Meeting dates: Wednesday June 2 - Friday June 4, 2004.

Sponsored by: NOAA's CPO Global Carbon Cycle Program with additional support from the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), The Global Carbon Project (GCP), and the University of Washington Program on Climate Changes (UWPCC).

Organizers: Christopher L. Sabine and Richard Feely (NOAA/PMEL), Jorge Sarmiento and Robert Key (Princeton Univ.), Nicholas Gruber (UCLA), Scott Doney (WHOI)

Background: (CLICK HERE)

Agenda: (CLICK HERE)

Presentations from the Conference

AGU Special Section: North Pacific Carbon Cycle Variability and Climate Change

Primary Themes of the Project (Click on a Theme to get charge to working group participants):

• How are air-sea CO₂ fluxes in the North Pacific affected by different modes of variability?
• How and why are the North Pacific distribution patterns of carbon, nutrients and oxygen in the water column changing with time?
• What are the requirements for detecting a climate change signal in the North Pacific carbon cycle?

Protocols for model and data analysis

Participants: (CLICK HERE)

Data: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/oceans/NOAA_Workshop/Data.html

Bibliography: http://quercus.igpp.ucla.edu/npac_04/bibliography_npac_04.htm

Meeting Location (participation is by invitation only):

Harbor Steps Conference Center
1301 First Ave., Level A
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206.654.6040

Travel Arrangements: (CLICK HERE)