The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Project Office

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，旨在研究美国境内和国际合作伙伴的海洋生物地球化学循环和生态系统过程。 OCB 最初由 NSF、NASA 和 NOAA 资助于 2006 年成立，项目办公室设在伍兹霍尔海洋研究所。未来三年对 OCB 项目办公室的更新资助将允许开展全方位的活动，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 夏季研讨会和范围界定研讨会，以开发新的研究主题，(3) OCB 科学界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、新闻通讯和电子邮件列表，以及 (5) 开发和传播教育和公共宣传材料。 基于 9 年此类活动的经验和成功，以及当前社区对 OCB 的大力支持，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、社区对科学规划举措的投入以及新研究者的科学培训创造更多机会。 OCB 能够吸引代表几乎整个海洋学界的科学家以及政策制定者和教育工作者，从而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，从而提供独特的更广泛的影响，从而制定改进的预测和合理的适应策略。 OCB 项目办公室将在未来 3 年继续努力，继续为海洋生物地球化学和生态界讨论和确定跨学科研究的新领域做出重大贡献。 OCB SSC 和项目办公室人员将努力将他们成功举办的、参加人数众多的夏季研讨会和范围界定研讨会重新集中于关键的新研究问题。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来促进有意义的讨论，OCB 将继续提供传统科学会议形式所无法提供的服务，而传统科学会议形式仅旨在传递个人 PI 的最新科学成果。 OCB 项目办公室工作人员将继续在有机会时回应记者、联邦机构代表、国会工作人员和非政府组织的信息请求。凭借其积极响应的风格，OCB 还将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。

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.