The Sargasso Sea Ocean Observatory: An Organizing Workshop

百慕大生物研究实验室的科学家们将召开一次研讨会，将目前在百慕大附近的马尾藻海开展的几项海洋时间序列活动组织成一个合作科学联合会。 其中包括美国JGOFS百慕大大西洋时间序列站（BATS），百慕大试验台系泊，Deuser-Conte海洋时间序列（OTS）以及一些相关活动。 这些活动共同构成了世界上最密集、国际上使用最多、最受赞誉的海洋观测系统之一。 北美、欧洲、亚洲和澳大利亚主要海洋学研究所的数百名科学家直接参加了这些设施的实地活动计划于2000年秋季在百慕大举办的讲习班将有几个目标：（1）为各组成活动的负责人提供相互见面的机会;（2）确定共同的需要和目标;（3）阐明实现这些目标的手段;（3）为建立一个更正规的组织奠定基础;（5）建立一个组织和领导结构;（6）确定和发展与有关国际海洋研究活动的联系和数据交换方法;（7）与其他时间序列计划建立联系，特别是在北大西洋。

ABSTRACTOCE-0083076Scientists at the Bermuda Biological Laboratory for Research will convene a workshop to organize the several ocean time-series activities currently operating in the Sargasso Sea in the vicinity of Bermuda into a cooperative scientific confederation. These include the U.S.JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Station (BATS), the Bermuda Testbed Mooring, the Deuser-Conte Ocean Time Series (OTS), and a number or related activities. These activities collectively constitute one of the most intensive and internationally utilized -- and acclaimed -- ocean observation systems in the world. Hundreds of scientists at the leading oceanographic institutions in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia have either participated directly in the field activities of these facilities (especially BATS) or else have utilized the open data sources that they provide.The workshop, planned for autumn 2000 in Bermuda, will have several objectives: (1) to provide the opportunity for the principals of the component activities to meet one another; (2) to identify common needs and goals; (3) to articulate the means for achievement of these goals; (3) to lay the groundwork for a more formalized organization; (5) to develop an organizational and leadership structure; (6) to identify and develop linkages to and methods for data exchange with relevant international marine research activities; and (7) to establish linkages with other time series programs, especially in the North Atlantic.