The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Project Office

海洋碳与生物地球化学（OCB）项目办公室

• 批准号: 1558412
• 负责人: Heather Benway
• 金额: $ 185.04万
• 依托单位: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-15 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1558412&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ocean; Carbon; Biogeochemistry; OCB; Project

The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program is an organized undertaking to provide planning, coordination and collaborative opportunities that promote team building and development of critical multidisciplinary research efforts directed at the study of marine biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem processes within the U.S. and with international partners. With original funding from NSF, NASA, and NOAA, OCB was first established in 2006, locating the Project Office at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Renewed funding for the OCB Project Office over the next three years will allow a full range of activities including (1) scientific and logistical support of the OCB Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and its subcommittees, (2) organization and execution of the OCB summer workshop and Scoping Workshops to develop new research topics, (3) scientific coordination within the OCB scientific community and with other U.S. and international programs, (4) communication to both established and early career researchers via OCB websites, newsletters, and email lists, and (5) development and dissemination of education and public outreach materials. Based on 9 years of experience and success with these same types of activities, as well as the current strong community support for OCB, it is expected that these efforts will create further opportunities for new collaborations, proposals and funded projects, manuscripts, field opportunities, community input to scientific planning initiatives, and scientific training for new investigators. OCB provides unique broader impact in its ability to engage scientists that represent almost the entire oceanographic community, as well as policy makers and educators, in pursuit of the more complete understanding of climate change related to evolving atmospheric and ocean chemistry, ocean biogeochemistry, and ecosystem processes needed to develop improved predictions and sensible adaptation strategies. The OCB Project Office will work over the next 3 years to continue the significant contributions they have made in enabling the ocean biogeochemistry and ecological communities to discuss and identify novel areas of interdisciplinary research. The OCB SSC and Program Office personnel will work to re-focus their successful, well-attended summer and scoping workshops on critical new research questions. Using a community-driven approach, and by collecting the best ocean carbon cycle expertise in smaller settings that foster meaningful discussions, OCB will continue to provide services that the traditional scientific meeting format, designed only to deliver the latest new science from individual PIs, cannot. OCB Project Office staff will continue to respond to requests for information from journalists, federal agency representatives, congressional staffers, and NGOs as opportunities arise. With its responsive style, OCB will also continue to facilitate timely scientific synthesis activities and strengthen partnerships with U.S. and international partner programs.

海洋碳和生物地球化学（OCB）计划是一项有组织的事业，旨在提供规划，协调和合作机会，促进团队建设和关键多学科研究工作的发展，旨在研究美国境内的海洋生物地球化学循环和生态系统过程，并与国际合作伙伴合作。 在NSF、NASA和NOAA的原始资助下，OCB于2006年首次成立，将项目办公室设在伍兹霍尔海洋研究所。在未来三年内，对OCB项目办公室的重新资助将使其能够开展一系列活动，包括（1）OCB科学指导委员会（SSC）及其小组委员会的科学和后勤支持，（2）组织和执行OCB夏季讲习班和范围界定讲习班，以开发新的研究课题，（3）在OCB科学界内部以及与其他美国和国际项目进行科学协调，（4）通过OCB网站，通讯和电子邮件列表与已建立和早期职业研究人员进行沟通，以及（5）编制和分发教育和公共宣传材料。 基于9年的经验和这些相同类型活动的成功，以及目前社区对OCB的强大支持，预计这些努力将为新的合作，提案和资助项目，手稿，实地机会，社区对科学规划倡议的投入以及新研究人员的科学培训创造更多机会。OCB提供了独特的更广泛的影响，使其能够吸引几乎代表整个海洋学界的科学家，以及政策制定者和教育工作者，以更全面地了解与不断演变的大气和海洋化学，海洋生物地球化学和生态系统过程相关的气候变化，从而制定改进的预测和合理的适应战略。OCB项目办公室将在未来3年内继续努力，使海洋地球化学和生态社区能够讨论和确定跨学科研究的新领域。 OCB SSC和项目办公室人员将努力将他们成功的、参加人数众多的夏季研讨会和范围界定研讨会重新集中在关键的新研究问题上。通过采用社区驱动的方法，并通过在较小的环境中收集最好的海洋碳循环专业知识，促进有意义的讨论，OCB将继续提供传统的科学会议形式所无法提供的服务，这些会议形式仅旨在提供来自个人PI的最新科学。 OCB项目办公室工作人员将继续回应记者、联邦机构代表、国会工作人员和非政府组织在机会出现时提出的信息请求。OCB还将以其响应式的风格，继续促进及时的科学综合活动，并加强与美国和国际合作伙伴计划的伙伴关系。