Working Group 17- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization

Working Group 17: Biogeochemical data integration and synthesis (2001- 2005)

Acronym: WG-17

Parent Committee: POC

Co-Chairman: Yukihiro Nojiri
Co-Chairman: Andrew G Dickson

Key Tasks:

Develop a North Pacific database for ocean CO₂ and related parameters in association with existing data centers. Advise data centers which of the available historical data sets should be assigned a high priority for acquisition and conversion to an electronically readable form;
Prepare a written guide of best practices for oceanic CO₂ measurements and data reporting. Carry out, as needed, inter-laboratory method comparisons to assure future measurement quality. Encourage the availability of suitable reference materials;
Develop a strategy to co-ordinate the planning of future North Pacific measurement programs to ensure optimal use of resources to obtain appropriate temporal and spatial coverage as well as maximum comparability with historical data. Efforts should be made to encourage timely availability of the "new" data;
Organize a symposium or an Annual Meeting Topic Session on the impacts of climate change on the carbon cycle in the North Pacific.

Products

WG-17 Annual Reports

2004, 2003, 2002

Database

North Pacific Ecosystem Metadatabase

Book

Guide of best practices for oceanic CO₂ measurements and data reporting (in progress)

Related Products

See products of the Working Group on "Carbon dioxide in the North Pacific" - WG-13

Members (Contact information as of October 2005)

Mr. Robin Middleton Brown Fisheries and Oceans Canada Institute of Ocean Sciences Ocean Sciences Division P.O. Box 6000 Sidney , B.C. Canada V8L 4B2 Phone: 250-363-6378 Fax: 250-363-6690 E-mail: brownro@dfo-mpo.gc.ca	Mr. John Page Fisheries & Oceans Canada Institute of Ocean Sciences P.O. Box 6000 Sidney , BC Canada V8L 4B2 Phone: (1-250) 363-6467 Fax: (1-250) 363-6476 E-mail: PageJo@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Dr. Chi Shing (C.S.) Wong Chief, Climate Chemistry Lab. Institute of Ocean Sciences P.O. Box 6000 Sidney , BC Canada V8L 4B2 Phone: (1-250) 363-6407 Fax: (1-250) 363-6476 E-mail: WongCS@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca	Dr. Yukihiro Nojiri WG 17 Co-Chairman Head, Carbon Cycle Research Laboratory National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) 16-2 Onogawa Tsukuba , Ibaraki Japan 305-8506 Phone: (81-298) 50-2499 Fax: (81-298) 51-4732 E-mail: nojiri@nies.go.jp
Dr. Toru Suzuki Marine Information Research Center (MIRC) Japan Hydrographic Association Tsukiji Hamarikyu Bldg. 8F 5-3-3, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku Tokyo Japan 104-0045 Phone: (81-3) 3248-6668 Fax: (81-3) 3248-6661 E-mail: suzuki@mirc.jha.jp	Dr. Shuichi Watanabe Mutsu Research Group, Mutsu Institute for Oceanography (MIO) Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology 690 Kitasekine Sekine , Mutsu Japan 035-0022 Phone: +81-175-45-1033 Fax: +81-175-45-1079 E-mail: swata@jamstec.go.jp
Dr. Yutaka Watanabe Division of Ocean & Atmospheric Science Hokkaido University Kita10 Nishi5 Kita-ku Sapporo , Hokkaido Japan 060-0810 Phone: (81-11) 706-2371 Fax: (81-11) 706-2247 E-mail: yywata@ees.hokudai.ac.jp	Dr. Tongsup Lee Department of Marine Science Division of Earth Envrionmental System Pusan National University 30 Changjeon-dong, Keumjeong-ku Pusan , Guemjeong-Gu Republic of Korea 609-735 Phone: (82-51) 510-2287 Fax: (82-51) 581-2963 E-mail: tlee@pusan.ac.kr
Dr. Andrey G. Andreev Pacific Oceanological Institute Baltiyskaya Str. Vladivostok Russia 690041 Phone: +7-4232-31-3092 Fax: +7-4232-31-2573 E-mail: andreev@poi.dvo.ru	Dr. Pavel Ya. Tishchenko Head, Hydrochemistry Laboratory Pacific Oceanological Institute 43 Baltiyskaya Street Vladivostok Russia 690041 Phone: (7-4232) 313-092 Fax: (7-4232) 312-573 E-mail: tpavel@poi.dvo.ru
Prof. Andrew G Dickson WG 17 Co-Chairman Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla , CA U.S.A. 92093-0244 Phone: +1 (858) 822 2990 E-mail: adickson@ucsd.edu	Dr. Steven R. Emerson School of Oceanography University of Washington Box 357940 Seattle , WA U.S.A. 98195-6000 Phone: (1-206) 543-0428 E-mail: emerson@u.washington.edu
Dr. Richard A. Feely Ocean Climate Research Division Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle , WA U.S.A. 98115-6349 Phone: (1-206) 526-6214 Fax: (1-206) 526-6744 E-mail: Richard.A.Feely@noaa.gov	Dr. Hernan Eduardo Garcia Ocean Climate Laboratory NOAA-NODC NOAA-NODC Ocean Climate Laboratory SSMC-III, E/OC5, Room 4326 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring , MD U.S.A. 20910-3282 Phone: (301) 713-3290 Extention 184 Fax: (301) 713-3303 E-mail: Hernan.Garcia@noaa.gov
Dr. Alexander Kozyr Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) Env. Sci. Div., Oak Ridge National Lab., U.S. Dept. of Energy Building 1509, Mail Stop 6335 Oak Ridge , TN U.S.A. 37831-6335 Phone: (1-865) 576-8449 Fax: (1-865) 574-2232 E-mail: kozyra@ornl.gov	Dr. Paul Quay School of Oceanography University of Washington Box 355351 Seattle , WA U.S.A. 98195-6000 Phone: (1-206) 685-8061 Fax: (1-206) 685-3351 E-mail: pdquay@u.washington.edu
Dr. Christopher L. Sabine Pacific Marine Environmental Lab NOAA 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle , WA U.S.A. 98115-6349 Phone: (1-206) 526-4809 Fax: (1-206) 526-6744 E-mail: chris.sabine@noaa.gov

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