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

windom0735971该奖项将支持由PI和国际合作者Felipe Niencheski（巴西Fundacao university do里约热内卢Grande）、Carlos Martinez（乌拉圭蒙得维的亚大学）和Pedro Depetris（阿根廷科尔多瓦大学）组织的区域研讨会。研讨会将汇集来自巴西、乌拉圭、阿根廷和美国的科学家，评估西南大西洋海洋边缘过程的知识状况，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领域。马里蒂莫阵线混合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。西南大西洋边缘，沿着巴西南部、乌拉圭和阿根廷海岸，是世界海洋生物最丰富的地区之一，也是南大西洋最大的二氧化碳汇。尽管该地区具有全球意义，但科学界对该地区物理、化学和生物过程的复杂相互作用的了解相对较差。研讨会将汇集大约15名研究海洋边缘过程的美国海洋科学家，以及来自阿根廷、乌拉圭和巴西的类似科学家小组，以综合有关该地区的现有信息，并为未来的国际研究合作制定计划。研讨会参与者将准备一份报告给更广泛的社区，总结对该地区现有的科学认识，这将有助于研究和教育计划。该地区和美国的科学家将建立网络，发起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.