Abstracts welcome!!: Reducing uncertainties in the quantification of the oceanic sink for anthropogenic carbon, EGU 2008
Dear Colleagues,
This is a call-for-papers for the EGU General Assembly 2008 (Vienna,
Austria, 13-18 April 2008).
It would be great, if you would consider to submit an abstract to the
following session – submission deadline is 14 January 2008:
BG3.1 Reducing uncertainties in the quantification of the oceanic sink
for anthropogenic carbon (CARBOOCEAN) (co-listed in CL & OS)
Description of the session:
Currently, new data sets, new models, new analysis methods, and new
processes on marine carbon cycling and its interaction with climate
change are emerging. The gain in new knowledge may help to reduce
uncertainties in the quantification of marine uptake of man-made CO2.
With "uptake" we mean: uptake kinetics and integrated accumulation of
anthropogenic carbon in the water column (time frame -200 to +200 years
from now). Previous estimates on the strength of the oceanic carbon sink
may have to be revised in view of the currently emerging understanding.
Possibly, the finding of new processes and the evolving potential to
monitor variations in the oceanic carbon sink may temporarily even
increase the uncertainties in our quantification of global net air-sea
carbon fluxes. We encourage contributions from all disciplines related
to carbon cycle research which contribute to assessing the overall
uncertainties in large-scale net air-sea CO2 fluxes and to potentially
reducing these uncertainties. The session would be linked to the EU
Integrated Project CARBOOCEAN, but contributions from outside this
project are very welcome and are encouraged.
You can submit your abstract from here:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/annotation.html
You find the session information here:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/information.php?p_id=297&s_id=5294
You find more about the meeting here:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
You find more about all sessions here (for BG3.1, click on
“Biogeosciences” and then browse down):
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/programme/overview_db.php?m_id=49
Please, forward this message also to others who may be interested in this.
Best wishes from your (Co-)Conveners,
Christoph, Dorothee, Doug
(Dorothee Bakker UEA, Doug Wallace IfM-GEOMAR, Christoph Heinze
UiB/GFI/BCCR)
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Christoph Heinze
University of Bergen, Geophysical Institute & Bjerknes Centre for
Climate Research
Allégaten 70, N-5007 Bergen, Norway (room 302)
Phone: +47 55 58 98 44 Fax: +47 55 58 98 83 Mobile phone: +47 975 57 119
Email: christoph.heinze@gfi.uib.no
http://www.bjerknes.uib.no/pages.asp?kat=5&pid=44&lang=1
Co-ordinator of EU IP CARBOOCEAN: http://www.carboocean.org
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