Coordination and Data Management for Ocean Carbon Cycle Research

海洋地球化学是地球气候系统的重要组成部分，在几十年到几千年的时间尺度上调节着大气中关键物种的水平，如二氧化碳（CO2）、二甲基硫（DMS）和一氧化二氮（N2 O）。 美国最大的海洋地球化学计划，联合全球海洋通量研究（JGOFS），已经结束，但个别实地研究，时间序列计划和建模工作继续研究海洋碳循环。 在这个后JGOFS时代，自我选择的主要研究人员小组正在着手解决与海洋碳循环有关的重要问题，但他们已经失去了，希望只是暂时的，JGOFS中协调规划，信息交流，主要研究人员研讨会和数据管理所带来的许多好处。 同样，对下一代海洋科学家和更广泛的受众的宣传已经停止，超出了个人的PI努力，在这个奖项的支持下，伍兹霍尔海洋研究所（WHOI）的一组科学家将在短期内解决一些最紧迫的协调和数据管理问题，重点是三个相关活动的一年提案：一个有针对性的数据管理组件，以改善现有的现场和模拟计划的海洋地球化学数据的可访问性;一个关于海洋地球化学观测系统计划和NSF支持的中型过程研究的最新进展和未来机会的科学研讨会;以及一个教育和推广计划，以培训一批少数民族本科生和研究生。 这项工作利用WHOI的专业知识和灵活性来管理美国JGOFS调查人员提交的最终数据，并为没有集中数据管理界面优势的新中型海洋碳计划提供帮助。 此外，随着技术的变化，有必要更新我们对这些数据集的接口，开发基于XML的数据库接口/门户网站。协调和数据管理办公室（CDMO）将通过该奖项的支持是设计，而不是一个主要的研究活动，而是一组通过增加交流、会议和公开数据交流的机会对科学界发挥支持作用的活动。 CDMO还支持教育和推广活动，并在本项目期间，努力向代表性不足的群体介绍海洋科学。 特别是，CDMO将主办一个关于海洋碳研究的最新进展和未来机会的科学研讨会。 为了加强教育和外展活动，将邀请8名在地球系统科学方面努力和追求更高成功学位的MS博士生到伍兹霍尔进行为期一周的访问。 访问的三个主要组成部分包括参加海洋碳研讨会，在R/V Tioga上进行为期一天的实地考察，以及对NOAA NMFS东北渔业科学中心进行为期一天的访问。 让这些学生参加科学讲座，实验室访问和实地考察将为海洋研究提供一个很好的介绍，并在他们的生活中，当他们正在进行批判性教育和职业选择时，对这个群体产生持久的影响。

ABSTRACTOCE-0510046Ocean biogeochemistry is a critical component of the Earth's climate system, regulating on time- scales of decades to millennia the atmospheric levels of key species such as carbon dioxide (CO2), dimethylsulfide (DMS) and nitrous oxide (N2O). The largest U.S. ocean biogeochemistry program, the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), has ended yet individual field studies, time series programs and modeling efforts continue to study the ocean carbon cycle. In this post JGOFS era, self selected groups of principal investigators are moving ahead to tackle important questions related to the ocean carbon cycle, but they have lost, hopefully only temporarily, the many benefits that were enabled by coordinated planning, information exchange, principal investigator workshops and data management in JGOFS. Likewise, outreach to the next generation of ocean scientists and a broader audience has ceased beyond individual PI efforts.With support from this award, a group of scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will address some of the most pressing coordination and data management issues over the short term, focusing in a one year proposal on three linked activities: a targeted data management component to improve the accessibility to ocean biogeochemical data from existing field and modeling programs; a scientific workshop on recent advances and future opportunities in ocean biogeochemistry observing system programs and NSF supported mid- sized process studies; and an education and outreach program to train a cohort of minority undergraduate and graduate students. This effort takes advantage of expertise and flexibility at WHOI to manage final data submission from U.S. JGOFS investigators and lend assistance to newer mid- size ocean carbon programs that do not have the advantage of a centralized data management interface. Also, as technology changes, there is a need to update our interface to these data sets with development of XML based database interface/portals on the web.Broader Impacts: The Coordination and Data Management Office (CDMO) that will be supported through this award is by design, not a primary research activity, but rather a group of activities that play a supporting role to the scientific community by enhancing opportunities for communication, meetings and open data exchange. The CDMO also supports education and outreach activities, and in this project period, seeks to introduce underrepresented groups to ocean sciences. In particular, the CDMO will host a scientific workshop on recent advances and future opportunities in ocean carbon research. To enhance education and outreach activities, 8 MS PHD'S (Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science) students will be invited for a one-week visit to Woods Hole. The three main components of the visit include participation in the Ocean Carbon workshop, a one-day field trip on the R/V Tioga and a one-day visit to the NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Exposing these students to science lectures, lab visits and fieldwork will provide a great introduction to ocean research and should have a lasting impact on this group at a point in their lives when they are making critical education and career choices.