.Last updated on 02 May 2002
Call for a workshop on Global Ocean
Productivity and the Fluxes of Carbon and Nutrients:
Combining Observations and Models
as of 02 May 2002
Call for papers: 2nd
Synthesis and Modeling Project (SMP) Special Issue in Deep Sea
Research II
as of 01 March 2002
New
Assistant Executive Officer at the JGOFS International Project Office
as of 9 April 2001
Opening
for an Assistant Executive Officer at the JGOFS International Project
Office
as of 15 November 2000
Call
for papers: Special issue of Deep Sea Research II on North
Pacific Biogeochemical Processes
as of 27 April 2000
Workshop: German contribution to JGOFS
New JGOFS publication: The Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle
International
JGOFS symposium on the Southern Ocean - Synthesis available
updated 08 August 2001
Fourth edition of JGOFS synthesis of the Equatorial Pacific
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Call for a Workshop on Global Ocean Productivity and the Fluxes of Carbon and Nutrients: Combining Observations and Models To foster the interaction and
cooperation between scientists from different JGOFS/GAIM research
areas, the JGOFS Global Synthesis Working Group (GSWG) together
with the JGOFS-GAIM OCMIP Task Team (JGTT) is calling for a
workshop on: Global Ocean Productivity and
the Fluxes of Carbon and Nutrients: 24 – 27 June 2002 The goal is to assess the
present state of research on global ocean productivity and
downward material fluxes from observations and biogeochemical
models and to identify future research needs. Emphasis is on
integrated studies and the comparison between methods. · How accurate are satellite productivity
algorithms?
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Call for Papers Second Special Issue The US- JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling Project
invites manuscripts to be submitted for publication under the
following theme: The deadline for submitting manuscripts has been extended to 30 April 2002. We so far have a list of about 15 titles from authors who intend to submit to this issue. In order to keep this special issue on track, we will accept manuscript through 30 April (this is a one-month extension), or until we receive 12 manuscripts - whichever comes first. If you are interested in submitting a manuscript, and have not yet contacted Joanie Kleypas, please do so. Please keep in mind that we consider all papers that fall along the goals of the Synthesis and Modeling Project, and papers are not restricted to SMP investigators. Detailed information about this issue can be found at: http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/mzweb/speciss.htm Joanie Kleypas and Scott Doney
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Since 9 April 2001, Bernard Avril is the new Assistant Executive Officer (AEO) at the International Project Office (IPO) of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). Bernard is a marine biogeochemist who received his doctorate from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France) in 1995, while at the former Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Marines (now, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche in the Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer, France. After his doctoral work, which was mainly relevant to France-JGOFS (now PROOF) operations, he held a post-doctoral position in marine biogeochemistry and biooptics at the Marine Science Department (now College of Marine Science) of the University of South Florida (Saint-Petersburg, USA, 1995-1997), mainly focusing on the US-JGOFS Arabian Sea process study and then came back to Europe to become the Assistant Project Manager of the OMEX project (EU-MAST3) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium, 1998-2000). Bernard replaces Beatriz Balino who accepted a new position earlier that year as programme coordinator at the University of Bergen's Bjerknes Centre of Climate Research. |
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Assistant
Executive Officer, JGOFS International Project Office, University of Bergen |
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At the
International Project Office (IPO) of the Joint Global Ocean Flux
Study (JGOFS) there is a position available as Assistant Executive
Officer (AEO) until 31 December 2003 (3-year appointment). JGOFS is
an international and interdisciplinary research project that aims
at understanding the role of the oceans in the carbon cycle and
its sensitivity to climate change. JGOFS was established in 1988
under the auspices of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
(SCOR) and it is a Core Project of the International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). The
Assistant Executive Officer plays a central role in data
management, which will be the most important responsibility over
the next 3 years of JGOFS. The successful candidate will handle
all aspects of JGOFS data management and work closely with the
Data Management Task Team (DMTT), an international panel of
experts. Other tasks include the maintenance and update of the
research cruise inventory, the production of data documentation
(metadata), the maintenance and further development of the
international web page (http://ads.smr.uib.no/jgofs/jgofs.htm),
and the participation in committees or workshops on behalf of
JGOFS. The AEO will also assists the Executive Officer (EO) in the
daily administration of the office. The
successful candidate must have an advance degree in marine science
or related field with preference given to those with an earned
PhD, a demonstrated capability in ocean data management and
multidisciplinary science programs. This international position
requires a dynamic person with strong interpersonal and English
language skills. Knowledge of a Scandinavian language would also
be beneficial in Norway. For full consideration, complete application must be received by 15 December 2000. However, the position will remain open and candidates will be considered until the position is filled. The preferred start date is January 2001, and the position will run through 31 December 2003. Salary is commensurate with experience. The University of Bergen is an equal opportunity employer. |
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Call for Papers from the JGOFS North Pacific Task Team Special Deep-Sea
Research Volume Part II (Topical Studies in Oceanography) On behalf of the North Pacific Task Team (NPTT) of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), we cordially invite you to submit manuscripts to a special Deep Sea Research issue on North Pacific Biogeochemical Processes. As the last JGOFS field campaign, unprecedented biogeochemical data sets, in both scope and accuracy, are now available for the western and eastern North Pacific. The emerging data have led to improvements in our understanding of how biogeochemical cycles function in the North Pacific. The purpose of the special issue is to provide an opportunity for scientists involved in the observational and modelling activities in the North Pacific to present the results of the North Pacific Process Study and other JGOFS-related field programs in the North Pacific and adjacent marginal seas. Of particular interest will be papers on the east vs west difference in the North Pacific, comparisons of time series between PAPA, KNOT and possibly HOTS, and the North Pacific Intermediate Water. Our goal is to have this issue published by spring 2002. To meet this target date, manuscripts, must be submitted to the Guest Editors (listed below) before November 1, 2000. Articles will be reviewed following the normal procedures, so that all accepted and revised manuscripts can be sent to Deep-Sea Research-II Chief Editor in early October 2001. If you are interested in contributing within the mentioned time schedule, please contact one of the Guest Editors for further details:
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
International
JGOFS Workshop
Biogeochemical Cycles: German contributions to the
International Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
September
18 - 21, 2000
Bremen, Germany
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Objective
To bring together scientists from all over the world in order to present and discuss the results of 10 years of JGOFS Background The oceans contain some
50 times as much carbon dioxide as the atmosphere, and small
changes in the ocean carbon cycle can therefore have large
atmospheric consequences. Such changes are believed to have had
important feedback effects on climate during the transitions to
and from ice ages; they may also have important consequences
during the climate changes that are predicted to occur in the
next 50-100 years, as a result of rapidly rising levels of
atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Models
indicate that the oceans are currently taking up at least a
third of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide, by dissolving it in
water that then loses contact with the atmosphere because of
sinking or vertical mixing. Biological processes complicate the
oceanic carbon cycle; although they probably do not affect the
present uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide, they are
important (1) as a determinant of the natural background
distribution of carbon; (2) because seasonal variation in
biological processes complicates the effort to measure the
background distribution; and (3) because biological feedbacks
have the potential to amplify chemical and physical effects.
Many scientists world-wide are addressing aspects of the ocean
carbon cycle, but to determine overall net fluxes and the
processes controlling them is beyond the capability of any one
nation. Therefore the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) has
been established under the auspices of the Scientific Committee
on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and as a Core Project of the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Its purpose
is to plan and execute the research that requires international
cooperation. About twenty countries are contributing to JGOFS
planning or field work. The scientific goals of JGOFS were
published in its Science Plan: Programme It is planned to have overview talks (invited speakers) during the mornings (duration of 30 minutes including discussion) and the afternoons will be free for poster presentations and discussions. It is furthermore intended to conclude the day with an evening lecture or a social event. Poster Session There will be a poster session every afternoon. All participants are invited to present poster about their work. Poster walls will be available. Registration
date and fee Venue The workshop will take place in the new "Universum Konferenzraum" on the campus of the University of Bremen. Bremen University is located directly at the highway A27 from Bremerhaven to Hannover. The nearest highway exit is Bremen Horn-Lehe, which is directly in the upper right corner of the map. If you reach Bremen by train or by plane, you can use the tram line No. 6, which runs from the airport via the train station to the university (tram stop "Naturwissenschaften 1 + five minutes walk). For
further information please have a look on the conference web
page http://www.marum.de/jgofs/Symposium2000.htm Please also contact: Gerold Wefer (Organizer) Barbara Donner (General Information, Registration &
Submission of Abstracts) |
The
Changing Ocean Carbon Cycle,
a midterm synthesis of Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
Edited by Roger B. Hanson, Hugh W. Ducklow and John G.
Field
International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Book Series Nr. 5
Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0521656036
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Scientific Symposium held at Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, in
May 1995, in which some 150 ocean scientists participated,
inspired this book. The editors selected and re-structured some
of the invited plenary presentations from the Symposium to
provide a balanced synthesis of our understanding of ocean
biogeochemistry towards the end of the twentieth century, as
advanced by JGOFS since its inception.
Many organisations and people have worked to make this publication possible. The Symposium was organised by the French National JGOFS Committee and financed under SCOR, IGBP, US National Science Foundation, the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, and several JGOFS National Committees. The Organising Committee comprised: Liliane Merlivat (Chair), Arthur C.T. Chen, Hugh Ducklow, John Field, Elizabeth Gross, Guy Jacques, André Morel, Paul Nival, Trevor Platt, Jarl-Ove Strömberg and Neil Swanberg. The contributors are as follows: If you want to
browse the contents of the book, get a sample
chapter (in PDF format) or access the online ordering
facility displayed at
Cambridge University Press website. |
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The
Southern Ocean: 8-12
July 2000, Brest, France Visit the
Symposium's homepage
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FOURTH
EDITION OF JGOFS SYNTHESIS OF THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC During its last meeting in
Seattle, the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Synthesis and Modelling
GROUP (EPSMG) decided to organise the fourth edition of
synthesis on the equatorial Pacific, with an international
co-authorship. This is now underway and will be published in
Deep-Sea Research. Leaders of several chapters have already been
identified and have agreed to write on the following topics: Other leaders have been identified but have not responded so far. The present announcement is now sent to the JGOFS community in order to collect more contributions on synthesis and overviews dealing with the equatorial Pacific, keeping in mind the international co-authorship requirement as much as possible. Colleagues interested by leading such synthesis are requested to contact one of the three guest editors Robert Le Borgne (leborgne@orstom.fr), Richard Feely (feely@pmel.noaa.gov), and Denis Mackey (mackey@csiro.marine.au) |
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