Support for the U. S. GEOTRACES Project Office

国际GEOTRACES计划是一项全球性的努力，旨在研究全球海洋微量元素及其同位素的全球海洋生物地球化学循环。 化学物质在生物体和环境之间的循环与碳循环、气候变化、海洋生态系统以及环境污染物的分布和归宿等多种现象密切相关。 该奖项为美国项目办公室的继续运作提供资金，该办公室成立于2006年，负责管理GEOTRACES的美国国家部分。 美国GEOTRACES项目办公室为美国海洋科学家团队提供协调和沟通支持，这些团队由美国国家科学基金会资助，为这一困难但重要的多国努力做出美国的贡献。 社区建设是GEOTRACES计划的基石，并将构成项目办公室活动的一个主要的更广泛的影响。例如，参与GEOTRACES的年轻调查人员将通过参加巡航和讲习班获得极好的专业网络和教育机会。 GEOTRACES的调查结果，包括关于海洋生物所必需的微量营养素和污染物分布的信息，肯定会引起社会各界的兴趣。由美国GEOTRACES项目办公室协调的一项新的教育和外展倡议将开始，以该计划的这些方面为基础。该奖项将为位于哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站的美国GEOTRACES项目办公室提供三年的更新资金。 在美国GEOTRACES科学指导委员会的指导下，项目办公室将为美国国家GEOTRACES计划的各个方面提供规划和协调服务。 具体而言，项目办公室将负责（1）安排讲习班，以促进实地方案的规划和实施，以及对这些考察的结果进行解释和综合，同时还传播有关国际GEOTRACES的信息，并为扶持活动提供后勤支助（相互校准、数据管理、建模）;（2）作为有美国科学家参与的国际和区域努力的联络点;（3）交流、外联和社区建设活动;以及（4）通过促进美国GEOTRACES科学指导委员会的审议、安排其会议和执行其决定来支持该委员会。

The International GEOTRACES Program is a worldwide effort to study the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes in the global ocean. The cycling of chemical substances between organisms and the environment is intimately associated with such diverse phenomena as the carbon cycle, climate change, ocean ecosystems, and the distribution and fate of environmental contaminants. This award provides funding to continue operation of the US Project Office, established in 2006 to manage the US national component of GEOTRACES. The US GEOTRACES Project Office provides coordination and communication support for the teams US marine scientists who are funded by the National Science Foundation to carry out the American contribution to this difficult but important multi-national effort. Community building is a cornerstone of the GEOTRACES program and will constitute a major broader impact of Project Office activities. For example, young investigators involved in GEOTRACES will be offered an excellent professional networking and educational opportunity by being involved in cruises and workshops. GEOTRACES findings, including information about micronutrients essential to marine life and the distribution of contaminants, will certainly be of interest to a broad spectrum of society. A new education and outreach initiative proposed here, coordinated by the US GEOTRACES Project Office, will begin by building on these aspects of the program.This award will provide three years of renewal funding for the US GEOTRACES Project Office at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Under the direction of the US GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee, the Project Office will provide planning and coordination services for all aspects of the US national GEOTRACES program. Specifically, the Project Office will be responsible for (1) arranging workshops to facilitate the planning and implementation of field programs as well as the interpretation and synthesis of results of those expeditions, while also communicating information about international GEOTRACES and providing logistics support for enabling activities (intercalibration, data management, modeling); (2) serving as a point of contact for communication among international and regional efforts involving US scientists;(3) communication, outreach and community-building activities; and (4) supporting the US GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee by facilitating its deliberations, arranging its meetings and implementing its decisions.