Southern Ocean GLOBEC Planning Office

该奖项在老道明大学设立了美国和国际南大洋全球海洋生态系统动力学(SO-GLOBEC)项目的协调办公室。该办公室将为组成美国So-Globec研究的25名主要调查人员履行行政职能。具体地说，该办公室将作为美国全球海洋观测系统社区的单一联络点；提供与更广泛的国际全球海洋观测系统项目、国际捕鲸委员会、南极研究科学委员会、海洋研究科学委员会和其他国际机构的联系；协调为美国全球海洋观测系统研究举办的研讨会和研究人员会议；通过时事通讯、热门文章和其他类型的出版物提供知名度，并在国内和国际会议上协调关于南大洋全球海洋观测活动的特别会议。

This award establishes a coordination office for the U.S. and international Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (SO-Globec) programs at Old Dominion University. The office will carry out administrative functions for the twenty-five principal investigators that make up the U.S. SO-Globec study. Specifically the office will serve as the single point of contact for the U.S. SO-Globec community; provide contact with the broader international Globec program, the International Whaling Commission, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, the Scientific Committee for Ocean Research, and other international bodies; coordinate workshops and investigator meetings for the U.S. SO-Globec study; provide visibility through newsletters, popular articles, and other types of publications, and coordinate special sessions on Southern Ocean Globec activities at national and international meetings.