IOCCP'ORG

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IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community.
---IOCCP 2005 Chair Chris Sabine
(US) Repeat Hydrography Masao Fukasawa
(Japan) Underway pCO2 Bronte Tilbrook
(Australia) Time series networks Nick Bates
(Bermuda) Remote Sensing / ModellingCyril
Moulin (France) Coastal observations Helmuth
Thomas (Canada) Historical Data Sets Dorothee
Bakker (UK) Process Studies Cindy Lee
(US) SOLAS Truls Johannessen (Norway) IMBER
Dennis Hansell (US) Project Coordinator Maria
Hood post-doc TBD

• The IOCCP is a communications and coordination
  service for the international ocean carbon
  community that provides
• Observations Support Services
• Communications network, information databases and
  compilations of on-going and planned observation
  activities, and links to data.
• Forum for international agreements on the issues
  that form the building blocks of an observing
  system
• Observation strategies and implementation
• Standards and methods
• Data management and archival
• Data exchange and synthesis activities
• Liaison with the Global Observing Systems

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Societal Relevance 1. Ocean uptake will
determine CO2 emissions targets Current level of
understanding, projected into the
future --Predictive models about what will
happen to carbon dioxide differ
significantly. --Cannot improve predictions
without better understanding of the controlling
processes. --This is no longer just an academic
issue Disagreements in predictions impact
baseline targets for emissions reduction. --With
CO2 emissions prices at 10-35/ton CO2 avoided,
the uncertainty in model predictions represents
several trillion US dollars. 2. Acid oceans ?
Coral reefs ecosystems, fisheries
A.Gnanadesikan
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IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community.
---Introduction and Overview
NOAA Climate Observation Program 3rd Annual
System Review
A Status Report on the Development of the Global
Ocean Carbon Observing System Goals
Implementation Status of System Elements and Next
Steps System Development 2005-2010
Goals (documented in 10 strategies and plans
from 2000-2004) To constrain basin-scale
decadal changes of anthropogenic CO2 to 20. To
constrain seasonal to interannual variability and
climate sensitivity of air-sea CO2 flux on basin
and global scales to 0.2 PgC/y (regional /
basin scales) Or. Ocean carbon content every
ten years and the air-sea CO2 exchange
seasonally.
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Elements of a Global Ocean Carbon Observing
System Consistent syntheses of ocean carbon
behavior requires integrated observations.
time
centuries
Repeat Trans-basin Sections
decadal
Shipboard Time-Series
Inter-annual
Moored Time-Series
VOS and surface drift buoy
Remote sensing
seasonal
daily
Process Studies
hourly
Ocean Basin
1 m2
1 km2
Globe
Regional (106 km2)
space
C.Sabine
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---Implementation Status of System Elements
Repeat Hydrography
Repeat HydrographyDescription Quantifies the
decadal evolution of natural and anthropogenic
CO2 in the ocean interior.Inventory 31 funded /
6 pending for 2008-2012Data CLIVAR CCHDO (data
holdings) CDIAC Ocean CO2 and IOCCP (program
information for on-going and planned cruises).
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---Next Steps of System Elements Repeat
Hydrography

• Repeat Section Planned Activities, 2005
• CLIVAR IOCCP Repeat Hydrography Meeting
• Tentatively November 2005, Japan
• Main Objectives (still under discussion)
• Identification and re-organization of WHP/Carbon
  to be carried out during this decade for each
  ocean basin
• Identification of the required suite of
  measurements needed to be included as part of the
  CLIVAR / CO2 Repeat Hydrography Program
• Identification of a data management system that
  will fulfill the needs of all participants within
  the program and establish a standardized regional
  data distribution system that will provide data
  for individual scientists that request it
  Provide a mechanism for data distribution into
  national archives Ensure long-term support for
  data archival.
• Set up plans for regional syntheses of the cruise
  data with respect to optimizing overall data
  quality on a basin-by-basin basis.
• Review and make plans to update the WHP manual

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---Status Summary and Development Issues Repeat
Hydrography

• STATUS SUMMARY Ocean Carbon Content
• Program is meeting goals for implementation that
  will allow for decadal estimation of ocean carbon
  content. (31 lines funded and implementation is
  underway / 6 funding pending).
• Development of an agreed international strategy
  will allow for better quantification of
  implementation.
• Development of a central data management system
  and regional data distribution system will
  facilitate basin and global data syntheses.
• Development Issues for Discussion
• Is all this planning for implementation, data
  management, synthesis groups, etc, déjà vu all
  over again? How do we keep these activities
  properly funded and coordinated over the
  long-term?
• -Meeting goals of estimating global anthropogenic
  CO2 uptake will continue to be best carried out
  within the framework of research programs for the
  foreseeable future
• But this is a sustained activity Should we make
  the support services operational? (data
  management systems and centers, communications /
  coordination networks, regional networks for
  synthesis, etc.).

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---Implementation Status of System Elements
Surface pCO2 Network
Underway pCO2 ObservationsDescription
Quantifies the basin-scale air-sea flux of CO2
over seasonal to interannual periods.Inventory
28 operating 5 surface drift buoys operating.
Data CDIAC Ocean CO2 (largest data holdings),
PICES PICNIC (North Pacific data), IOCCP (program
information for on-going and planned activities).
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EU Framework 6 Project Carbo-Oceans
(2005-2010)Marine Carbon Sources and Sinks
Assessment
Internationally-coordinated pilot
project Carbo-oceans will use a combination of
measurements, interpolation techniques, and
models to establish a quasi-continuous synoptic
view of Atlantic CO2 sources and sinks. Activity
1.1 Implement Atlantic Carbon Observing System
with VOS lines and Time Series Stations.
(Watson) Activity 1.2 Southern Ocean Coordinated
Programme (4 research vessels and 5-10 CARIOCA
buoys). (Boutin)
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---Next Steps of System Elements Surface pCO2
Network
IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community.
--Next Steps of System Elements Surface pCO2
Network

• Surface pCO2 Network Planned Activities, 2005
• Prioritize RD Activities
• Underway Task Team (Tilbrook et al) will be
  developing a technical paper on the integrated
  surface pCO2 network to inform and highlight
  technical development issues / status.
• The community is developing a standard underway
  pCO2 system that can be produced commercially.
• Work is underway to develop autonomous TCO2,
  pCO2, and pH sensors that (once miniaturized) may
  be deployed on profiling floats (2-3 yrs?)
• Work with North Pacific regional groups (e.g.,
  PICES), national groups, and research programs to
  mobilize the development of an integrated North
  Pacific Pilot Network to complement Atlantic
  work.
• Work with JCOMM SOT on common issues of
  developing the underway network.

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Development Phases for a Global Ocean Carbon
Observing System2005-2010
Phase 3. International Cooperative Pilot
Projects
Phase 2.Implementation Agreements
Phase 1. Communication / Information Network
Observation Support Services
Strategies and Implementation Plans Observation
Requirements
National, Regional, Global Program Implementation
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2009
2010

• Phase 3 Implementing Pilot Programs.
• Establish international cooperative pilot
  projects with national and regional programs and
  operational agencies to work together on regional
  or global scale issues
• experiment with producing regular data
  products from a cooperative networks.
• identify groups or centers that could serve as
  sustained support centers.

Phase 1 Communications, network building, and
syntheses of activities Establish international
communications network.(http/www.ioccp.org) Deve
lop and maintain compilations of planned and
on-going activities for major system
elements. Convene targeted workshops to address
gaps, duplications, and ways forward for regional
and global strategies.

• Phase 2 Development of integrated systems /
  implementation agreements
• Convene targeted workshops to reach international
  agreement on
• observing system locations, sites, cruise
  tracks, etc., based on existing program plans and
  gaps analysis
• core measurements required
• standards and methods
• data management centers and data synthesis
  programs

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IOCCP.ORG
Sponsors UNESCO-IOC SCOR
A communication and coordination service for the
international ocean carbon community.
Partnerships - OOPC (GOOS, GCOS, JCOMM),
IGOS-IGCO, POGO, GEO- OceanSITES, IOCCG (ESA
GlobCOLOUR project)- CLIVAR, SOLAS, IMBER,
LOICZ, US-OCCC, EU-CarboOceans, GCP,
OCMIP/NOCES- CCHDO, CDIAC, WDC-MARE, GOSUD,
PICES, JODC / MIRC

• Funding and Support for the IOCCP gratefully
  acknowledged
• Staff Support
• US National Science Foundation and the US
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  - Financial grant and Administrative support to
  UNESCO-IOC for Hood and Post-doc NOAA also for
  in-kind assistance for IOCCP Chair Chris Sabine
  (NOAA / PMEL).
• Program Support
• US National Science Foundation
• Japanese Ministry of Environment through grants
  to National Institute for Environmental Studies
  and JAMSTEC for IOCCP activities
• UNESCO IOC
• SCOR