U.S.-India Workshop: Biogeochemical Observations & Modeling in the Indian Ocean, Assessment and Planning for the Future, Goa, India, Spring 2006

该奖项支持将于2006年春季在印度果阿的国家海洋学研究所举行的“印度洋生物化学观测与模拟”美印研讨会。参与者将:1)评估对印度洋生物地球化学动力学的知识状况和科学认识；2)确定认识上的差距，特别是与生物地球化学循环和碳循环有关的差距；3)制定实施生物地球化学观测和模拟研究计划的计划，该计划利用并大幅增强计划中的CLIVAR/GOOS（世界气候研究计划和全球海洋观测系统的气候变率和可预测性部分）印度洋观测系统。从生物地球化学的角度来看，印度洋是世界上研究最少、了解最少的海洋盆地之一，因此，它仍然是海洋生物地球化学和碳循环研究的最后一个伟大前沿之一。范围：鉴于越来越多的证据表明印度洋（IO）变率具有广泛的全球影响，并且CLIVAR和GOOS已经确定需要一个IO观测系统，因此有充分的理由举办本次研讨会。这将加深我们对国际气候组织在全球气候系统中的作用的认识，并为改进气候预测奠定坚实的基础。该系统的部署为开展互补的生物和化学观察提供了独特的机会。该奖项将直接支持8名高级研究员和7名初级研究员。未来研究计划的设计中，来自潜在的新IO研究者的投入是重要的，因为他们很可能是未来开展此类研究工作的人。其他有代表的IO周边国家包括澳大利亚、印度尼西亚、巴基斯坦、中东和东非国家以及斯里兰卡和马达加斯加。

0536861Hood Description: This award supports a U.S.-India Workshop on Biochemical Observations and Modeling in the Indian Ocean that will be held at the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa, India in the spring of 2006. Participants will: 1) assess the state of knowledge and scientific understanding of the biogeochemical dynamics of the Indian Ocean, 2) identify gaps in understanding particularly as they pertain to biogeochemical cycles and carbon cycles, and 3) formulate a plan to implement a biogeochemical observational and modeling research program that leverages and substantially enhances the planned CLIVAR/GOOS (Climate Variability and Predictability component of the World Climate Research Program and Global Ocean Observing System) Indian Ocean observing system. From a biogeochemical perspective the Indian Ocean is one of the least studied and most poorly understood ocean basins in the world and, as such, remains one of the last great frontiers for ocean biogeochemical and carbon cycle research. . Scope: There is strong justification for holding this workshop in light of growing evidence that Indian Ocean (IO) variability has wide-ranging global impacts and that CLIVAR and GOOS have identified the need for an IO observing system. This will improve our understanding of the role played by the IO in the global climate system and build a solid foundation for improving climate prediction. The deployment of this system presents a unique opportunity for carrying out complimentary biological and chemical observations. This award will directly support 8 senior and 7 junior investigators. Input from potentially new IO investigators in the design of future research programs is important since they are likely to be the ones carrying-out such research efforts in the future. Other IO rim countries represented include Australia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Middle Eastern and East African countries, and Sri Lanka and Madagascar.