Support of SCOR Activities Related to the Interests of the NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

9422144继续为海洋研究科学委员会(海洋研究委员会)与美国海洋科学和海洋科学司的利益有关的国际海洋学活动提供持续支持。目前有37个国家派代表参加了特别委员会。美国国家科学院海洋研究委员会是美国的国家委员会。个别海洋科学家通过工作组和科学指导委员会等附属机构参与南海科学研究活动。资金将支持SCOR的两项主要活动：1)美国对SCOR重点工作组的赞助。目前，有12个这样的工作组，涵盖各种与海洋科学有关的主题。工作组由来自不同国家的专家组成，他们定期举行会议，讨论和评估其专题领域的科学状况，并编写一份报告，为进一步的研究工作提供咨询和建议。2)全球海洋通量联合研究(JGOFS)和全球海洋生态系统动力学(GLOBEC)计划的科学指导委员会活动；两者都是美国全球变化研究计划的一部分。这些重大项目起源于美国，并已求助于SCOR，为国际规划和协调提供一个论坛。SCOR的影响已经并将继续明显地体现在测量协议的标准化、数据共享、船舶时间的协调以及扩大实地研究方面，如果没有国际协调，这些都是不可能的。

9422144 Gross Continuing support is provided for the international oceanographic activities of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) that are relevant to U.S. interests in marine sciences and the Division of Ocean Sciences. There are currently thirty-seven countries represented in SCOR. The Ocean Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences serves as the U.S. national committee. Individual ocean scientists participate in SCOR activities through subsidiary bodies such as working groups and scientific steering committees. Funding will support two major SCOR activities: 1) U.S. sponsorship of focused SCOR Working Groups. Presently, there are twelve such Working Groups covering diverse ocean-science related topics. Working Groups are comprised of experts from different countries who meet on a regular basis to discuss and assess the scientific status of their topic area and produce a report that advises and provides recommendations for further research efforts. 2) Science Steering Committee activities of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) and the Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) program; both are part of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. These major programs have origins in U.S. and have turned to SCOR to provide a forum for international planning and coordination. SCOR's impact has and will continue to be evident in the standardization of measurement protocols, sharing of data, coordination of ship time, and the enlargement of field studies which would be impossible without international coordination.