U.S.-India Workshop: Biogeochemical Observations & Modeling in the Indian Ocean, Assessment and Planning for the Future, Goa, India, Spring 2006

0536861 Hood描述：此奖项支持美国-印度印度洋生物化学观测和建模讲习班，将于2006年春季在印度果阿国家海洋学研究所举行。 与会者将：（1）评估对印度洋地球化学动态的知识和科学认识状况，（2）查明认识上的差距，特别是与地球化学循环和碳循环有关的差距，制定一项计划，实施一项地球化学观测和模拟研究计划，利用并大大加强计划中的气候变化和大气研究计划/全球海洋观测系统（世界气候研究方案和全球海洋观测系统的气候多变性和可预测性部分）印度洋观测系统。 从地球化学的角度来看，印度洋是世界上研究最少、了解最少的海洋盆地之一，因此仍然是海洋地球化学和碳循环研究的最后一个重要前沿领域。. 适用范围：鉴于越来越多的证据表明印度洋的变化具有广泛的全球影响，而且气候变化和气候变化研究中心和全球海洋观测系统已确定需要一个印度洋观测系统，举办这次讲习班是有充分理由的。 这将提高我们对IO在全球气候系统中所起作用的理解，并为改善气候预测奠定坚实的基础。 这一系统的部署为开展补充性生物和化学观测提供了一个独特的机会。 该奖项将直接支持8名高级调查员和7名初级调查员。 在未来研究计划的设计中，来自潜在的新IO研究人员的输入是重要的，因为他们很可能是未来进行此类研究工作的人。 其他IO周边国家包括澳大利亚，印度尼西亚，巴基斯坦，中东和东非国家，斯里兰卡和马达加斯加。

0536861Hood Description: This award supports a U.S.-India Workshop on Biochemical Observations and Modeling in the Indian Ocean that will be held at the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa, India in the spring of 2006. Participants will: 1) assess the state of knowledge and scientific understanding of the biogeochemical dynamics of the Indian Ocean, 2) identify gaps in understanding particularly as they pertain to biogeochemical cycles and carbon cycles, and 3) formulate a plan to implement a biogeochemical observational and modeling research program that leverages and substantially enhances the planned CLIVAR/GOOS (Climate Variability and Predictability component of the World Climate Research Program and Global Ocean Observing System) Indian Ocean observing system. From a biogeochemical perspective the Indian Ocean is one of the least studied and most poorly understood ocean basins in the world and, as such, remains one of the last great frontiers for ocean biogeochemical and carbon cycle research. . Scope: There is strong justification for holding this workshop in light of growing evidence that Indian Ocean (IO) variability has wide-ranging global impacts and that CLIVAR and GOOS have identified the need for an IO observing system. This will improve our understanding of the role played by the IO in the global climate system and build a solid foundation for improving climate prediction. The deployment of this system presents a unique opportunity for carrying out complimentary biological and chemical observations. This award will directly support 8 senior and 7 junior investigators. Input from potentially new IO investigators in the design of future research programs is important since they are likely to be the ones carrying-out such research efforts in the future. Other IO rim countries represented include Australia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Middle Eastern and East African countries, and Sri Lanka and Madagascar.