A decade of synthesis and modeling in the US Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
A decade of synthesis and modeling in the US Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
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2005-11-04
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Doney, Scott C.
Ducklow, Hugh W.
Ducklow, Hugh W.
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Biogeochemistry
Ecology
Modeling
Biogeochemistry
Ecology
Modeling
Abstract
A decade long Synthesis and Modeling Project (SMP) was conducted as the final
element of the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). The SMP goal was to
synthesize knowledge gained from field studies into a set of models that reflect our
current understanding of the oceanic carbon cycle. Specific, innovative aspects of the
project included the close partnership among scientists conducting field, laboratory,
remote sensing, and numerical research and the strong emphasis on data management and
web-based, public release of models and data products. Several recurrent science themes
arose across the SMP effort including: the development of a new generation of ocean
ecosystem and biogeochemistry models that include iron limitation, flexible elemental
composition, size structure, geochemical functional groups and particle composition; the
application of inverse models and data assimilation techniques to marine food-web data;
the creation of whole-ocean synthesis products from the JGOFS global CO2 survey and other studies; and the analysis and modeling of ecosystem and biogeochemical responses
to climate and CO2 system perturbations on time-scales ranging from seasonal and interannual
variability to anthropogenic climate warming and longer.
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Author Posting. © The Authors, 2005. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 53 (2006): 451-458, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.01.019.