OCTET Workshop Report

 

Acknowledgements

I. Executive Summary

II. Introduction

III. Research Strategy

IV. Workshop Discussion Summaries

Biological Pump

Solubility Pump

North Atlantic Ocean

North Pacific Ocean

Southern Ocean

Modern Observing Systems

Paleoclimate Variability

Synthesis and Modeling

V. Pre-Workshop Participant Statements

The OCTET Prospectus identified many biogeochemical processes and fluxes of importance to achieving a quantitative understanding of carbon dynamics in the ocean. Before the workshop, participants were asked to identify uncertainties in the ocean carbon cycle within the OCTET framework and suggest a strategy for narrowing those uncertainties. They were asked 1) where the processes or fluxes of interest were most geographically significant, 2) over what spatial and temporal scales they were significant, and 3) how measurements of these processes or fluxes might be scaled regionally or globally.

Participant Statements (This 86-page pdf file takes some time to load)

VI. Pre-workshop Community Participation

Community participation was invited at the San Antonio Ocean Sciences Meeting and on this web site prior to the Workshop. We asked for short statements on any topic related to the OCTET issues as outlined in the prospectus.

Community Statements

VII. Appendix

Agenda

Participants

Acronyms