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News Archives (pdf files)

May 2008
Introducing the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group for 2008-2010
The LDEO Takahashi Data Base is Published at CDIAC
CDIAC Launches a Coastal Carbon Data and Information Web-site
Report from OceanSensors08 and Launch of the Ocean Carbon Sensor Directory
The IOC Establishes an Ad Hoc Consultative Group on Ocean Fertilization
Overview of the UK Carbon-Ops Program
The Ocean in a High CO2 World-II: Abstract Deadline 31 May
Upcoming Meetings: May – August 2008

February 2008
Guide to Best Practices for Ocean CO2 Measurements Published
WOCE Hydrography Manual to be Updated
The Ocean in a High CO2 World-II: Registration opens 29 February
OceanSensors 08 / Early Registration Ends 15 February
OceanObs 09: Ocean Information for Society: Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential

November 2007
Ocean Carbon in the Southern Ocean Observing System
The Surface Ocean CO2 Global Dataset and Atlas Project Update
Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Panel (GO_SHIP)
Seacarb Program Revised
Symposium Announcement: Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans
The First "State of the Carbon Cycle Report" Released

August 2007
The Ocean Acidification Network is Launched by SCOR, IOC-UNESCO, IAEA-MEL, and IGBP
The IOCCP Web-Site is Renovated
The Ocean in a High CO2 World – II: First Announcement
The Surface Ocean CO2 Variability and Vulnerability Workshop Report is Published
Atlantic Ocean Carbon Synthesis Group Homepage Launched
Summary of the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop
Input Solicited for OceanSensors08 Conference

May 2007
Co-chairs summary: Surface Ocean CO2 Variability and Vulnerabilities workshop
IOCCP Scientific Steering Group 2nd session summary
SOLAS/IMBER Carbon group meeting summary
Argo-Oxygen Program update
IOCCP carbon observations tables and maps updated

February 2007
Data set release: Climatology of Global Surface Ocean Alkalinity
Meeting report: GlobCOLOUR First User Consultation meeting
New CCHDO Website
Dick Feely elected AGU fellow

November 2006
Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” established at the University of Kiel and Leibniz Institutes
Potential for use of the Swedish icebreaker Oden for Southern Ocean research
Excel macro developed to calculate CO2 system parameters
UNESCO-SCOPE Policy brief on the Global Carbon Cycle published
Systematic Observation Requirements for Satellite-based Products for Climate

August 2006
Report summary from the Initial North Atlantic Synthesis meeting, Iceland
Map of carbon time series sites now available
Report from the OCCC Ocean Carbon Workshop, July 10-13 Woods Hole
Ocean carbon and the International Polar Year web site
Report release: 'Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers'

May 2006
WAVES (Web-Accessible Vizualization and Extraction System) website launched
Ocean carbon scientists in the news - P16N shows increased acidification
Two projects on the optimisation of observation networks to deduce ocean CO2 fluxes
New time series web page on the IOCCP site
Ocean Carbon and the International Polar Year

February 2006
Report from the International Repeat Hydrography and Carbon Workshop
"Friends of Oxygen on Argo" Group Established
Roger Dargaville Joins the IOCCP Project Office
Upcoming Ocean Carbon Sessions at AGU and EGU
Ocean Carbon Community Invited to Advise ESA GlobColour Project
SCAR-SCOR Southern Ocean Expert Group Report Available

November 2005
Ocean Carbon Open House Presentations On-Line
IOCCP holds its first Scientific Steering Group meeting
International Repeat Hydrography Meeting Nov 14-16: an update
GLODAP Results and Data Published

August 2005
WHOI ocean carbon meeting provides information on future program structure
Royal Society of London releases report on ocean acidification
Global Carbon Project Climate Vulnerabilities Conference talks on-line
New Terms of Reference approved for the IOCCP

May 2005
IOCCP expands its mandate and establishes a Scientific Steering Group
The "Ocean Carbon Directory" developed as part of new IOCCP mandate
European Space Agency launches GlobCOLOUR Project

February 2005
CARBO-OCEAN Holds Kick-Off Meeting in Bergen
Changing "Ocean-Colour" ?: A Survey
New MATLAB routine to calculate CO2 System Parameters
Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START Call for Proposals

November 2004
"Guide of Best Practices" Coming Soon / PICES WG 17 Meeting News
First CarboOcean Mesocosm CO2 Perturbation Study Announced
UNFCCC Requests Special Report on Ocean Observations for Climate
IGOS Partners Carbon Theme Developing Implementation Plan
"The Ocean Carbon Cycle and Climate"- A NATO ASI Publication

August 2004
CARBOOCEAN Under Contract Negotiations - A Strong Contribution to Worldwide Ocean Carbon Cycle Research
North Pacific Regional Research Synthesis Group Approved as a GCP Project
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate Endorses IOCCP for Ocean Carbon Coordination
Research Priorities Report Published from The Ocean in a High CO2 World Symposium
Update on the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research Project
Citation Protocol for Publicly Available Ocean Carbon Data Sets
The Impacts of Climate Change on the Carbon Cycle in the North Pacific: an IOCCP Session at the PICES 13th Annual Meeting.

May 2004
CLIVAR / IOC Indian Ocean Panel Meeting Report
Summary of the Ocean in a High CO2 World Symposium
IGOS Integrated Global Carbon Observation Theme Finalized
US Ocean Carbon and Climate Change Implementation Strategy Published
GCOS 10 year implementation plan begins review period

February 2004
Results from the Tsukuba Workshop on Ocean Surface pCO2 Data
SOLAS and IMBER to Work Together on Ocean Carbon Implementation
BEAGLE 2003 - An Expedition Around the Southern Hemisphere
POGO - IOC - SCOR Capacity-Building Fellowships Need Hosts
A Brief History of Ocean Carbon and its Links to the United Nations Global Observing Systems for Climate

November 2003
Carbon and Tracer News from the CLIVAR Southern Ocean Panel Meeting
CLIVAR Carbon Representatives Named
A26.5 Line May Reoccupy 24N
SOLAS Working Group 3 Holds First Meeting
Methods Handbook Scheduled for Early 2004 Publication
New Southern Ocean "OISO" Data Available
New Software to Calculate CO2 Parameters for Mac and Unix

August 2003
The IOCCP is launched at first workshop
Ocean carbon experts to be added to CLIVAR Basin Panels
IOC to facilitate permission process for research in territorial waters
IOCCP investigates ways to create journal articles for data sets
South China Sea regional carbon pilot project to be launched in November
U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program develops ocean implementation plan

 

 

 

 
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