Planning the Global Ocean Flux Program

继续规划美国全球海洋通量计划（U.S. Global Ocean Flux Program）将是这项工作的重点。这个项目是1984年由美国国家科学院主办的一个研讨会的成果。主要主题是确定和量化控制海洋生物地球化学循环的物理、化学和生物过程，以及它们与全球大气的相互作用。目标是充分了解控制海洋生物物质生产和命运的过程，以预测它们对全球尺度扰动的影响和反应。为了实现这些复杂的目标，设立了一个规划办公室，以满足有关科学问题的协调、通讯、出版、规划和代表的需要。在国内和国际上协调和实施这一方案。在赠款期间，将进行一项涉及5个国家和2架飞机的试点方案，将开始从时间序列站收集数据，并将拟订一项全球调查的计划。

Continued planning of the U.S. Global Ocean Flux Program (U.S. GOFS) will be the focus of this effort. This program results from a workshop held in 1984 under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences. The principal theme is to identify and quantify the physical, chemical and biological processes controlling biogeochemical cycling in the ocean, and their interaction with the global atmosphere. The goal is to understand the processes governing the production and fate of biogenic materials in the sea well enough to predict their influences on, and responses to, global scale perturbations. In order to achieve these complex goals, a Planning Office has been established which serves the needs to coordination, communication, publication, planning and representation of the scientific issues involved. The coordination and implementation of this program nationally and internationally is provided for. During the grant period a pilot program involving 5 nations and 2 aircraft will be undertaken, data from time-series stations will commence, and plans for a global survey will be brought to final form.