
The
JGOFS Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) created initially a
number of Planning Groups and Task Teams to
consider scientific and logistic questions and make
recommendations to the SSC. These groups identified the most
important processes and variables to study, the regions in which
such studies will provide the greatest insight and most useful
data, and the best experimental design for the studies. The SSC
then set the sequence of events necessary to complete specific
tasks, the resources required for the tasks and the level of
international co-ordination that is required. Over the duration
of the project, some task teams, such as PMTT, disband after
delivering their reports; some formed more recently, such as
PJTT or GSWG; while others, such as DMTT, are expected to last
throughout JGOFS.
During
the 13th meeting of the SSC (Cape Town, South Africa, 1998), the SSC agreed to re-structure the organisation of the Planning
Groups into Regional Synthesis and Modelling Groups. This
new organisation reflects the end of the fieldwork for several
completed Process Studies (e.g., North Atlantic,
Equatorial Pacific and Indian Ocean) and the initiation of the
synthesis phase within the project. For the Southern Ocean and
North Pacific Ocean, the synthesis activities parallel the
on-going fieldwork until process study is completed.
In
1999, the SSC approved the formation of the joint JGOFS-GAIM
Task Team to facilitate the coordination of modelling activities
of OCMIP and JGOFS. Then in 2000, the SSC approuved the
formation of the Global Synthesis and Modelling Working Group to
coordinate the final global synthesis activities and modelling. |
NORTH
ATLANTIC Synthesis and Modelling Group
Terms
of Reference
as of May 1998
1). The
chair of the group will be appointed by the JGOFS SSC. The chair
will assemble a group of up to ten people with experience of the
observational datasets and modelling activities relevant to the
region. The group membership should reflect, but need not be
limited to, the countries that have participated in the JGOFS
activities in the region and be approved by the executive
committee.
2). The
main tasks of the group are:
-
To
prepare one or more reports for the SSC that summarise the
activities of the group and synthesise the JGOFS science
carried out within the region
-
To
present a paper on the results of the group's activities at
the Open Science Conferences and other international
relevant meetings,
-
To
liaise with the DMTT to encourage the submission of data to
the regional/international data centres with the provision
of easy access to these data via the internet and CD-ROMs
-
To
continue to encourage synthesis activities in the form of
open meetings, special issues of scientific journals, and
review articles throughout the remaining period of the JGOFS
project
3).
Meetings of the group will be funded by JGOFS, funds permitting.
The group is encouraged to organise open meetings on regional
synthesis but funds from JGOFS for such meetings would
necessarily be limited and members might seek funds from their
national programmes.
4).
Extra terms of reference can be added with JGOFS SSC approuval. |
NASG
Membership
as of May 1998
Véronique
Garçon
(Chair)
Hugh Ducklow
Michael Fasham
Emilio
Fernandez
Wolfgang Koeve
Roy Lowry
Laurent Mémery
Dave Siegel
The aims of the North Atlantic Process Study were:
(i) to measure the seasonal and geographical variability of CO2
exchange between surface water and the atmosphere;
(ii) to estimate the transport of carbon and associated compounds due to
the Gulf Stream system;
(iii) to characterise the biological component of the drawdown of carbon
from the atmosphere to the ocean, and from the surface of the ocean to its
interior; and
(iv) to develop basin-wide models that describe and predict the major
biogeochemical cycles. |
Link
to the
North Atlantic Synthesis Group page (managed by the NASG Chair, in
Toulouse, France).
Draft
Terms of Reference
as of
November 1999
1). The chair of the group
will be appointed by the JGOFS SSC. The chair will assemble a
group of up to ten people with experience of the observational
datasets and modelling activities relevant to the region. The
group membership should reflect, but need not be limited to, the
countries that have participated in the JGOFS activities in the
region and be approved by the executive committee.
2). The main tasks of the group are:
- To prepare one or more reports for the SSC that summarise
the activities of the group and synthesise the JGOFS science
carried out within the region,
- To present reports on the results of the group's
activities at the Open Science Conferences and other
international relevant meetings,
- To liase with the DMTT to encourage the submission of data
to the regional/international data centres with the
provision of easy access to these data via the
internet and CD-ROMs,
- To continue to encourage synthesis activities in the form
of open meetings, special issues of scientific journals, and
review articles throughout the remaining period of the
JGOFS project.
3). Meetings of the group will be funded by JGOFS, funds
permitting. The group is encouraged to organise open
meetings on regional synthesis but funds from JGOFS for such
meetings would necessarily be limited and members might seek
funds from their national programmes.
4). Extra terms of reference can be added with JGOFS SSC
approval. |
EPSG
Membership
as of November
1999
Robert
Le Borgne (chair)
Richard Barber
Fei Chai
Richard Feely
David Karl
Marlon Lewis
Denis Mackey
James Murray
Yoshiyuki Nozaki
Link
to the
Equatorial Pacific Synthesis Group page in this website.
INDIAN
OCEAN
Synthesis and
Modelling Group
Draft
Terms of Reference
as of July
1998
1). The
chair of the Indian Ocean Synthesis and Modelling Group,
hereafter referred as IOSG is approuved by the JGOFS Scientific
Steering Committee. The IOSG chair will assemble a committee
whose membership will need to be approved by the JGOFS Executive
Committee. In assembling the IOSG membership, the chair should
consider national representation along with gender, discipline
and experience. Relevant experience includes generation,
synthesis and modelling of JGOFS data sets derived from the
Arabian Sea.
2).
Main tasks of the IOSG are:
-
To
prepare a report of regional synthesis activities for the
Scientific Steering Committee annually. This report will
also be presented to the Global Synthesis and Modelling
Working Group (GSWG) for a global perspective. The IOSG
report will be a synthesis of the JGOFS science conducted
within the region. The approved report(s) with documentation
will be published in the JGOFS Report Series. It is expected
that the final publication will be peer-reviewed and
published in the open literature,
-
To
present a full report on the modelling and synthesis
activities of the group at the Open Science Conferences and
other relevant meetings,
-
To
liaise with the Data Management Task Team (DMTT) to
encourage the submission of JGOFS data sets to a national
ocean data centre with the provision of easy access via the
Internet, CD-ROMs and other media,
-
To
enhance synthesis activities, particularly by organising
open meetings, and to produce JGOFS Reports and review
articles throughout the remaining JGOFS synthesis period.
3).
IOSG is encouraged to organise regional synthesis meetings.
Funds will be limited for these meetings, which require prior
approval from the JGOFS Executive Committee. Members may seek
further support from their national programs, host institutions
and other sources.
4).
IOSG will address the scientific aims of the Arabian Sea Process
Study JGOFS Report No 17.
5).
Additional Terms of Reference specific to IOSG may be included
with SSC approval. |
IOSG
Membership
as of September
2001
Sharon
Smith (Chair)
Shahid Amjad
Martien Baars
Karl Banse
Peter Burkill
John Kindle
Wajih Syed Naqvi
Tim Rixen
Shubha Sathyendranath
Kirit Yajnik
The aims of the Indian Ocean Process Study were:
(i) to investigate the seasonality and magnitude of biogeochemical
responses to intense and regularly oscillating physical forcing;
(ii) to quantify the role of the region in the global cycles of carbon and
biologically associated elements, including its role as a net source or
sink of atmospheric CO2 and other gases
relevant to climate change;
(iii) to quantify primary production and the transformation, flux and fate
of carbon;
(iv) to quantify the role of the oxygen minimum at 300-1500 m in
biogeochemical cycling; and
(v) to quantify Quaternary monsoon variability in relation to fluctuations
in ocean paleo-circulation and paleo-productivity |

SOUTHERN
OCEAN Synthesis and Modelling Group
Terms of Reference
(as of December 2001)
1). The chair of the SOSG is appointed by the JGOFS SSC.
The group is composed of scientists with experience of the
observational datasets and modelling activities relevant to the
region.
2). The main task of the group is to contribute to the JGOFS
synthesis and modelling phase. This includes:
-
To
identify gaps in our understanding of the present and past
carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean and provide this
information to the science community through publications
and presentations,
-
To
identify feedback mechanisms that may alter the future
carbon cycle in the region,
-
To
coordinate data collection (in liaison with DMTT),
-
To
organise and coordinate synthesis activities among the
Southern Ocean national groups working on JGOFS-related
research, including those not specifically funded by JGOFS,
-
To
facilitate the integration of results of the Southern Ocean
synthesis into a global view of the ocean carbon cycle by
working with other JGOFS synthesis groups (PJTT) and the
Global Synthesis and Modelling Working Group, and with IGBP
components (GLOBEC, PAGES, GAIM).
3). Meetings of the group will be funded by JGOFS, funds
permitting. The group is encouraged to organise open meetings on
regional synthesis, but funds from JGOFS for such meetings would
necessarily be limited and members might seek funds from their
national programmes. |
SOSG
Membership
as of January 2000
Paul
Tréguer (Chair)
Ulrich Bathmann (Vice-Chair)
Julie Hall
Patrick Monfray
Raymond Pollard
Philippe Pondaven
Walker Smith *
Tom Trull
*Robert
Anderson, when Walker Smith cannot attend the SOSG meetings
The aim of the Southern Ocean Process Study was to answer
the following questions:
(i) What role does the Southern Ocean play in the
present day global carbon flux?
(ii) What is the spatial and temporal pattern of the major
processes that determine the net flux in the whole Southern Ocean, and
within selected subregions?
(iii) What controls the magnitude and variability of primary
production and particle fate?
(iv) What are the major features of spatial and temporal
variability in the physical and chemical environment, and in key biotic
systems?
(v) What is the effect of sea ice on carbon fluxes in the Southern
Ocean?
(vi) How has the role of the Southern Ocean changed in the past?
(vii) How might the role of the Southern Ocean change in the future? |

Terms
of Reference
1). The
primary issues to be addressed by North Pacific Synthesis Group
are the quantification of the biogeochemical cycles of carbon
and associated elements in the North Pacific Ocean and its
marginal seas. Specific objectives are:
- To assess the efficiency of physical and biological pumps,
and their seasonal changes for different domains of the
North Pacific and the adjacent marginal seas, including the
effects of sea ice,
- To study the formation and spreading of the intermediate
water, and its implication for lateral flux of dissolved
inorganic, dissolved organic and particulate matter,
- To investigate and ultimately to enhance our understanding
of air-sea fluxes of CO2 and other
atmospherically reactive gases that leads to predictions of
the role of the North Pacific as a source and/or sink of CO2
in collaboration with IGAC,
- To understand the role of iron in maintaining northern
North Pacific as a high nutrient-low chlorophyll region, and
- To clarify the mechanism(s) controlling the transport of
nutrients into the euphotic zone of the subtropical Pacific
Ocean.
2). The
central purpose of the North Pacific Synthesis Group is to
coordinate and encourage national and international JGOFS &
JGOFS-related programmes that address air-sea exchange,
biogeochemical processes, and the role of intermediate water
masses in the transfer of biogenic materials in the region. The
specific tasks involve developing a structure for co-ordinating
the field programmes including satellite remote sensing of ocean
colour and the subsequent synthesis and modelling efforts. Those
activities include:
- To facilitate exchange of information covering the
existing programme such as Japanese-Canadian Time Series
Observations, International North Pacific Ocean Climate
Programme and the Circulation Research of East Asia Marginal
Seas in collaboration with CMTT,
- To encourage the development of new projects such as Role
of the Carbon Cycle in the northern North Pacific on Global
Climate Change, Studies on Biogeochemical cycles in the
northern North Pacific, and the International Consortium of
the Okhotsk Sea Study, and
- To maintain close interaction with the North Pacific
Marine Science Organisation (PICES) and GLOBEC.
3). The
membership of NPSG shall include scientists who are actively
working in the North Pacific. The Chair is nominated by the task
team concerned, and approuved by the JGOFS Executives. Members
of the North Pacific Task Team are approuved by the JGOFS SSC
Executives in their personal capacity.
4). It
is anticipated that the office will be established in the
region. |
NPSG
Membership
as of May 2000
Alexander
Bychkov (Chair)
Arthur Chen
Kenneth Denman
Paul Harrison
Nianzhi Jiao
Kyung-Ryul Kim
Michio Kishi
Stephen Riser
Toshiro Saino (Vice-Chair)
Link
to the
North
Pacific Synthesis Group page (managed by the NASG Vice-Chair, in
Nagoya, Japan).
CONTINENTAL
MARGINS Task Team
Terms
of Reference
as of October 1998
The
overall goal of the task team is to assess the contribution of
continental margins and seas to CO2 sequestration and
horizontal flux of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus across the
ocean-continental margin boundary.
Specific objectives are:
-
To
identify relevant and appropriate data sets from continental
margin studies and investigate their availability to IGBP
projects
-
To
develop a conceptual framework to integrate continental
margin carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes and to assess
anthropogenic influence on the fluxes
-
To
attempt to quantify vertical and horizontal carbon, nitrogen
and phosphorus fluxes in different types of continental
margins, such as:
a. Eastern boundary current
b. Western boundary current
c. Marginal seas
d. Polar margins
e. Tropical coasts
-
To
produce an overall synthesis and assessment of carbon,
nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes on and across continental
margins to feed into the IGBP-wide synthesis.
-
To
identify major gaps and uncertainties in the current
understanding of continental margin carbon, nitrogen and
phosphorus fluxes and recommend priority needs for
observational and modelling efforts.
|
CMTT
Membership
as of 2001
Renato
Quiñones (co-Chair, JGOFS)
Larry Atkinson (co-Chair,
LOICZ)
Shu
Gao
Kon-Kee Liu
Rick Jahnke
Robie Macdonald
Jonathan Sharples
Liana Talaue-McManus
Gregg Brunskill
Link to the
Continental
Margins Task Team page or its Mirror
Site
Terms
of Reference
September
2000
The main tasks of the teams are:
-
To
foster the integration of JGOFS and
PAGES-IMAGES
activities in order to extend the knowledge of present day
ocean ecosystem functions and biogeochemical cycles beyond the
scale of direct observation.
-
To
organise workshops, improve the exchange of information and
data and stimulate synthesis activities between the scientific
communities of JGOFS and PAGES-IMAGES and to publish the
results of the joint workshops.
-
To
identify key issues to be addressed by future research
programmes and develop a scientific framework with the aim to
improve our understanding of the oceans’ reaction and
feedback mechanisms to changing environmental conditions in
the past and today.
|
PJTT
Membership
as
of May 2000
Karin
Lochte (co-chair, JGOFS)
Roger
Francois (co-chair, PAGES)
Ann Holbourn
Rick Jahnke
Laurent Labeyrie
Graham Shimmield
Thomas Stocker
Paul Tréguer
Anne de Vernal
Link to the
IMAGES -
PJTT page in IfM-Kiel, Germany

This Task Team was
disbanded in 1998.
Terms of Reference
(March 1993)
I). The
primary concerns of the Photosynthesis Measurement Task Team
are:
- To provide estimates
of photosynthetic characteristics of phytoplankton necessary
to JGOFS synthesis and modelling activities, that would
complement the JGOFS core measurement of primary production,
- To set guidelines
for such measurements under field conditions, so that
estimates could be compared between investigators and sites,
- To liaise with the
JGOFS Synthesis and Modelling Task Team, and
- To promote the
measurement of photosynthetic characteristics of
phytoplankton in JGOFS field studies.
II. Specific tasks of the
Photosynthesis Measurement Task Team are:
(1) To review the various possible field measurements of
photosynthetic characteristics of phytoplankton (e.g.,
photosynthesis versus irradiance curves, fluorescence based
measurements), and determine which of these offer the best
potential for complementing the JGOFS core measurement of
primary production, within the context to synthesis and
modelling,
(2) To determine, for each type of measurement selected in
(II.1) above, the main difficulties that prevent intercomparison
of data,
(3) To set, for each type of measurement, a minimum set of
experimental criteria and of auxiliary variables necessary for
intercomparing field data,
(4) To recommend, for each type of measurement, a standard
method for use under field conditions,
(5) To encourage investigators, in the case of measurements
already done or when the method they use differs from that in
(II.4) above, to provide information on experimental
characteristics and auxiliary variables arising from (II.3), and
(6) To promote measurements of photosynthetic characteristics of
phytoplankton using the method developed in (II.4), in the
various JGOFS field studies. |
PMTT
Membership
as of October 1996
Egil
Sakshaug (Chair)
Yves Dandonneau
Paul Falkowski
Louis Legendre
André Morel
John Parslow
Masayuki Takahashi
Peter LeB. Williams

Terms
of Reference
as of
November 2000
General
terms
- To advise SCOR/JGOFS, GOOS, LOICZ and OOPC on
observations, data management and modelling needed for
studies of the global carbon cycle
- To provide an international forum for initiatives to
promote high-quality observations of CO2 in the
oceans
Specific
terms
-
To
identify gaps and weak links in the present carbon cycle
observation system that compromise the ability to understand
and predict global change,
-
To
identify opportunities that can be used to further develop
such an observing system (e.g. collaboration with other
global observing systems),
-
To aid
the synthesis of JGOFS and IGBP results with respect to
marine CO2 observations, data management and
modelling by:
-
Initiating
and facilitating the assembly of CO2 data
bases,
-
Interacting
with ocean modellers to identify the weaknesses and
encourage appropriate uses of CO2 data,
-
Encouraging
and facilitating the collaborative analysis of CO2
data sets and supporting data.
-
To
maintain a watching brief to advise IOC and SCOR on CO2
sequestration in the ocean,
-
To
advise GOOS and OOPC on technology development needed to
improve future capacity for carbon cycle monitoring,
-
To
advise GOOS and OOPC on the observational strategies needed
to assess, model and predict global ocean CO2
fluxes.
|
SICAP
Membership
as of November
2000
Douglas
Wallace (Chair)
Leif Anderson
Jacqueline Boutin
Kenneth Caldeira
Andrew Dickson
Roger Francey
Michel Frankignoulle
Peter Haugan
Dileep Kumar
Corinne Le Quéré
Yukihiro Nojiri
Andrew Watson
Visit the IOC
webpage for SICAP.

Terms of Reference
as of
January 1997
The
Data Management Task Team agreed that their primary
responsibility is :
-
To
develop, test and implement timely data exchange mechanisms
between the national groups participating in the JGOFS
Process Studies, the Global Survey and the Time Series
Stations,
-
To
identify ways in which the management of JGOFS data at the
national level may be initiated, encouraged and developed,
-
To
develop mechanisms for the integration of national data
management initiatives at the international level,
-
To
develop an integrated JGOFS data inventory at the
international level and make this available to the
scientific community,
-
To
monitor the international acceptance of, and compliance
with, the statement on data submission and access adopted by
the JGOFS SSC at its Third Session (September 1989), and to
recommend changes to this policy if needed,
-
To
liaise with other international programmes and organisations
such as WOCE, IGBP, IOC and appropriate national and
international data centres,
-
To
provide advice and direction to the JGOFS data management
resources within the International
Project Office (IPO), and
-
To
report to the Scientific
Steering Committee and implement its recommendations.
|
DMTT
Membership and relevant Websites
as of September 2003
Link
to the Data Management Task Team page

Objective
The objective of this joint task team is to
bring together the expertise of JGOFS on ocean biogeochemical
processes and GAIM on global carbon budget changes. The aim is to
apply new insights into biogeochemical processes, as
co-limitations, that we have gained through the JGOFS project to
improve our representation of global carbon dynamics by models,
and to evaluate them with new data synthesis. In a broader way,
this Task Team will set up bridges between ocean physics and ocean
biology to better our knowledge on ocean geochemistry variability
and changes induced by human activities. Particularly, focus will
be on:
-
Oceanic CO2 uptake during the
industrial era (past and future), and
-
Climate change impact on marine
productivity and carbon cycle.
JGTT will address these issues by:
-
Building a link between JGOFS and GAIM,
-
Identifying key issues to be addressed by
this group,
-
Organizing larger joint GAIM/JGOFS
workshops dedicated to these specific topics, and
-
Producing reports or publications on the
major findings of these workshops.
Terms of Reference
as of 2001
-
To foster interactions between JGOFS and
GAIM activities for a global integration of regional aspects
-
To create synergy with WCRP/CLIVAR and
others IGBP related projects (GLOBEC, LOICZ, Carbon Synthesis,
SOLAS)
-
To stimulate improvement of global ocean
carbon cycle models (OCCMs), by integrating JGOFS
biogeochemical processes in 3-D ocean general circulation
models
-
To evaluate OCCMs with available JGOFS-WOCE
synthesis datasets, including seasonal to interdecadal
variability
-
To inter-compare available OCCMs both for
natural cycle and anthropogenic perturbation, using
experiments with common boundary conditions and protocols
-
To hold regular meetings, improve the
exchange of information and data between the scientific
communities of ocean biogeochemistry, and publish the results
of the joint workshops
|
OCMIP Membership
as of 2000
Patrick
Monfray (Co-Chair, JGOFS)
James Orr
(Co-Chair, GAIM)
Matthew England
Nicolas Gruber
Chris Sabine
Jorge Sarmiento
Ian Totterdell
Yasuhiro
Yamanaka
Link to the
OCMIP
Website
A short
Report is also available after the Modelling workshop
in Ispra, June 2002.

Terms of Reference
as of
October 2001
The objective of the GSWG is to review our
current knowledge on the fluxes of dissolved and particulate
material in the global ocean, and the biogeochemical processes
that affect these fluxes. Of particular importance are the
comparisons of the different observational and modelling
approaches and the identification of controversies, methodological
weaknesses and knowledge-gaps. This should influence the planning
of future marine research programmes and should lead to the
development of new, improved biogeochemical models that make use
of the emerging biogeochemical data. Specific goals of the GSWG
are:
-
To compare and evaluate estimates for
marine productivity, downward particle fluxes and respiration
rates in the water column and the sediment from different
observational techniques as well as from modelling.
-
To foster interactions between
observationalists and modellers and to stimulate joint
research projects.
-
To liaise and link GSWS activities with the
JGOFS-GAIM and Data Management Task Teams and the regional
synthesis groups under JGOFS.
-
To promote the development of new, improved
biogeochemical models that utilize the emerging and diversity
of marine biogeochemical data.
-
To identify potential biogeochemical and
physical changes under global warming conditions.
-
To organize a workshop on the measurement
and modelling of global ocean productivity and biogeochemical
fluxes.
-
To promote a joint publication of synthesis
papers on marine biogeochemical fluxes.
|
GSWG
Membership
as of January 2001
Reiner
Schlitzer (Chair)
Michael Behrenfeld
Gerhard Fischer
Nicolas Gruber
Richard Jahnke
Ed Laws
Richard Matear
Patrick Monfray
Andreas Oschlies
Yasuhiro Yamanaka
Andrew Yool
A new page is
dedicated to the GSWG (August 2003)

This Task Team was
disbanded in 1998.
Terms of Reference
I. The primary issues to be addressed by the
Remote Sensing Task Team are:
(1) to recommend procedures for coordinating national and
regional JGOFS activities concerned with satellite remote sensing,
(2) to recommend procedures for developing strong links
with ESA, NASA and NASDA offices involved with ocean remote
sensing to ensure international access to global satellite ocean
colour imagery,
(3) to recommend procedures for developing strong links
with appropriate national archives of bio-optical, pigment and
primary production measurements to facilitate JGOFS access to data
required to calibrate and validate satellite imagery,
(4) to promote investigations of important biogeochemical
provinces which are presently poorly sampled with respect to
pigment and bio-optical measurements, and
(5) to recommend procedures for developing basin-scale and
global estimates of the mean and time-varying components of ocean
primary production.
II. The specific tasks of the Remote Sensing
Task Team are:
(1) to define biogeochemical provinces in conjunction with
the respective regional Planning Groups and the Synthesis and
Modelling Task Team,
(2) to develop a plan for quantifying the mean and
time-varying components of chlorophyll concentration and primary
production within each biogeochemical province,
(3) to focus efforts on developing basin to global scale
coupled physical and biological models which assimilate satellite
data or use satellite imagery to validate model output, and
(4) to inform appropriate ESA, NASA, and NASDA officials of
JGOFS needs and requirements for satellite data, including
procedures regulating data accessibility and price. |
RSTT
Membership
as of January 1997
James
Yoder (Chair)
James Aiken
André Morel
Hajime
Fukushima
John Parslow
Gennady
Konstantinovich Korotaev
Shubha
Sathyendranath

This Task Team was
disbanded in 1998.
Terms of Reference
I. The primary issues to be addressed by the Global Synthesis
and Modelling Task Team are:
(1) to stimulate and coordinate the suite of modelling
activities needed in planning, running and synthesizing JGOFS
research;
(2) to encourage appropriate individuals to participate
in JGOFS modelling activities in fields where the required
expertise is insufficient;
(3) to promote integration of modelling into national and
regional studies; and
(4) to work towards developing models to synthesize our
understanding of the role of the oceans in past and future
climate change and to predict future scenarios.
II. The specific tasks of the Global Synthesis and Modelling
Task Team are:
(1) to arrange a series of workshops to promote the
various types of modelling needed in JGOFS and to spread
interest and expertise in these activities;
(2) to promote the development of methods for scaling up
from small-scale studies to regional and global scales;
(3) to promote the development and application of inverse
methods and data-assimilative methods in JGOFS;
(4) to work towards to development of a JGOFS Community
process model to be embedded in physical ocean or coupled
ocean-atmosphere general circulation models;
(5) to promote the application of geochemical box models
to JGOFS problems;
(6) to promote the application of flow-analysis and
budgeting models to JGOFS problems;
(7) to provide the SSC with an estimated timetable of
modelling activities required for planning and synthesizing
activities of JGOFS; and
(8) to report to the SSC on progress in the suite of
modelling activities, and to identify problems, gaps and
shortcomings and their possible solutions. |
GSTT
Membership
as of January 1997
Trevor Platt (Chair)
Geoff Evans
Michael Fasham
John Field
Véronique Garçon
Eileen Hofmann
John Parslow
Jorge Sarmiento
Fredrik Wulff