Ocean
Carbon Working Group started (Fall,
1999)
OCTET
Prospectus (completed October,
1999)
AGU/ASLO
OCEAN Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX (January 27,
2000)
An open meeting was held to
describe the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan and present the
OCTET, EDOCC, and SOLAS initiatives. Other initiatives and
programs dealing with carbon cycle science were also
described.
OCTET Planning Workshop
(March 7-10, 2000)
The OCTET Workshop was held
at Airlie House near Warrenton, VA, to further identify and
define an OCTET science agenda, to establish priorities among
research questions of interest, and suggest a framework for
implementing solutions. Community participation was also
invited and short papers received from the scientific community
will be included in the report. The Workshop Report is now
completed and can be viewed below. A few hard copies are
available and can be requested from Cindy
Lee.
View Workshop
Report.
Questions on OCTET or the
process of its development can be addressed to any member of
the Ocean
Carbon Working Group.
NSF Ocean Carbon Cycle
Research planning group formed (April, 2001)
Several agency planning groups were formed to promote carbon cycle research.
NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences formed the Ocean Carbon Cycle Research
planning group to develop a vision of research priorities in carbon cycle
research. The OCCR committee provided OCE advice and assistance with
planning the design of an ocean carbon cycle research program. The purpose
of this group was to develop a programmatic vision of research priorities
rather than a plan for implementing a specific research initiative.
Ocean Carbon Cycle Research Planning Group (2003)
The Carbon Cycle Science Ocean Interim Implementation Group under the
Chairmanship of Scott Doney has taken over the planning efforts. They
are working with the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Scientific Steering Group.
See their web site at www.carboncyclescience.gov. In March 2004, the
document, Ocean Carbon and Climate Change (OCCC): An Implementation Strategy
for U.S. Ocean Research, was completed, and is available at www.carboncyclescience.gov/occc-report.html
