OceanObs09 Community White Papers

Ship-based Repeat Hydrography: A Strategy for a Sustained Global Program (Hood et al., 2010)
Conference proceeding pdf 370KB: download
Full strategy document pdf 1MB: download

Integrating the ocean observing system: mobile platforms (Roemmich et al., 2010)

Towards an Integrated Observing System: The In Situ Observing System (DRAFT) (Send et al., 2010)

Automated Underway Oceanic and Atmospheric Measurements from Ships (Smith et al., 2010)

A global sea surface carbon observing system: assessment of changing sea surface CO2 and air-sea CO2 fluxes (Montiero et al., 2010)

Guidelines towards an integrated ocean observation system for ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles (Claustre et al., 2010)

Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS): Rationale and Strategy for Sustained Observations of the Southern Ocean (Rintoul et al., 2010)

An International Observational Network for Ocean Acidification (Feely et al., 2010)

Warming up, Turning Sour, Losing Breath: An Integrated Observing System for Ocean Biogeochemistry at a Time of Change (DRAFT) (Gruber et al., 2010)

Deep Circulation and Meridional Overturning: Recent Progress and a Strategy for Sustained Observations (Rintoul et al., 2010)

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New Hydrography Manual On-Line Information and Review

Guide to Best Practices for Ocean CO2 Measurements (2008)

Ship of Opportunity Operations Guide (thermosalinograph installation and maintenance, XBTs,data transmission for underway variables, etc.) 1999

NOAA AOML Thermosalinograph Manual 2009 (pdf 650KB)

Calculation of the Thermophysical Properties of Seawater (2010) (pdf 6MB)

International Nutrient Scale System (INSS) group report on the development of Reference Materials for nutrients in seawater (Michio Aoyama et al. 2009)

Ocean CO2 Reference Material Program

Dissolved Organic Carbon CRMs

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CLIVAR Data Policy

CLIVAR / CDIAC Joint Data Management Plan

GO-SHIP recommendations (see Community White Paper)

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Initial Atlantic Carbon Synthesis Workshop Report (Laugavatn, Iceland, 2006)

GO-SHIP 2nd Meeting Report (Venice, Italy, 2009)

GO-SHIP International Planning Meeting (Portland, Oregon, Feb 2010)

Relevant CLIVAR basin panel reports, GSOP reports, etc.

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Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC. (GCOS IP, also WMO/TD No. 1244, November 2004) pdf 2.9 MB: download

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GO-SHIP will build on the on-line bibliographic database developed byWOCE to create a database that includes papers from all hydrographic programs from WOCE to present. This service should be on-line by mid-2010.

WOCE Bibliography

CARINA program bibliography (courtesy Robert Key, Princeton University | pdf 76 KB)

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