Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry Project Office

海洋碳和生物地球化学(OCB)计划是由美国国家科学基金会、美国国家航空航天局和美国国家海洋和大气局于2006年创建的，旨在促进、规划和协调美国国内和国际合作伙伴在海洋生物地球化学循环和生态系统过程方面的多学科合作研究机会。OCB领导层由科学指导委员会(SSC)、关于海洋酸化、海洋时间序列和海洋肥化的专题小组委员会以及设在伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的OCB项目办公室组成。OCB项目办公室的主要活动包括：1)为OCB SSC及其小组委员会提供科学和后勤支持；2)组织OCB研讨会和活动；3)OCB社区内部以及与其他美国和国际项目的科学协调；4)通过OCB网站、时事通讯和电子邮件列表进行交流；以及5)开发和传播教育和公共宣传材料。在六年的计划生命周期中，OCB主办了年度夏季研讨会、7次范围确定研讨会、一个短期课程、一个综合研讨会和一次PI会议。这些活动实现了刺激科学讨论和社区规划的独特平衡，产生了新的合作、建议和资助的项目、手稿和专门期刊卷、协同实地机会、OCB社区对科学规划倡议和海洋观测运动的投入以及科学培训机会。在这个续期奖的支持下，在未来三年内，OCB项目办公室将协调一系列活动，包括历来有很多人参加的夏季和范围确定讲习班，为早期职业科学家举办的短期课程，以及解决重点研究问题的专题工作组。鉴于其在社区建设和规划海洋酸化活动方面的经验，它将召开下一次由美国资助的海洋酸化调查人员参加的大型跨学科会议。它还将继续促进及时的科学合成活动，并加强与美国和国际合作伙伴计划的伙伴关系。广泛的影响：面对大气成分的变化和相关的气候变化以及不断演变的海洋化学，迫切需要对海洋生物地球化学和生态系统过程有更全面的了解，以提高我们的预测能力，并为制定合理的适应战略提供框架。OCB本质上是一个更广泛的影响组织，发挥着协调作用，最终使整个科学界以及政策制定者和教育工作者受益。利用一种综合的、社区驱动的方法，海洋环境组织将继续推进与海洋生物地球化学和生态系统进程有关的高度优先的研究和观测目标。关于投资，过去六年与OCB活动相关的势头和合作为社区带来了巨大的好处，包括科学和规划报告、改进的研究协调以及新的研究计划和机会。这些活动不能以传统的科学会议形式复制，传统的科学会议形式的主要目的是展示来自个别私人投资机构的新的和令人兴奋的科学。有组织犯罪组织更进一步，以及时和战略性的方式召集适当的专业人员，以确保整个社区取得积极成果。OCB项目办公室还充当与海洋碳循环(例如，海洋酸化、碳封存、铁肥)有关的专题科学政策讨论的协调中心。OCB项目办公室的工作人员经常回应记者、联邦机构代表、国会工作人员和非政府组织提出的提供信息的请求，并将在机会出现时继续开展这些活动。

The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program was created by NSF, NASA, and NOAA in 2006 to promote, plan, and coordinate collaborative, multidisciplinary research opportunities on marine biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem processes within the U.S. and with international partners. OCB leadership consists of a scientific steering committee (SSC); topical subcommittees on ocean acidification, ocean time-series, and ocean fertilization; and the OCB Project Office located at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The primary activities of the OCB Project Office include: 1) scientific and logistical support of the OCB SSC and its subcommittees; 2) organization of OCB workshops and activities; 3) scientific coordination within the OCB community and with other U.S. and international programs; 4) communication via OCB websites, newsletters, and email lists; and 5) development and dissemination of education and public outreach materials. Over the 6-year program life, OCB has hosted annual summer workshops, 7 scoping workshops, a short course, a synthesis workshop, and a PI meeting. Achieving a unique balance of stimulating scientific discussions and community planning, these activities have resulted in new collaborations, proposals and funded projects, manuscripts and special journal volumes, synergistic field opportunities, OCB community input to scientific planning initiatives and ocean observing campaigns, and scientific training opportunities. With support from this renewal award, over the next three years the OCB Project Office will coordinate a range of activities, including the historically well-attended summer and scoping workshops, a short course for early career scientists, and topical working groups to address focused research questions. Given its experience in community building and planning ocean acidification activities, it will convene the next large, interdisciplinary meeting of funded U.S. ocean acidification investigators. It will also continue to facilitate timely scientific synthesis activities and strengthen partnerships with U.S. and international partner programs.Broader Impacts: In the face of changes in atmospheric composition and associated climate change and evolving ocean chemistry, a more comprehensive understanding of ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystem processes is critically needed to improve our predictive capabilities and provide the framework for the development of sound adaptation strategies. OCB essentially is a broader impacts organization, playing a coordination role that ultimately benefits the entire scientific community, as well as policy makers and educators. Using an integrated, community-driven approach, OCB will continue to advance high-priority research and observational objectives related to ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystem processes. Relative to the investment, the momentum and collaborations developed in association with OCB activities over the past six years have yielded great benefits to the community, including scientific and planning reports, improved research coordination, and new research programs and opportunities. These activities cannot be replicated in a traditional scientific meeting format, which serves the primary purpose of showcasing new and exciting science from individual PIs. OCB goes a step beyond to convene the appropriate balance of expertise in a timely and strategic way to ensure positive outcomes for the community as a whole. The OCB Project Office also serves as a focal point for topical science-policy discussions related to the ocean carbon cycle (e.g., ocean acidification, carbon sequestration, iron fertilization). OCB Project Office staff members have routinely responded to requests for information from journalists, federal agency representatives, congressional staffers, and NGOs, and will continue these activities as opportunities arise.