| The aims of the Equatorial Pacific Process Study are to assess: (i) how large a role the equatorial Pacific plays in global biogeochemical cycling; (ii) how efficiently the carbon pump operates in the equatorial Pacific; (iii) how midwater, deepwater, and benthic processes modify or control fluxes in this region; and (iv) how equatorial Pacific biogeochemical cycling is affected by El Niņo conditions The major participating countries and their research projects are as follows: Australia: OZGOFS Canada: Canadian-JGOFS Equatorial Pacific programme France: (i) Oligotrophic Pacific Study (OLIPAC);(ii) "Flux dans l'ouest du Pacifique Equatorial" (FLUPAC), both within the "Etude de Processes dans l'Ocean Pacifique Equatorial" (EPOPE) Japan: Eastern Tropical Pacific programme (Hakuho Maru Cruise KH-90-2) USA: US JGOFS Equatorial Pacific program (EqPac) |
| The EPSG recently hold an open workshop and a close meeting at the Darling
Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, USA, 17-19 September 2002. A short Report is now available! (October 2002) [pdf format] (December 2002)
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