A communication and coordination service for the international ocean carbon community

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A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community
IOCCP Highlights 2004-2005 2nd IOCCP Workshop
Ocean Surface pCO2, Data Integration, and
Database Development, Tsukuba, Japan (NIES).
Produced international agreements on recommended
format for pCO2 metadata and data file reporting
from underway systems, and a set of recommended
practices for data exchange and data
integration. Carbon representatives on CLIVAR
Basin Panels 2 international stakeholders
meetings with national, regional, and global
programs to coordinate activities and plans
(CLIVAR, SOLAS, IMBER, LOICZ, PICES, CarboOceans,
US OCCC, NSF, NASA Ocean Colour program, OOPC,
GOOS) The Ocean Carbon Directory - a
communication and coordination web-portal service
(www.ioccp.org) New Terms of Reference for a
broader mandate (ocean carbon cycle, not just
CO2), and Scientific Steering Group. Increased
NSF support for 2005 75k program funds and a
post-doc at IOCCP/Paris to assist with expanded
mandate for up to 3 years. SSG Members Chris
Sabine (chair, US) Masao Fukasawa (Japan)
Bronte Tilbrook (Australia) Nick Bates
(Bermuda) Cyril Moulin (France) Dorothee Bakker
(UK) Helmuth Thomas (Canada) Cindy Lee (US)
Truls Johannessen (Norway) Dennis Hansell (US).
First meeting will be September 2005.
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IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community.
May 2004 December 2004 Stakeholders Meetings
to determine the way forward for coordinated
ocean carbon activities amongst numerous
programs Sponsor Organizations IOC, SCOR, GCP,
IGBP Observing Systems OOPC, GOOS, GCOS,
JCOMM Global Research Programs CLIVAR, SOLAS,
IMBER, LOICZ Regional Groups CarboOceans,
PICES National Groups US OCCC, NASA ocean
colour program, NOAA, NSF Outcomes The group
recognized 2 types of coordination activities
needed at the international level those specific
to meeting research program goals, and those to
address development of a global ocean carbon
observing system. The IOCCP will expand its
mandate to provide coordination services for the
full ocean carbon cycle (not just CO2) and for
process studies (not just large-scale field
programs).
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IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community.
IOCCP SSG Chair Chris Sabine (US) Repeat
Hydrography Masao Fukasawa (Japan) Underway
pCO2 Bronte Tilbrook (Australia) Time series
networks Nick Bates (Bermuda) Remote Sensing /
ModellingCyril Moulin (France) Coastal
observations Helmuth Thomas (Canada) Historical
Data Sets Dorothee Bakker (UK) Process Studies
Cindy Lee (US) SOLAS Truls Johannessen
(Norway) IMBER Dennis Hansell (US) Project
Coordinator Maria Hood post-doc TBD

• New Terms of Reference for IOCCP (see background
  document)
• IOCCP will undertake specific tasks (listed
  below) and provide ready expertise on ocean
  carbon observations and research, including ocean
  carbon sequestration issues, as required by SCOR,
  IOC, their programs, and their member states.
  (note replaces the CO2 Panel)
• Establish and maintain an international
  communications center on ocean carbon activities
  (compilations, syntheses of observation and
  research activities, email and web-based news,
  etc.)
• Provide forum for international agreement on
  standards (Methods and Best Practices, QC/QA
  procedures, Data/Metadata formats, CRMs)
• Facilitate data collection, management, product
  development, and archival
• Work with global research programs and
  observation programs to promote and document the
  development and status of a sustained ocean
  carbon observing system.
• Liaise with integrated programs (GCP, IGCO) to
  promote the integration of ocean carbon into
  earth system studies.

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IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community.
Current and Future Activities May NSF grant
1 post-doc for 2-3 years to help with new IOCCP
mandate 75k budget from May 2005-2006. August
Post-doc should be recruited / begin at IOCCP
by September 1. September 25-30, Colorado, US
Ocean Carbon Open House 1st SSG meeting November
14-17, Mutsu Japan IOCCP CLIVAR Intl Repeat
Hydrography Workshop On-going /Intersessional
--New compilations and syntheses for time series
observatories, coastal observations, process
studies --Underway activities developing
technical document on underway systems and
shipboard requirements proposal from JCOMM SOT
to use a single focal point for ship
negotiations requests from AOPC to establish
closer links with atmospheric CO2 measurements
from ships need to establish group(s) for basin
and global surface pCO2 syntheses (joint with
SOLAS ?), --Request from OOPC / CLIVAR GSOP for
ocean carbon syntheses (Observing System
Experiment) to determine sampling requirements
for ocean carbon inventory and transport based on
existing global data. --Other as agreed at SSG
meeting (until SSG meets, we are still operating
in the emergency mode responding to most
urgent coordination issues rather than developing
a plan.)
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SOlas/imBER working group
Integrated marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem
research
Surface ocean Lower atmosphere study

• bgc interactions ocean-atm.
• exchange processes
• CO2 fluxes and other GHG

• interactions bgc - food web
• sensitivity to global change
• feedbacks on earth system
• response of society

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Joint implementation plan

• carbon transformation in the surface ocean
• pH, dust, high CO2
• ecosystem sensitivity
• carbon transformation in the mesopelagic layer
  (lt 1000 m)
• spatial and temporal variability in CO2 fluxes
• measuring systems
• include coastal ocean
• N2O, CH4, O2

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tools

• develop automated instruments
• use of manipulative experiments (Fe
  fertilisation, mesocosm)
• use of assimilation models
• links with global models

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time scale

• Summer 2005 implementation plan
• Fall 2006 first meeting of SOBER and
  co-ordination with IOCCP

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• Charter for SSC approved May 2005
• 1st Science Conference at WHOI in August, 2005
• Need to work out in detail the interaction/relatio
  nship of this group to U.S. SOLAS SSC and U.S.
  IMBER
• SSC was just finalized

Scott Doney (chair) Bob Anderson Mary-Elena
Carr Richard Feely Dave Karl Brent McKee Galen
McKinley Christopher Sabine
Science and implementation Plan published in May
2003
http//www.whoi.edu/sites/OCCC_workshop
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Implementation Elements
Ocean Carbon Observing System Repeat
hydrographic survey Volunteer-Observing-Ship
(VOS) pCO2 surveys Time-series measurements North
American coastal observing network Remote
sensing North Atlantic and North Pacific Process
Studies Upper water column processes Mesopelagic
processes Continental margin biogeochemistry Air-s
ea gas exchange Southern Ocean Pilot
Studies Synthesis and Numerical Modeling
Enabling Activities Sensor and platform
development Data management and data
availability International cooperation and
linkages Workshops and educational
outreach Management framework
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Links to Southern Ocean
Air-sea gas exchange (mechanistic process studies
-possibly in Southern Ocean long-term CO2 flux
time-series remote sensing algorithm
development) Southern Ocean pilot studies
(synthesis/modeling of existing/recent Southern
Ocean data underway pCO2 on ships of opportunity
and moored O2 model development and
intercomparisons interactions and leverage of
U.S. CLIVAR Southern Ocean studies)
US CLIVAR/CO2 Repeat hydrography project
completed 2 Southern Ocean cruises in 2005 (P16S
and A16S). The S4P line is scheduled for 2007,
but there is a question whether we will be able
to find an ice breaker to do the cruise.
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CARBOOCEAN IP ( CarboOcean Integrated Project)
aims at an accurate scientific assessment of the
marine carbon sources and sinks within space and
time. It focuses on the Atlantic and Southern
Oceans and a time interval of -200 to 200 years
from now. CARBOOCEAN will determine the oceans
quantitative role for uptake of atmospheric
carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important
manageable driving agent for climate change. The
ocean has the most significant overall potential
as a sink for anthropogenic CO2. The correct
quantification of this sink is a fundamental
necessary condition for all realistic prognostic
climate simulations. CARBOOCEAN will thus
create scientific knowledge, which is essential
to a quantitative risk/uncertainty judgement on
the expected consequences of rising atmospheric
CO2 concentrations. Based on this judgement, it
will be possible to guide the development of
appropriate mitigation actions, such as
management of CO2 emission reductions within a
global context (e.g., Kyoto Protocol, United
Nations, 1997). CARBOOCEAN combines the key
European experts and scientific resources in the
field through an integrated research effort. The
effort complements other major research
programmes on oceanic, atmospheric, and
terrestrial carbon cycling and is linked to these
programmes.
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• 5 core themes structure the project work
  according to spatial, temporal, and topical
  aspects
• North Atlantic and Southern Ocean CO2 air-sea
  exchange on a seasonal-to-interannual scale.
  (Andy Watson)
• Detection of decadal-to-centennial Atlantic and
  Southern Ocean carbon inventory changes. (Doug
  Wallace)
• Carbon uptake and release at European regional
  scale. (Helmuth Thomas)
• Biogeochemical feedbacks on the oceanic carbon
  sink. (Marion Gehlen)
• Future scenarios for marine carbon sources and
  sinks. (Christoph Heinze)
• Cross cutting activities
• - data management
• - dissemination
• Consortium management
• Training
• Demonstration

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