTH

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AT SCRIPPS CONTINUES TO THRIVE.

SURF program

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75 Y E A R S

The educational endeavor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San

Diego, continues to expand and successfully place graduates in a wide range

of leading-edge industries. Undergraduate education began on the Scripps

campus 75 years ago as part of an oceanography degree program through

UCLA. In 1964, Scripps added an undergraduate degree program in earth

sciences.

Undergraduate education at Scripps expanded with the roll out of a new

major in marine biology, which graduated the first student, Tsz Fung (Garfield)

Kwan in Spring 2013. The major joins the existing earth sciences major and a

minor in marine science as part of our undergraduate offerings.

The new major is growing and now has 143 students, 56 of them

incoming freshmen. Two of these are Robins Scholars, beneficiaries of a

scholarship named for Charles Robins, a longtime supporter of students

throughout UC San Diego. Robins Scholar Jeffrey Wilde said that he had

always loved the ocean, but decided on marine biology as a major after a

recent dive in Fiji. He was excited to learn about the new major offered by UC

San Diego given Scripps’s reputation.

“I anticipate the Robins scholarship benefitting me not just at UC San

Diego as an undergraduate, but also in the future, potentially making an

impact on the trajectory of my entire life,” Wilde said.

Graduate education at Scripps has also continued to flourish. From fall

2012 to summer 2013, Scripps conferred 25 doctorates. Many of these new

Ph.D.s have continued at Scripps as postdoctoral researchers, while several

others have launched careers in industry and government, working with

companies such as ExxonMobil, the office of Senator Edward J. Markey, the

Salk Institute, and Citizens Climate Lobby.

SURF is a 10-week summer internship program at

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, that

is part of the National Science Foundation-supported

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

program. It encourages undergraduates – particularly

those from underserved communities who have shown

potential – to consider careers in oceanography, marine

biology, earth science, or related sciences. Besides

working in labs or performing field research with

scientists, undergraduates are briefed on how to apply

for graduate school and other practical knowledge they

would need to take the next step toward science careers.

Th is year, NSF suppor ted 10 SURF s tudent

fellowships, said Scripps academic coordinator Jane

Teranes. After receiving 450 applications, Scripps

researchers supported another nine fellowships using

other sources of funding for the 2013 edition of SURF.

Angelica Gilroy was looking for a paid internship in

2011 when she had a conversation with an academic

coordinator at Scripps Oceanography. By the end

of it, she wound up on a path to a career in physical

oceanography. Now she studies ocean heat transport in

Antarctica’s coastal waters with Scripps oceanographer

Sarah Gille as her adviser.

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Research Highlights

HIATUS IN RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURES EXPLAINED

New research by Scripps climate scientists indicates

that cooler eastern Pacific Ocean waters tempered

the warming effect of increased atmospheric

greenhouse gases on worldwide temperatures.

From 1950-2000, global-mean temperatures rose

by 0.13º C per decade, but have since leveled

off. Scripps scientist Yu Kosaka and Revelle Chair

Shang-Ping Xie concluded that natural variability

in eastern Pacific Ocean cooling caused the

break in rising temperatures. The hiatus was a

contentious and widely publicized issue when the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

recently released its Fifth Assessment Report. The

Observed CO2 levels and global-mean temperature

since 1970. Recent Scripps research proposes an

explanation for the leveling off of temperatures since

2000 despite the continuing rise of observed CO2 in

the atmosphere. The CO2 data are annual averages

from the Scripps-operated Mauna Loa Observatory.

IMPROVING HURRICANE FORECASTING With funding from the Hurricane Sandy Relief appropriations

bill, Scripps scientists are working to improve weather and hurricane forecasts. One project will improve

observations of the tropical ocean and atmosphere crucial to understanding and forecasting El Niño-

Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability, including its impacts on North American extreme rainfall events,

droughts, and temperature. By augmenting the equatorial Pacific distribution of Argo floats (see “Mea-

suring the Pulse of the Planet” on page 9) and gliders, the project will improve our understanding of the

evolving physical state of the tropical Pacific Ocean, reduce future operational costs of maintaining the

observatory, and provide real-time data to operational weather centers.

While scientists have made dramatic improvements in hurricane track forecasts, accurate intensity

forecasts are still problematic due to a lack of observational data. Current observational capabilities from

space, coastal radar, ships, and sparsely distributed moorings, gliders, floats, and drifters are insufficient

to provide the necessary density of subsurface ocean and sea surface atmospheric observations (wind

and pressure). Another project will develop a modern generation of hurricane instruments for targeted,

real-time ocean observations, which will significantly improve the reliability of storm intensity predictions.

Scripps scientists currently

engage in nearly 400 active

research projects across the

globe. Last year, they successfully

competed for more than $150

million in sponsored research

encompassing physical, chemical,

biological, geological, and

geophysical studies of the oceans,

atmosphere, and Earth.

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When Typhoon Bopha passed over the Palau Islands in the

Western Pacific in December of 2012, unmanned Scripps

instruments (yellow dots on image) provided hourly reports of

wind speed, wind direction, visibility, air temperature, relative

humidity, barometric pressure, and rain accumulation, and

were the only meteorological observations made in this area.

These data were used by the NOAA National Weather Service

(Guam) and the DOD Joint Typhoon Warning Center (Honolulu)

during the storm. Image: Coastal Observing Research and

Development Center at Scripps, which developed and deployed

the instruments.

Scripps study contributed to the discussion of

the hiatus contained in the IPCC report, providing

evidence that it is temporary and does not affect the

long-term climate warming trend.

The paper “Recent global-warming hiatus tied to

equatorial Pacific surface cooling” appeared in the

August 2013 journal Nature. The National Science

Foundation, the National Basic Research Program

of China, and the NOAA Climate Program Office

supported the research.

STATE-OF-THE-ART LABORATORY OPENS

Research in the new Marine Ecosystem Sensing,

Observation and Modeling (MESOM) laboratory

ranges from ecosystem dynamics, conservation, and

the formation of clouds to the chemistry and physics

of ocean systems impacted by a changing climate.

The facility brings together Scripps scientists who are

building upon a long history of research on marine

ecosystems and their response to climate variability

and change. Researchers and engineers in the

new lab develop physical, biological, and chemical

sensors and autonomous oceanographic platforms.

They use observed and theoretical data to develop

physical and biological models, forecasts, and other

products with an overarching goal of developing

programs to provide the scientific foundation for

marine ecosystem forecasting. The building, co-

funded by the National Institute of Standards and

Technology, is on track to be the first LEED Platinum

lab building at UC San Diego.

FY ‘11-’12 FY ‘12-’13 FY ‘12-’13

Statement of Activ i ty

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EXTRAMURAL FUNDING

U.S. Department of AgricultureU.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Institute of Standards and TechnologyU.S. Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Air Force Office of Scientific Research Miscellaneous Air Force Bases and Agencies

U.S. Department of EnergyU.S. Department of Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous AgenciesU.S. Department of Navy Office of Naval Research Naval Postgraduate School Miscellaneous Naval Agencies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNational Institutes of Health/Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Science Foundation

California Bay-Delta AuthorityCalifornia Coastal CommissionCalifornia Department of Boating and Waterways California Department of Parks and Recreation

REVENUE Sponsored Research 127,374,698 130,367,053 151,361,190 Federal Government 113,923,354 118,512,725 123,964,043 National Science Foundation 39,634,425 36,583,684 54,634,847 Department of the Navy 23,294,393 24,297,246 27,765,932 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4,442,536 5,286,394 6,400,936 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 18,638,019 20,218,378 25,951,507 Department of Energy 2,320,738 2,197,415 564,400 Other Department of Defense Agencies 787,292 834,220 1,328,541 Other Federal Departments 960,405 885,985 3,727,442 National Institutes of Health 2,632,117 3,727,384 3,590,438 Federal Flow-Thru 13,903,837 20,576,440 ARRA 7,039,279 3,657,454 ARRA Flow-Thru 270,313 248,126 State Government 7,206,585 6,891,705 4,821,838 Local Government 738,703 439,057 1,151,656 Private Contracts 3,980,900 4,261,071 21,382,528 UC Sponsored Research 1,525,155 262,495 41,125 University of California Support 35,876,295 38,008,092 State General Funds 20,271,710 Student Fee Funds 824,312 Benefits for UCSD FTE 5,469,573 6,230,148 1 Core Funds (includes $2M to cover OP tax) 31,777,944 Indirect Cost Recovery from prior year F&A (overhead) 9,310,700 Earned Revenue 10,156,268 11,011,985 Birch Aquarium at Scripps (BAS) 5,359,810 5,533,757 Recharge Unit Revenues 4,073,301 5,067,959 Intellectual Property & Royalty Income 49,511 37,774 Other Revenue 673,646 372,495 (mostly Scripps Forum, Martin Johnson House)

Private Giving 9,939,691 6,266,707 2 Private Gifts 7,727,716 4,088,782 3 Private Grants 2,211,975 2,177,925 Interest Income 1,862,690 1,769,051 Interest Income 274,453 15,662 Endowment Yield 1,588,237 1,753,389 TOTAL REVENUE 185,209,642 187,422,888 Expenses Research Programs - SEEK 156,455,809 165,332,576 Sponsored Research 123,480,999 134,044,379 Ships 30,638,368 28,788,445 Oceanographic Collections 371,653 432,191 Contract & Grant Administration 835,685 869,000 Research Development & Planning 598,527 667,049 Research Infrastructure & Support Units 530,577 531,514 Instruction Programs - TEACH 9,121,428 9,914,950 Outreach - COMMUNICATE 8,437,098 8,657,678 Birch Aquarium at Scripps 7,053,368 6,953,233 Communications (SIO share) & Web Group 537,335 586,619 Development (SIO share) 364,255 442,602 Diversity 74,113 136,479 Special Events 47,577 74,013 Conference Facilities 360,450 464,732 (Forum debt service, staff, maintenance)

Institutional Support 4,908,051 5,248,815 SIO Administration 1,948,367 2,247,421 IT Services 553,810 651,350 4 Facilities Maintenance & Capital Improvements 2,405,875 1,815,044 OP tax on non-core expenditures 535,000 TOTAL EXPENSES 5 178,922,385 189,154,020 Net Carryforward/(Deficit) from Current Activities 6,287,257 (1,731,132)

FOOTNOTES: 1 UCSD's budget model changed in FY 12-13. Gen-eral Funds, Student Fees, and ICR are now considered Core Funds. 2 $4.09M includes only gifts received and available for spending in UC Regents funds in the current year. With bequests, pledges, contributions to endowment, and gifts booked with the UCSD Foundation, total SIO Development fundraising was $9.32M in FY 12-13. 3 Private grants are typically restricted funds and con-sidered Sponsored Research; however, UCSD counts as Private Giving. 4 Excludes funds transferred to UCSD Facilities De-sign and Construction or Facilities Management and spent by those units on SIO projects. FY 12-13 total facility/capital improvement expenses paid by SIO were appoximately $5.7M. 5 This statement does not reflect all annual expen-ditures associated with operating SIO. Services pro-vided by campus departments are captured in UCSD financial reports, e.g., utilities, custodians, payroll, central HR, general accounting, purchasing, business contracts, central IT, transportation & parking, physi-cal planning, community relations, real estate, deferred maintenance, facilities management.

(expensed this period) (expensed this period) (awarded this period)

SOURCES OF REVENUEF Y 1 2 / 1 3TOTAL: $187.4M

C A L E N D A R Y E A R 2 0 1 2 TOTAL: 2,239

CENSUS

Volunteers64429%

Staff874

(Includes 141 undergraduate student staff)

39%

Graduate Students243

(Includes 10 BS/MS students)

11% Other Academics298

(Includes 67 Emeritus, 58 Visiting Scholars, 102 Postdocs)

13%

Professors93

(Includes 10 Adjunct Professors)

4%

Researchers and Project Scientists

83(20 Project Scientists)

4%

* Includes ARRA fundingPrivate$25.05M

16.2%

NSF$53.18M

34.4%

State$5.77M

3.7%

Department of Defense$29.09M

18.8%

NASA$6.40M

4.1%

NIH $3.59M

2.3%NOAA

$25.95M16.8%

Other Federal*$5.60M

3.6%

AWARDS BY SPONSORF Y 1 2 / 1 3TOTAL: $154.6M

University of CaliforniaSupport

$38.02M20%

Earned Revenue$11.01M

6%

Private Gifts & Grants$6.27M

3%Interest Income

$1.77M1%

Sponsored ResearchExpenditures$130.37M

70%

PRIVATE SUPPORTF Y 1 2 / 1 3

TOTAL: $9.32M

Fellowships &Student Support

$1.41M15.1%

Research$5.07M54.4%

Birch Aquarium at Scripps $1.12M12.0%

Dept. Support$0.11M

1.2%

Discretionary$1.54M16.5%

Instruction$0.07M

0.7%

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California Energy CommissionCalifornia State Coastal ConservancyCalifornia State Lands CommissionSan Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

City of San Diego

Environment CanadaJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyU.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation

Alaska Longline Fishermen’s AssociationAlfred P. Sloan FoundationBP GroupChevron CorporationCommonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation

ConocoPhillips CompanyThe David and Lucile Packard FoundationElectromagnetic Geoservices ASEnvironmental Defense FundExxonMobil CorporationThe Prince Albert II of Monaco FoundationFugroGordon and Betty Moore FoundationIdemitsu Petroleum NorgeInstitut Català De Ciéncies Del ClimaThe J.M. Kaplan FundJX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration CorporationKMS TechnologiesLife Sciences Research FoundationNational Geographic SocietyNeptune Minerals, Inc.Niko Asia LimitedThe Ocean FoundationOrange County Sanitation DistrictPADI Foundation

Petrobras Petroleum Geo-ServicesPetroMarkerRepsol Rock Solid ImagesThe San Diego FoundationSeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation FundSeabed GeosolutionsShell International Exploration and Production Inc.Southern California Coastal Water Research ProjectSouthern California Edison Statoil Total S.A.UC MEXUSUniversity of the Free StateWaitt FoundationWesternGecoWoodside Energy, Ltd.

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supportscr ipps.ucsd.edu

G iving ImpactsPHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

$1,000,000+

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation b $500,000-$999,999

Miriam E. and Jerome S. Katzin bDevendra Lal Trust G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation b

$250,000-$499,999

Anonymous David DeLaCour*Christy and Edward Scripps, Jr. b Waitt Family Foundation b $100,000-$249,999

Anonymous Jennifer and Gregory Alexander b James Cameron b Conifer Capital Management, LLC b Earthship Productions, Inc. b Susan and Sheldon Engelhorn b n Furlotti Family Foundation b Stuart Goode b ] v sCecil H. and Ida M. Green Foundation for Earth Sciences b Estate of Craig A. Johnson b sEllen Lehman and Charles F. Kennel b ] v Allan and Jane Lehman Foundation at the recommendation of Ellen Lehman v The Life Sciences Research Foundation b Mary Evans Lowe b Cynthia* and George P.* Mitchell bBetsy and B. Greg Mitchell b The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation b Moore Family Foundation b Betty and Gordon Moore b

$50,000-$99,999

Anonymous (2) James Beyster b v Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation b Julia Richardson Brown Foundation b n Audrey S. Geisel b ] sThe Estate of James B. Kinane Leslie and Mac McQuown b ] Miramar Fiduciary Corporation National Geographic Society Caroline and Nicolas Nierenberg b Nierenberg FoundationThe Ocean Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation b Alfred P. Sloan Foundation b Diane and Joseph Steinberg b Linda D. and Stephen M. Strachan b n ] Patricia and William Todd b ] s $10,000-$49,999

Anonymous (2) Elaine P. Antoniuk b sDonna Ballard Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Mary Ann Beyster ] California Community Foundation The Commerce Trust Company Cox Cares Foundation Linnea B. and Paul K. Dayton ] Dow Agrosciences Karen and Michael Drogin Patty and Rick Elkus b n ]

Laura Hamman Fain Jenny Finkelstein Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation Sidney E. Frank Foundation Gibbet Hill Foundation Dinia and Lloyd. L. Green b Basil Hefni Hervey Family Fund at the San Diego Foundation Linda and Nicholas Holland b Hydrologic Research Center Daphne and James D. Jameson b n ] The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Sarah and Brian Keating ] David Klipstein Ernest Christian Klipstein Foundation Laura and Bruce A. Lee The Adelaide and Charles Link Foundation Cami Mattson Merlin Foundation George E. Muellner The Pacific Life Foundation PADI Foundation Thomas A. Page b n Kara and Adam Rhodes b Susan and Bryce Rhodes b Emery W. Rhodes b Winifred Rhodes b Glenda and Richard H. Rosenblatt b v Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation b Margaret K. Scripps n Kathryn and William H. Scripps b n ] v Robin M. Smith ] The Charles H. Stout Foundation b The Edna Bailey Sussman Fund b Andrew David Todd Union Bank of California Foundation b The Walton Family Foundation b The Wells Fargo Foundation WWW Foundation and the Rhodes Families b $5,000-$9,999

Anonymous Eleanor and John Barbey, Jr. ] Carl A. Bergard b Brenda and Jeffrey R. Bohn Constance and Lewis M. Branscomb b Joyce and Paul Brooks b n ] v sCoastal Community Foundation Maryruth M. and Charles S. Cox v The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation Helen and Richard Elkus Lorin Legrant and Howard Finkelstein ] Robert Lloyd Fisher Lynn M. Gaylord and Charles H. Gaylord, Jr. Connie Golden Robert M. Golden Foundation Jan and James W. Hawkins, Jr. v Cinda and Thomas O. Hicks b ] Marcy C. and Jeffrey R. Krinsk ]Vernie and John McGowan ] Kris and James L. McMillan ] Mountain View Farms, LLC Nexleaf Analytics Elizabeth and Morgan Dene Oliver b n j Jeanne T. and Victor Orphan Susan Randerson and the Willis & Jane Fletcher Family Fund ] v Paul C. Roads, Jr. b Lynne and *Howard Robbins ]

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY at UC San

Diego continues to make groundbreaking discoveries that

inspire solutions to some of the greatest environmental

challenges we face today. A number of activities this year

reflect the extraordinary support and involvement of our family

of supporters. In June, more than 100 members of the Scripps

family gathered on the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier

for a rededication ceremony. Many Scripps family members are

actively involved in helping the institution be a global leader in

research and education.

In addition, Scripps was pleased to present the 2013 Nierenberg

Prize for Science in the Public Interest to explorer and world-

renowned filmmaker James Cameron. The Hollywood icon

came to campus to receive the award, and in turn donated his

cash prize back to Scripps to be used for developing new deep-

ocean technology.

Sadly, Scripps Professor Devendra Lal passed away last year;

however, his generous philanthropy will have a tremendous

impact for generations to come. Prof. Lal endowed both a

graduate fellowship and a fund for academic excellence at

Scripps – both of which represent the extraordinary generosity

and commitment that Prof. Lal exhibited throughout his lifetime.

Another remarkable faculty member, Jeffrey Graham, recently

passed away. Prof. Graham touched the lives of so many

throughout his distinguished career, and this was certainly

reflected in the creation of an endowed fellowship in his name.

Support for this fellowship came from many people, and was

generously matched by Ellen Lehman and Charles Kennel.

Every gift to Scripps makes a difference, and we are particularly

grateful for all the members of E.W. Scripps Associates, the

Friends of the Collections, Director’s Circle, Director’s Cabinet, and

Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Thanks so much for all you do, and we

look forward to welcoming you to campus in the near future.

From July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013

Laura Hamman Fain Jenny Finkelstein Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation Sidney E. Frank Foundation Gibbet Hill Foundation Dinia and Lloyd. L. Green b Basil Hefni Hervey Family Fund at the San Diego Foundation Linda and Nicholas Holland b Hydrologic Research Center Daphne and James D. Jameson b n ] The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc. Sarah and Brian Keating ] David Klipstein Ernest Christian Klipstein Foundation Laura and Bruce A. Lee The Adelaide and Charles Link Foundation Cami Mattson Merlin Foundation George E. Muellner The Pacific Life Foundation PADI Foundation Thomas A. Page b n Kara and Adam Rhodes b Susan and Bryce Rhodes b Emery W. Rhodes b Winifred Rhodes b Glenda and Richard H. Rosenblatt b v Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation b Margaret K. Scripps n Kathryn and William H. Scripps b n ] v Robin M. Smith ] The Charles H. Stout Foundation b The Edna Bailey Sussman Fund b Andrew David Todd Union Bank of California Foundation b The Walton Family Foundation b The Wells Fargo Foundation WWW Foundation and the Rhodes Families b $5,000-$9,999

Anonymous Eleanor and John Barbey, Jr. ] Carl A. Bergard b Brenda and Jeffrey R. Bohn Constance and Lewis M. Branscomb b Joyce and Paul Brooks b n ] v sCoastal Community Foundation Maryruth M. and Charles S. Cox v The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation Helen and Richard Elkus Lorin Legrant and Howard Finkelstein ] Robert Lloyd Fisher Lynn M. Gaylord and Charles H. Gaylord, Jr. Connie Golden Robert M. Golden Foundation Jan and James W. Hawkins, Jr. v Cinda and Thomas O. Hicks b ] Marcy C. and Jeffrey R. Krinsk ]Vernie and John McGowan ] Kris and James L. McMillan ] Mountain View Farms, LLC Nexleaf Analytics Elizabeth and Morgan Dene Oliver b n j Jeanne T. and Victor Orphan Susan Randerson and the Willis & Jane Fletcher Family Fund ] v Paul C. Roads, Jr. b Lynne and *Howard Robbins ]

Samuel and Katherine French* Charles Scripps, Jr. ] Barbara and Sebastian Scripps ] SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Allie E. Tegner s Mary Mei-ling Yang ]

$2,500-$4,999

Anonymous (3) American Society of Pharmacognosy Rita and Richard C. Atkinson The R.C. Baker Foundation Karen and Wolfgang Berger b v l Jui-Yuan Chang Lanna Cheng b ] sAndrew Dempsey Horst Felbeck v Arthur L. and Joan A. Funk Foundation William and Grace Graham in honor of Jeffrey Graham Nancy and William T. Hammond Nigella Hillgarth ] l IBM Corporation b Louise Keeling Matthew A. Kirby and Karen Riffenburgh Maxine and Gary Kreitzer ]Richard G. Lambert Foundation Albert Leithold Chana and Frank N. Mannen ] Crystal McKellar Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact Funding Trust Arlene and Louis K. Navias ] Ginger and Charles Nelson ] Lollie and William E. Nelson b n ]Janet and Clyde Ostler ] Allison and Robert E. Price ] Nancy J. Robertson and Mark Cookingham ] Charles Robins b ] l Samuel I. & John H. Fox Foundation Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Betty Shor v Jeanne B. Sleeper ] v s lIrving Tragen b s Ann and R.B. Woolley, Jr. ] Worldwide Small Change Foundation Rachel York ] $1,000-$2,499

Anonymous (3)Paula and Richard Abney ] Marina Marrelli and Robert J. Anslow, Jr. ] Rebecca and Gregory Arnold ] Christine and Devron R. Averett ] Megan Bailiff n ] Gayle Barsamian and David Clapp ] Judy and Roger Benson ] Jeff Berg ] John A. Berol ] Lois P. and Donald B. Betts ] LondaKay and Blaine W. Beyer Lois B. Biddle* sAlbert Blum ] Marilyn and Charles Bohle ] Teresa Boley and Joseph D. Markee ] Nancy Bolyard Paula L. and Joseph Boudreau ] Michele Braatz ] Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation

Mary Anne and Judd J. Brown ]Jillian and Brian Buchanan ] Anna Marie and James L. Cairns b Marilyn L. and John E. Cameron Ellen and Matthew Carberry ] Mary and Joseph Cech Chenango Trust Tsaihwa J. Chow Trust b Peter B. Clark ] CleanTECH San Diego ] Dana and Bay Cobb ] Nancy L. and Tracy D. Coker ] Gina and Brian Conkle ]Courtney Ann Coyle and Steven P. McDonald ] Joyce and Michael Critelli ] Luis A. Da Silva ] Patricia and Dennis DeConcini Mary and George DeJong ] Maria and Luis Delgado ] William H. Disher ] v Eloise S. and Russell E. Duff b ]Andrew Engel and Maryanne Domm ] Victor and Louise Engleman ] Environmental Financial Products LLC The Evo and Ora DeConcini and Thu Family Foundation Cody Festa Jane and Thompson Fetter ] l Diane and Elliot Feurerstein ] Edith L. Gallagher and Peter A. Fields Deborah Reynolds and James S. Frank ] Joy and Edward A.* Frieman, Ph.D. b ] Elaine and Murray L.* Galinson, J.D. s MaeAnn Garty b ] Jeffrey S. Gee Donna and Thomas Golich sEdith and Harold Greenberg ] Renita Greenberg ] Tory and Rick Gulley n ] Karlene and Walter C. Gutjahr ] sSally Ann Hagan Kathy and William K. Hagan Abeer and George Hage George Haligowski n ] Frances B. and Thomas A. Harders ] Zandra Rhodes and Salah M. Hassanein b ] n Paula and George Hauer ] Judy Haxo ] Susan and Ronald J. Heller ] Dyanne Hoffman s l MarySusan Howard ] Candace and Kent A. Humber ] Kathryn Dickson and Gary Hunt Helene and Sam Iacobellis, Sr. ]Patricia Masters and Douglas Inman v Patricia and Hart Isaacs, Jr. ] l Atsushi Ishimatsu Nora and Alan* Jaffe b ] v l Bret Jorgensen and Susan Urquidi ] Adrianus J. Kalmijn Kristin Kelly ] James B. Kenny III ] Richard John Kerr Shirley and William S. Kimmich ] Faye and James D. Kitchel Steven Knappenberger ]Paul Mueller and Clare Kristofco ] La Jolla Shores Surfing Association ] Sharon and Joel Labovitz ] Cindy and Fred Lawley

Bertha Lebus Charitable Trust Ruth and Ronald Leonardi ] Michelle and William S. Lerach ] Jennifer D. and K. Alan Lonbom ] Donna Lucas ] Joy and Ronald Mankoff ]sH. H. Mansfield Joanne and Martin Marugg ] Barbara Maurais ] v s Susan B. McAllister Anne and Andy McCammon ] Susan Lee Waggener and Steven C. McCracken ] Carmen McKenna Adrian de P. McKibbin and Elizabeth de Bevec McKibbin ] Sabina Wallach and Kendall Melville ]Marilyn and Jordan Messersmith Mona Cacciari and Jeffrey Meyer ] Barbara and Howard G. Milstein ] Chuck Mitchell Mary Coakley Munk and Walter H. Munk b ] Theresa and Jeff Murdock ] Eleanor Musick and Abraham P. Ordover ] Lucy A. Neale ] Anne and Robert J. Nugent ] Ralph O’Connor and Becky Gorham ] Theresa and Timothy O’Rourke Carol and Russell Penniman b ] Peters & Freedman, LLP Frances and James F. Peterson ] Stacey and Joseph Phillips ] Una Marie Pierce ] Brigit and Alan Pitcairn v PNC Institutional Investments Peggy and Peter G. Preuss b ] R T. Vanderbilt Trust Erica and Steven M. Ratner ] Lawrence A. Ray and Julie A. Jackson-Ray James A. Raymond v Jacob C. Reinbolt ] Robert W. Rex v Adrian and Efrosine Richards ] Pia Aip-Roach and Sean Roach ] Jonathan Rosen Reuben and Sarah Rosen ] Alison Fleming and Brock J. Rosenthal ] Sandra and Robert A. Rosenthal ] Sharon and Robert Rubin Dora Saikhon ] San Diego Repertory Theatre Richard Sandor ] Allan Sauter v C. H. Friedman* and Lynn Schenk ] Nancy and William T. Schneider* ] v Sarah Schulte Scientific Computing International Jocelyn A. and Charles B. Scott ] Cindy J. Scripps and Jeff Wachs b ] Mrs. Edward W. Scripps II b ] Amy and Keith Scripps ] Theresa and Thomas O. Scripps ] Jean Johnson-Sexton and Wilson B. Sexton ] Elizabeth N. Shapiro ] v sCarolyn S. and Richard C. Shell ] Irene Shinsato ] Molly and Edward T. Shonsey ] lGeorgiana Doerr Simmons and William Simmons ]

Daniel M. Smargon and Audrey M. Viterbi ] Linda Smith Carol and Stuart Smith v Alice and Richard Snell ] Nancy E. Snyder v sSociety for the Study of Evolution, Inc. Margaret M. and Clinton R. Spangler sBarbara and Robert W. Starkey ] Cindy and Kevin E. Stephens Ruth Stern and Morton Levy ] sRonald E. Stoner ] Barbara and Sam Takahashi Anne C. Taubman and David Boyle ] TCSD Cares Inc. The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Tierra Verde Resources Inc. Ann McGowan-Tuskes and Paul Tuskes ] Union Bank, N.A. Hugh B. Vanderbilt, Jr. Elizabeth L. Venrick b v sCheryl and Donald Ward sVirginia and James Wells v James W. Wickes Peter H. Wiebe Diana F. and Robert J. Wilder n ] Pat and Donald Wilkie l Diane Willian ] The Wilson Sexton Foundation Elizabeth and Clinton D. Winant l Karin Winner ] Patricia W. Wong l Cynthia York and David Wahl Sybil and Herbert* York ] sMay Zawaideh Bebe and Marvin Zigman ] ZZYZX Foundation Inc.

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b Director’s Circle Member ($100,000+ cumulative giving)

n Director’s Cabinet Member (A select group of advisors who work toward expanding awareness and support of Scripps research, education, and outreach programs)

] E.W. Scripps Associates Member ($1,000+ annual unrestricted donation)

v Friends of the Collections Member ($1,000+ annual donation to Scripps Oceanographic Collections)

l Ellen’s Circle Member ($1,000+ annual donation to Birch Aquarium at Scripps)

s York Society Member (Individuals that have generously included UC San Diego in their estate plans) * Deceased

NOTE: Anonymous represents generous gifts from members of the Director’s Circle, Director’s Cabinet, E.W. Scripps Associates, York Society,

and various friends and supporters.

F inancial Support

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Every effort is taken to ensure accurate information.

If corrections are needed, please call the

Scripps Development Office at (858) 822-1865.

Scripps researchers develop, install, and operate long-term global and

regional observing systems to monitor, study, and predict environmental

events. These observations improve our ability to understand and predict

environmental change, and increase our knowledge and understanding of

natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, storm waves,

floods, erosion, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and harmful algal blooms.

Scripps has a long history of initiating and maintaining long-term

environmental observing programs in the oceans, atmosphere, and on

land at regional to global scales. This legacy is perhaps best illustrated by

the well-known Keeling Curve CO2 record. These iconic measurements,

begun in 1958 by Scripps’s Charles David Keeling, comprise the longest

continuous record of CO2 concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere.

In May 2013, concentrations of this greenhouse gas rose above 400

parts per million for sustained lengths of time throughout much of the

Northern Hemisphere for the first time in human history.

Another observing milestone reached this year was the millionth

ocean profile collected by the global array of robotic floats known as

Argo. Launched in 1998, Argo consists of a fleet of more than 3,600

free-drifting profiling floats communicating via satellite and deployed

throughout the world’s oceans. Argo is one of the primary sources of

data about the climatic state of the oceans, providing observations that

improve scientific understanding of air-sea interaction, ocean currents,

interannual variability, El Niño, mesoscale eddies, water mass properties

and transformation, and computations of global ocean heat content.

Argo data also drive computer models of the climate system, improving

our ability to forecast seasonal climate variations.

Volunteer Dana Shultz and

Scripps technicians Dave Wolgast

and Megan Roadman prepare to

retrieve a CTD on the Summer

2013 California Cooperative

Oceanic Fisheries Investigations

(CalCOFI) cruise aboard the R/V

New Horizon.

MEASURING THE

PULSE OF THE PLANET:

SUSTAINING GLOBAL

AND REGIONAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

OBSERVATIONS

With the support of David

DeLaCour’s transformational

es ta te g i f t , the aquar ium

launched its Leopard Shark

Research & Conservation

Initiative, appointing Andy Nosal as the aquarium’s DeLaCour Fellow

for Ecology & Conservation. Nosal, who earned his Ph.D. from Scripps

Institution of Oceanography in Dec. 2012, specializes in shark ecology,

with a focus on La Jolla’s leopard sharks. As the DeLaCour Fellow, he will

spend three years working with Birch Aquarium staff to develop education

programs about sharks for the public.

To raise awareness about this initiative, Birch Aquarium opened

ElasmoBeach in the summer of 2013. Featuring a 13,000-gallon tank

that showcases sharks, rays, and other marine life that live close to our

shore, ElasmoBeach teaches visitors why sharks are critical to the ocean’s

health and why La Jolla Shores is so important to them.

Through the Leopard Shark Research & Conservation Initiative, the

aquarium hopes to raise public awareness and appreciation of the local

leopard shark population as well as the Matlahuayl State Marine Reserve,

a protected area where the sharks congregate annually. The story of the

leopard shark and its relatives is an important one—a story the aquarium

is communicating with Nosal’s help, made

possible through the vision and generosity

of David DeLaCour.

DISCOVERING

LOCAL LEOPARD

SHARKS AT

BIRCH AQUARIUM

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research fleets

in the world.

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, SCRIPPS has served as a pioneering innovator in

the scientific exploration of the oceans. Today, Scripps research vessels

are seagoing laboratories with state-of-the-art sensing systems and

instruments that support a wide range of global ocean-going science,

including studies of the deep sea, marine life, climate change, ocean

circulation, and seafloor processes.

Thousands of scientists, students, engineers, and explorers use Scripps

research vessels every year. About half of these scientists are from Scripps

and other University of California campuses, and the remainder are

affiliated with other U.S. academic institutions, government laboratories,

international collaborators, and K-12 schools. Crewed by dedicated

women and men who are recognized globally for their skill in the demanding

field of scientific ship operations, Scripps research vessels are adept at a

broad range of missions, from intensive day trips off the California coast

for student instruction to sustained overseas deployments involving

back-to-back projects each lasting a month or more.

Signal achievements in 2012-2013 included the discovery and

exploration of submarine methane springs offshore San Diego using

the Scripps Remotely Operated Vehicle Trident aboard R/V Melville, the

installation and evaluation of a $1.2M “robot arm” funded by the National

Science Foundation aboard R/V Roger Revelle to improve the safety and

reliability of CTD deployments in all weather conditions, a successful

NSF-sponsored program aboard R/V New Horizon to teach graduate

students skills required for success as future chief scientists, and a series

of major mooring and towed-instrument programs aboard R/V Robert

Gordon Sproul that have proven it to be “The Little Ship That Could.”

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S C R I P P S R E S E A R C H V E S S E L S R A N G E W O R L D W I D E to provide our

researchers with state-of-the-art observational capabilities across the

global ocean. Over the past five years our Global Class ships (R/V Roger

Revelle and R/V Melville) have conducted extended operations across

the remote Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans. Our Intermediate Class

vessel (R/V New Horizon) has focused on the eastern Pacific, including

important work in the Gulf of Alaska, the Gulf of California, and in the

California Current. R/V Robert Gordon Sproul, our Regional Class vessel,

has served our local needs from the Southern California Bight to Northern

California. During this period, Scripps-operated ships completed 275

separate research missions, carrying to sea 4,162 scientists, students,

engineers, and explorers from 308 different institutions.