US - Uruguay Workshop: State of Knowledge on Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Margin Processes; Montevideo, Uruguay, May 2008

该奖项将支持由国际和平协会和国际合作者菲利佩·尼恩切斯基、巴西里奥格兰德基金会、卡洛斯·马丁内斯、乌拉圭蒙得维的亚大学和阿根廷科尔多瓦科尔多瓦大学佩德罗·德佩特里斯组织的地区研讨会。研讨会将汇集来自巴西、乌拉圭、阿根廷和美国的科学家，以评估西南大西洋洋缘过程的知识状况，总结目前对该地区运行的物理和生物地球化学过程的理解，并确定主要的不确定性领域。马里蒂莫技术委员会将作为会议的主办地点，会议将在乌拉圭蒙得维的亚举行。位于巴西南部、乌拉圭和阿根廷海岸的西南大西洋边缘是世界海洋中生物生产力最高的地区之一，也是南大西洋最大的二氧化碳汇。尽管这一区域具有全球意义，但科学界对该区域物理、化学和生物过程的复杂相互作用的了解相对较少。研讨会将汇集大约15名美国海洋科学家，他们是海洋边缘过程方面的专家，以及来自阿根廷、乌拉圭和巴西的类似科学家小组，以综合该地区现有的信息，并为未来的国际研究合作制定计划。研讨会参与者将向更广泛的社区准备一份报告，总结对该地区现有的科学理解，这将为研究和教育计划服务。地区和美国科学家将建立网络，在该地区开展合作研究项目/计划。

Windom0735971This award will support a regional workshop organized by the PI and international collaborators Felipe Niencheski, Fundacao Universidade do Rio Grande, Brazil, Carlos Martinez, Universidad del Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay and Pedro Depetris, Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina. The workshop will bring together scientists from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and the U. S. to assess the state of knowledge on ocean margin processes of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, to develop a summary of the present understanding of physical and biogeochemical processes operating in this region and identify major areas of uncertainty. The Comision Tecnica Mixta del Frente Maritimo will serve as the host location for the meeting which will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Southwestern Atlantic Ocean Margin, along the coasts of Southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, is one of the most biologically productive areas of the world's oceans and is the largest CO2 sink in the South Atlantic. Although this region is of global significance, the scientific community has a relatively poor understanding of the complex interactions of physical, chemical and biological processes of the region. The workshop will bring together about fifteen U.S. marine scientists, who are experts in ocean margin processes, together with a similar group of scientists from Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, to synthesize the existing information on this region and to formulate plans for future international research collaborations. Workshop participants will prepare a report to the wider community summarizing the existing scientific understanding of this region, which will serve both research and educational programs. Regional and U.S. scientists will establish networks to initiate the pursuit of cooperative research projects/programs in the region.